How hot is to hot to ship eggs?

[First To Hatch]

I recently got a 0% hatch rate but I'm buying a 1588 and ordering eggs again the man told me he'd cut me a deal but it was hot to ship right now.

How hot is to hot?

1588 is good right?

And What can happen to the eggs if it is to hot anyways? it seems like everyone is shipping eggs.

 

[laputa]

For the hatch I just did, I got 20 out of 24 undeveloped, I believe is due to hot weather during shipping killed the embryo. I would try to buy local if I am hatching again.

 

[IggiMom]

The 1588 is supposed to be a good incubator.

I have one I have only hatched out a few eggs in, and it was definitely running hot and I had to lower the temp.

So I am saying that it would be a good idea when you get your 1588 to turn it on and add water and everything, and check the temp (with an accurate thermometer, probably not the one that comes with it) and make sure it is an ok temp, and even them, perhaps, try hatching some eggs that don't mean too much to you, before putting expensive eggs in.

I used my little Guinea eggs as testers. And they hatched three days early, but they were ok, so I think it is STILL a little hot.

I have some BO eggs in now, they should hatch Wednesday. I hope, I hope.

Catherine

 

[morninggloryhatchery]

Hmmm good question. I know that if it is 105 and over that will kill the egg and what is inside. To stay on the safe side i would put 85 degrees max. And if it is edging close to that i would ask the person you are ordering from to put a ice pack in with your eggs. No the ice pack will not hurt the eggs. It may cost a little bit more but it may save your eggs.

 

[snoblossom]

I too would advise to buy local, I have had terrible hatch rates when it is summer. My best shipped eggs have been in the fall or early spring. But my best hatch rates are when I have had local eggs. Thanks Tori and Sharon

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

Stop and think about it not only is it hot out but those eggs are probabally sitting on the hot tarmac of an airport then sitting in a hot truck I stopped shipping and getting eggs in May. The temps here spiked up to the high 90's so I knew it would do no agood to ship or receive. Like the others advised I would buy local.

 

[First To Hatch]

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Don't really have any of my own eggs that I could test out... I'm hoping to be able to put eggs in by next Thursday so that way they'd be around 4 weeks old when I start school.

Thanks for your info tho very helpful.

 

[First To Hatch]

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Has that really worked before? If so what was your hatch rate using that idea?

 

[chickie_mama]

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Has that really worked before? If so what was your hatch rate using that idea?

I think morninggloryhatchery meant the outside temperature... As in the daily temperature. If it gets above 85 degrees in your part of the country, ask the seller to ship the eggs with an ice pack to keep the temp inside the box from getting too high.

 

[dancingbear]

When the ambient temperature is hot, but low enough to be ok for an egg, remember that temperatures out in the sun on tarmac, or inside a truck, may be a LOT higher.

102F in a forced air incubator (if it's that high long enough for the internal temp of the eggs to reach that) will kill an embryo.

Also, eggs sitting in a box that get's up to 99F will start to develop. If the temp fluctuates that high a lot during shipping, alternating with cooling, it could kill them, too.

It would be better to wait for fall, or find local eggs.