Incubation question

[Jessicabackus]

So I’ve been hatching and raising chicks for several years now but I wasn’t aware that once an egg had been incubated and then removed and opened that it was impossible to tell if that egg had been fertilized prior. I was recently told this by another breeder but I can’t find anything on it now and I’ve lost my screenshot. Point is. I sold some eggs to someone who says a few weren’t fertilized. I’m more inclined to believe they were they just didn’t develop after shipping. Thoughts?

 

[MGG]

So I’ve been hatching and raising chicks for several years now but I wasn’t aware that once an egg had been incubated and then removed and opened that it was impossible to tell if that egg had been fertilized prior. I was recently told this by another breeder but I can’t find anything on it now and I’ve lost my screenshot. Point is. I sold some eggs to someone who says a few weren’t fertilized. I’m more inclined to believe they were they just didn’t develop after shipping. Thoughts?

Yeah, it could be any number of things. Shipping is hard on eggs.

 

[Jessicabackus]

Yeah, it could be any number of things. Shipping is hard on eggs.

That’s what I was thinking. It is hard on them especially now with the mail the way it is. Thank you!

 

[MGG]

That’s what I was thinking. It is hard on them especially now with the mail the way it is. Thank you!

You're welcome! It's amazing eggs can be shipped and any still hatch.

 

[Jessicabackus]

It really is. I just got some a few days ago and they’re all totally scrambled. Shipped eggs are truly a gamble.

 

[MGG]

It really is. I just got some a few days ago and they’re all totally scrambled. Shipped eggs are truly a gamble.

Aw, sorry. It is. I was very fortunate, the only time I ordered eggs I got 15, one was smashed and one was infertile or didn't develop. Of all the ones that developed all 13 hatched. I was lucky.

 

[Jessicabackus]

Aw, sorry. It is. I was very fortunate, the only time I ordered eggs I got 15, one was smashed and one was infertile or didn't develop. Of all the ones that developed all 13 hatched. I was lucky.

Oh wow! That’s awesome! Good odds there.