Harris Farms Nurture Right 360 Incubator is AMAZING!

[AltonaAcres]

I will say I was unhappy with my Deer Run Farms order. Super expensive, I ordered a dozen and although they sent extras I only got 3 out of 16 eggs to hatch. Packaged well, but few even started developing

 

[Faraday40]

I will say I was unhappy with my Deer Run Farms order. Super expensive, I ordered a dozen and although they sent extras I only got 3 out of 16 eggs to hatch. Packaged well, but few even started developing

That's is sadly common with shipped eggs. Recently, I ordered 10 mod game bantam eggs, got 12. Four developed and only 2 hatched. The Chicago hub is notorious for scrambling eggs, so getting anything to hatch is good. Hatch rates close to 50% is great.

 

[AltonaAcres]

I usually get about %50 hatch rates so the Deer Run Farm wasn't at that percentage is all I'm trying to say. It's probably the cold weathers fault.

 

[Thebantyhenhomestead]

I FINALLY GOT ONE TO HATCH from my own breeding flock

The other egg that was in there with it.. not so much, no internal pip :/ but I can say that before lockdown one air cell looked smaller then the other still so maybe that was it

 

[CrisAnderson27]

I will say I was unhappy with my Deer Run Farms order. Super expensive, I ordered a dozen and although they sent extras I only got 3 out of 16 eggs to hatch. Packaged well, but few even started developing

I finally got mine today. Beautifully packaged including a nice little wooden gift egg. Three are broken, all have badly detached air cells except two which are loose but still tied to the top. One candles bloody orange vs amber (similar to a few of the Ayam Cemani).

Honestly, I think I'm going to have to leave these vertical for four days or so, then manually turn them for at least the first ten days, by tipping them side to side every couple hours maybe. Should I increase the temperature by half a degree to make up for the temp lost in tipping multiple times a day?

Shipped eggs SUCK.

 

[CrisAnderson27]

I FINALLY GOT ONE TO HATCH from my own breeding flockView attachment 2236893

Congratulations on this lil one though! That's got to be a really cool feeling to hatch your own bird's egg!! I'm hoping to have eight of my own running around in a couple weeks lol.

 

[CrisAnderson27]

Late season usually means fall.
I'd ask her about temps during shipping.

I'm waiting for her reply on the condition of the eggs, then I'll see if she has anything to say about it.

 

[aart]

I'm waiting for her reply on the condition of the eggs, then I'll see if she has anything to say about it.

I'd ask specifically, before ordering eggs, about shipping temps.
I'm not a hatchaholic but can't imagine expecting any success during extreme temps, summer or winter.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I just had a 100% hatch with shipped eggs last month. 12 out of 12 hatched. Just a week earlier from the very same breeder and same flocks, I had received a scrambled shipment that 5 out of 12 hatched. It's really a matter of luck sometimes with the postal service.

 

[Thebantyhenhomestead]

Congratulations on this lil one though! That's got to be a really cool feeling to hatch your own bird's egg!! I'm hoping to have eight of my own running around in a couple weeks lol.

Thank you ! It’s definitely has an extra excitement level to it for sure !!!