I have no luck with shipped eggs!

[Fudgie]

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That is cool shelly, don't pull it out till it stinks bad... I "killed" one on one of the first hatches thinking it was dead because it was weird shaped bell look to the insides when I candeled. Almost all of the geese resembled that egg and I left them...then I saw wiggling and then I saw a baby goose hatch! Keep em in there!

Edited for more info...The couple of mine that died, of the geese, started looking discolored inside and a little on the shell and you could see that WITHOUT candeling. I am going to have to start taking pictures of this stuff. URGH day late and a dollar short!

 

[SterlingAcres]

Don't feel bad. I have awful luck with shipped eggs too. I must have incubated close to 15 dozen eggs this year and only hatched a HANDFUL of chicks.

I'm blaming the post office, most definitely.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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That is cool shelly, don't pull it out till it stinks bad... I "killed" one on one of the first hatches thinking it was dead because it was weird shaped bell look to the insides when I candeled. Almost all of the geese resembled that egg and I left them...then I saw wiggling and then I saw a baby goose hatch! Keep em in there!

Oh, I leave all eggs in my bator until they stink! The only time I remove any is if I need the room! But I have 2 empty bators atm, so they are staying till I KNOW they are goners!

 

[Fudgie]

LOL that is too funny! Keep your eyes peeled for the new ones. I think I have 9 ducks and 1 goose or 8 ducks and 2 geese eggs in there. Hopefully it will stay a little warm for the travel. It is nice up here today!

 

[deerman]

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I agree to not marking hatching eggs, I dont mark them hatching eggs,unless the buyer ask me to.

Just think as shippers we do all we can to reduce the risk. I also have not had any brokens eggs over the last 3 years. Thats doesnt mean the inside was not damaged.

Shipped eggs will alway be risk. Knowing your seller will help. On eggbid,and ebay check feedbacks, just remember on how they received them,not their hatch rate.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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It's supposed to be 40's and 50's all this week, so as long as they make it here before the weekend they should be ok.

 

[Fudgie]

I am so glad shelly! Let me know the condition when they get there....and sorry OP for hijacking the thread for a min.

 

[speckledhen]

Certainly, there are so many variables with shipped eggs and no guarantees, but since that is the way most of us can acquire the breeds or the quality of birds that we want, I dont think it's going to stop anytime soon. As a seller of hatching eggs on occasion, I'll pack 'em so the P.O. gorillas cant crack 'em, but they sure can shake and scramble them, so even my packing with TONS of bubblewrap cant prevent all damage. I've had those not-so-great hatches myself with shipped eggs and I've had excellent ones as well.

 

[millebantam]

I even think that certain places of origin have something to do with it. I've tried on several occasions to hatch eggs shipped from Texas to Rhode Island. I never even got one to develop, but I have had pretty good luck with shipped eggs from other places though. I had 13 out of 14 hatch once from Arkansas, then I got some more from the same breeder a month later and got 11 out of 14. Overall I average about 65% with shipped eggs.

As far as points of origin goes, I guess that maybe some PO's and airports xray more than others, depending on location. Who really knows? I just keep taking my chances because I've ended up with some awesome stock that I never would have aquired otherwise. I will admit though, that I would be "all shook up" if I payed 100 bucks or so for 6 Marans eggs and got nothing out of them.

 

[panner123]

Many moons ago I learned NOT to have eggs shipped. When I wanted some eggs from a friend in Colorado, I live in Ca. He was going to ship them to me, no way. It was a nice drive and the hatch went will. I have nothing against 99.9% of the shippers, they do a great job packaging. The P O personel is another story. I have some meds shipped from the V A hospital in Reno every month. Some months I get them, some I don't. Most of the time the mailman puts them in the wrong box. We had one mailman that was stealing the meds from a number of the locals. He no longer works for the P O. The P O set up a trap for him.