I would like to get your opinion and advice. I purchased hatching eggs on ebay. I was not impressed by the way they were packed. The guy did not even bother to clean them before he wrapped them in a paper towel and put them in an egg carton surrounded by pieces of scrap styrofoam blocks and old rags in a 6x12 priority mail box. Two of the eggs arrived with fine cracks so I put nail polish on them as someone sujjested on here. I was concerned that the egg shells seemed a bit thin but thought all would go well. I put them under a gentle and experienced hen and waited with high hopes. The eggs are from two lines of blue ameraucanas and half were a nice shade of blue and others are green. (If you go on ebay you will be able to know who the seller is.)
The seller seemed like a nice guy and asked me to let him know how the hatch went and send him pictures as they grew. When I told him that only two chicks hatched out of nine eggs. He told me that I was right on target and that was a typical hatch rate. I told him I was disappointed to get only two chicks. He told me I could have the batch of eggs that did not sell on ebay that week. I assumed he meant that he would send them if I paid the postage but he later told me that I could have them for the same price as before. I believe that violates ebay rules so I didnt do it, besides if I am going to pay the same price why not protect myself and go through ebay and be able to leave feedback etc... I have not hatched shipped eggs before. I have heard that you get a lower hatch rate but I can not believe it should be that low or else why would people pay so much for hatching eggs.
(Another batch of eggs I got at the same time were packed very well. The eggs were clean and wrapped in bubble wrap instead of paper towels in a foam egg carton, crumpled newspaper instead of rags and scrap styrofoam blocks and a 8x12 box instead of 6x12. Those eggs arrived in perfect condition and had a much better hatch rate. To top it off the postage was less too, $11 instead of $15.)
I want to leave a fair feedback rateing but I also want to warn people if these are his typical results and they are not what they should be. What do you think?
The seller seemed like a nice guy and asked me to let him know how the hatch went and send him pictures as they grew. When I told him that only two chicks hatched out of nine eggs. He told me that I was right on target and that was a typical hatch rate. I told him I was disappointed to get only two chicks. He told me I could have the batch of eggs that did not sell on ebay that week. I assumed he meant that he would send them if I paid the postage but he later told me that I could have them for the same price as before. I believe that violates ebay rules so I didnt do it, besides if I am going to pay the same price why not protect myself and go through ebay and be able to leave feedback etc... I have not hatched shipped eggs before. I have heard that you get a lower hatch rate but I can not believe it should be that low or else why would people pay so much for hatching eggs.
(Another batch of eggs I got at the same time were packed very well. The eggs were clean and wrapped in bubble wrap instead of paper towels in a foam egg carton, crumpled newspaper instead of rags and scrap styrofoam blocks and a 8x12 box instead of 6x12. Those eggs arrived in perfect condition and had a much better hatch rate. To top it off the postage was less too, $11 instead of $15.)
I want to leave a fair feedback rateing but I also want to warn people if these are his typical results and they are not what they should be. What do you think?
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