Hatching rates for mailed eggs

[ksf59]

I am with the rest . 0 to 50. I had a lot of zero last year just starting out. I built bators using water heater thermostats. I had good tenps, but still had lot of problesm, I did hatch chicks, but I also had many. many clear eggs. I think some were not fertile , most wer scrambled. But I kept at it. The closer the eggs were, the better they hatched. Packing is everything. Eggs shipped wrapped in napkins, or such and placed in cartons had a 0 percent hatch rate.. and these were the ones that would be broken. 20 dozen total. Bubble wrapped and foam shippers are the onely way to pack. I do have some very nice birds now and still buy a few. I alos set in incubtors that will hold temp, and use a sportsman hatcher for lockdown and hatchinh. I may set my eggs in there the 1 st three days if ny bators are full. The sprotamsn was the best 100.00 I spent.

 

[pfmoore17]

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next time don't open the incubator.

just sit on your hands from day 18 thru 23. get a hobby during those 5 days.

My hatch rate with shipped eggs is 60%.
Good flock mgt (roo to hen) Fresh eggs, well packed, and 3 day delivery are important.
I am shocked how badly most wrap and ship eggs. If I buy 50$ for 6 or 12 eggs, at least put them in bubblewrap.
Tissue paper doesn't work. Does not! Or putting them in gg cartons. Bubble wrap or polyfoam.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

0% TO 100% IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING to pay alot for eggs and none hatch

and then get some through trades and have 100%.

I would say on average right around 45% hatch on shipped eggs. Thats out of about 500 eggs shipped.

 

[jmagill]

My best hatching rates ( over 50% ) have been when the eggs were placed in egg cartons with either wood shavings or shredded paper in and around the eggs and the lid over top of that. The egg carton is then either placed in a large box with either shredded paper or other packing material all around it.

I think it is because the eggs can breathe. I have had very bad luck with eggs that are bubble wrapped.

 

[JordanFamily]

My hatch rate for shipped eggs has been 10 to 90% and for local eggs that I had to drive an hour to get 90% and for my own eggs I get 90% hatch rates... I have to say bantam Polish eggs don't do as well as standard chicken eggs... I've always had good hatches with large breeds like EEs and Marans.... It seems that Bantams, goose, and peafowl eggs don't do as well with shipping in my experiance as a buyer.

 

[Cass]

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I have hatched shipped eggs ONCE...packaged similarly to above....11 of 12 hatched. I believe that the eggs need to "breath" while in transit; there is a living creature inside them and living creatures need air...

I would add to the above post that the eggs I recieved were BOLDLY and CLEARLY marked "fertile eggs--Fragile"... None were cracked, and like I said 11 of 12 hatched. (Way more than I wanted for a class of 10 four year olds)

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

I've hatched TONS of shipped eggs. Spent WAY too much money on them. The best I've had was approx. 65 percent and was thrilled with that. 10 out of 18 is awesome as far as I'm concerned. Have had only 2 hatch as well and many in between. Just received some lav silkies that were sent last Thursday today. Hopefully that won't be a disaster. really excited about them. Still don't understand why people ship on thursdays...

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

I believe that the eggs need to "breath" while in transit; there is a living creature inside them and living creatures need air...

Hi! Not true. It is an 'egg' in transit. It does not need to breathe. It is not a 'living creature' until it is *incubated* and is a developing embryo. It does need oxygen exchange during development, (but not to breathe, as it has no lungs til very late in development).

I think it is because the eggs can breathe. I have had very bad luck with eggs that are bubble wrapped.

You just got crappy (for whatever reason) eggs that 'happened to be' bubblewrapped.

Lisa​

 

[jmagill]

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Hi! Not true. It is an 'egg' in transit. It does not need to breathe. It is not a 'living creature' until it is *incubated* and is a developing embryo. It does need oxygen exchange during development, (but not to breathe, as it has no lungs til very late in development).

I think it is because the eggs can breathe. I have had very bad luck with eggs that are bubble wrapped.

You just got crappy (for whatever reason) eggs that 'happened to be' bubblewrapped.

Lisa​

No lungs does not equate to not breathing.The level of oxygen is critical to a fertile egg. Even worse is the level of co2. It is a living from the moment it is fertile or it would never become a chick.

 

[halo]

Bubble wrapped eggs can certainly "breathe" (for lack of a better term). Ive been sending bubble wrapped eggs for years, and have received reports of 100% development.