Is Eggbid.com a rip off? :mad:

[Tuffoldhen]

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This is so true, I've had eggs from the same seller at times, some do nothing and other times I have great hatch rates!! Just because "you think" an egg is not fertile is far from the truth at times when they are shipped!! It's a gamble!!

 

[WriterofWords]

If they don't form within a week or 10 days, when I take them out I break them open to look for a bullseye. If there isn't one I contact the seller and tell them for instance that I had just broken open 10 out of 15 eggs and that there was no fertility bullseye in the yolk, I'll take pictures and send them too. If I am buying fertile eggs I expect fertile eggs. If there are signs of fertility and no formation they probably shaken or damaged in shipping and this is a risk I accept when ordering by mail. Never just toss an egg that doesn't form, always check it for signs of fertility or infertility.
K

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Shipping can cause eggs to look unfertile.

 

[burntumber]

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Wow- interesting! Genetics are so complex when it comes to some chicken breeds!

 

[WriterofWords]

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I didn't know that, it's always been my experience that as soon as a fertile egg is a couple of days old or even hours old it shows the bullseye. How does shipping hide that? I'd like to know what to look for in that case.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Shipped eggs can get scrambled, the yolk can mix together and not show any signs of fertility. Incubating will only show development and growth development if all is well with shipping...my thoughts....

 

[speckledhen]

Jostling around can cause a fertile egg to have development stopped right at the outset, I think is what Sandy means. Unless you can crack it open later on during incubation and keep the yolk intact to check, there's not much way to know if it was fertile. After an egg is incubated, the yolk is very fragile and it's hard to open it and keep that yolk intact to examine it. Also, the blastoderm is sometimes on the underside of the yolk-one that's been incubated is really hard, if not impossible, to turn over to see that for verification.

I may offer more eggs when I have them to offer, if someone doesn't get a good hatch from eggs I've sent, however, I dont feel I'm obligated to do so. I think you'll find some members here who have received a second shipment from me, free of charge or for just shipping. I want them to have a good hatch from my eggs so I do everything I can to insure that, even if it wasn't my fault. However, obviously, so much happens from the time a rooster fertilizes an egg through the shipping then the incubation process, you'd be hard pressed to show that a seller has sold you infertile eggs. Then again, on occasion, an egg will be missed during the fertilization process. I've seen that with my own eyes-there will be one fertile then one not, from the same hen and rooster. Just one of those things.

 

[TB1]

Yes and lets not forget . Temperature changes as well as random xraying and well as "shaken egg syndrome"!
Way too many variables with shipped eggs!
TB

 

[Mrs MIA]

I had two shipments from someone, and only one egg hatched from the first batch. ALL of the eggs that I cracked open after removing from the incubator had been scrambled. She sent more eggs to me a couple of weeks later, and I had a wonderful hatch. Same layers, same shipping route... different handling makes all the difference.
It's not eggbid, eBay, BYC or any of the selling venues... it's the shipping.

 

[KKluckers]

I have had good hatches and bad hatches. Most times it is the shipping that does them in. I have learned dont spend more than your willing to lose.