Is Eggbid.com a rip off? :mad:

[je]

I have been considering buying from the Japanese Bantam breeder on eggbid if he still has eggs available when my incubator is free on Oct. 6. I hope I have better luck with shipping.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Find someone close to your area, if you can. Otherwise, find someone North and West of you... Shipping South/East seems to be easier on them, for some reason. I have a very difficult time hatching shipped eggs, but I can ship to Maryland or Ohio or Arkansas and they'll have a very good hatch rate from my eggs...

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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

True Araucana (tufted & tail-less) also have a lethal gene.

It's quite interesting, learning the quirks of the different breeds.

Edited for spelling..

 

[burntumber]

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

True Araucana (tufted & tail-less) also have a lethal gene.

It's quite interesting, learning the quirks of the different breeds.

Edited for spelling..

Yeah- it really is fascinating- esp. genetics that contradict survivability. It's with people, too. For instance, sickle-cell anemia and malaria are contradicting genes. One can NOT inherit the sickle-cell gene, but they'll be suceptable to malaria. And yet if one inherits sickle-cell, they'll be unable to contract malaria. Isn't that something?

 

[WriterofWords]

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Thanks a bunch for that. I can only tell if the yolk is not damaged when I crack it open after 10 days or so.

 

[pips&peeps]

My friend had some white tailed japs and I hatched a few for her over the past couple of years.

And they are hard to hatch! So my suggestion to you would be to try and get some started birdies.

 

[Shogun99]

After all of this mess, I think I will try and do just that next year. A few started Japanese Bantams might work out a lot better than hatching them. I will keep everyone posted though on my last 3 hold-outs of the original 10. I just wanted to ensure I wasn't getting ripped off or anything. The other eggs seem to be hatching at a fairly ok rate.

 

[speckledhen]

Sometimes, hatching is the only way to get what we want, so we keep doing it. It can, however, be quite frustrating at times. Hope you can find some of the started birds you want.

 

[burntumber]

I'm trying with my first shipped-eggs clutch right now- some (pricey) Peekaboo Silkie eggs. We'll see how it goes. I don't have any expectations- I figure that way I can't be too disappointed. I sure would love to get a couple of beautiful Splashes out of it, though.

I really prefer to buy young adult birds, that I can see have good confirmation. It costs more to do it that way in one chunk, but considering how much one pays for so many eggs to get one A-1 quality bird, it probably all evens out in the end.

That said, I do ship eggs often. I offer a hatch guarantee, though. It's not the buyer's fault if the PO scrambles the eggs- and the eggs don't cost me anything. So I figure why not offer a guarantee? Sure there might be someone out there in the world who would take unfair advantage of this offer - but I think people are very fair and honest as a whole.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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With your guarantee, do you pay for the shipping on the next batch of eggs or does the buyer? How do you recoup the money involved with the packaging of the eggs and taking them to the post office?

I'm just curious.