Eggs in mail for a week

[cindydj]

My silkie eggs I finally got, were in the mail for 6 days....do you think I will have any luck? I let them rest then got them in the bator lastnight.....who knows when and if they will hatch with all the traveling. These are some quality eggs and I just hope I can get a few chicks out of them....

 

[speckledhen]

All you can do is try. Stranger things have happened in the hatching world. If they were packed well, maybe some will hatch anyway. They are a little older than we'd like to see by now, but I've heard of people hatching eggs stored longer than normal times, so who knows? Good luck!

 

[Katy]

Don't give up completely.....my last hatch had some eggs that were in the mail 6-7 days and I got 2 chicks out of them. Not good, but better than nothing!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I would try too....I've heard of lots of hatches later than 6 days mailing time...acouple even would be a good hatch for that late a date...

 

[kstaven]

I have had eggs in the mail for over 10 days and still had a 75% hatch. Eggs that came in two days and a 10% hatch. Both came from the same breeder. 10 days is ok if the eggs where fresh when sent and not abused in shipping.