Hatching percentage

[Gypsy07]

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EEs are NOT the same thing as Ameraucanas. I'm in the UK and we don't have either of them, but I do know the difference. An Ameraucana is a proper breed. An EE is just a mutt bird that lays a coloured egg. They are usually part Ameraucana which is where the confusion arises, as they have many similarities. But they are not the same thing.

If you are getting shipped eggs to develop but just having trouble with hatching them, the problem is most likely your humidity and not just that you've got a cheap bator. If you do some reading about it and then some tweaking of your humidity, there's every chance that you'd manage to get quite decent hatches. That is usually the problem with eggs that develop fully but fail to hatch. Well, that and oxygen flow, and the two are closely linked. If you can control your humidity, you should be able to get a handle on your hatching problem. Of course, if you mean your bator's so cheap that you can't even get it to hold a steady humidity, it's no good for incubating any eggs at all never mind if they're shipped or not!

 

[abengel]

I agree with Katy! I have set over 200 shipped eggs this year and gotten 30 chicks! I paid $85 dollars for 6 lavender silkie eggs and not a single baby! My goal is to build a foundation flock and begin to hatch my own!

 

[chickens? not yet]

I bought 21 eggs from 2 different people and 5 hatched and I am sooo happy with 5!! 16 went into lockdown.

 

[alaina]

I have gotten ameraucanas from McMurray several times over the years, and have been very satisfied with them, they lay mostly blue/green eggs, sometimes the occasional pink/brown egg in the mix. Reason I've been getting eggs from here is because I want some lavendar ameraucanas, and some BBS Marans. Low hatching rates, but once I get a pair/trio I will be gathering eggs from them to hatch and increase the flock.

 

[dsqard]

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I hatched out some nice lavendar Am's from CrystalCreek on here. Super nice lady, really nice birds.

 

[NC29mom]

I decided to really do some investigating about hatching eggs, since my little ordeal. One good idea I read was: When shipping hatching eggs, ship them in containers/boxes that hatcheries use to mail day old chicks....sometimes the PO will be a little more gentler with the package because they will think they are chicks!**Just an idea I thought was kinda cool***

Also read you are supposed to pack eggs in "moistened" shavings as to not dehydrate the egg during shipment. Who would have thought there was such a science to packaging/mailing/hatching hatching eggs??

My teeny tiny Ameracauna is still doing fine......

 

[Theeggboxtoo]

First time: 3 eggs under a broody, one died hatching, 2 hatched
2nd time: 13 shipped eggs in the bator, 4 hatched, i found out later that the thermometer was 5 degrees off
3rd time: 7 eggs under a broody 100% hatch rate
4th time: 4 eggs under a broody 2 hatched
5th time: 6 eggs under a broody, 5 hatched, one egg was infertile
6th time: 15 duck eggs, Hoping for a good hatch rate

 

[pinkyglory123]

I am sure the majority of eggs sold as fertile are fertile but think of the transit,,, It is a miracle that any survive the trip and hatch-even more of a miracle than the fact that a chick actually developes in twenty one days in an egg in the first place!

 

[XxB0rd3rsxX10]

non of my crested polish eggs hatched..

and they where from my own flock!!
it was my first time hatching and the dog did get into the inubator and opened the lid. 5 mins later i found them in his jaw
non of them where cracked, but they still didnt hatch, but im trying again and they go into lockdown on sunday

 

[NC29mom]

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Awww.....sorry to hear that!! Good luck to your next batch! It seemed like for us, the more we hatched out, the easier it got. Now, it's easy as pie. Nothing to it

pinkyglory123
Today 4:34 pm
I am sure the majority of eggs sold as fertile are fertile but think of the transit,,, It is a miracle that any survive the trip and hatch-even more of a miracle than the fact that a chick actually developes in twenty one days in an egg in the first place!

Isn't that an understatement!!!!! After I went and broke open the eggs that didn't hatched.......and saw a yellow thick mess......I just stood back looking at the "little one" who did make it and thought....WOW! AMAZING!

I am actually gonna try to hatch out some more eggs......that I'm getting through the mail. I live in NC and the eggs are coming from VA. SO.......I am hoping maybe the shorter distance will help? There's just NOBODY around here with great hatching eggs.