June Hatch A Long

[jolenesdad]

5 of the 9 eggs are SL black orp roo and SL Blue orp hen 4 eggs were SL black orp roo over a Columbian Wy hen

Oh my.... MORE ORPINGTONS I REALLY NEED!


@Ohlivia so so sorry you had a loss.

 

[Mosey2003]

I put 7 eggs into lockdown last night. Out of 34 shipped. Sigh. We shall see Friday. Fellow is insisting on mailing me chicks this fall, I keep telling him that's not necessary.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I put 7 eggs into lockdown last night. Out of 34 shipped. Sigh. We shall see Friday. Fellow is insisting on mailing me chicks this fall, I keep telling him that's not necessary.

I hope those 7 troopers hatch successfully for you! I'm just as concerned about buying shipped eggs as I am sending eggs because I would feel like that guy. I don't want people to have bad experiences with eggs that I send them any more than I want a low hatch rate myself!

 

[Trux]

Oh my.... MORE ORPINGTONS I REALLY NEED!


@Ohlivia so so sorry you had a loss.

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• Trux
• Aug 19, 2018
• 4

Black SL Orp. Yosemite Sam (Sam) for short)

Daddy

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• Trux
• Aug 19, 2018

SL Blue Orp. Dolly

Momma

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• Trux
• Aug 25, 2018

Dolly getting some lap time

 

[MelissaRose]

I set one egg on the1st, and four a few days ago. I think it was the 7th or 8th.

 

[Mosey2003]

I hope those 7 troopers hatch successfully for you! I'm just as concerned about buying shipped eggs as I am sending eggs because I would feel like that guy. I don't want people to have bad experiences with eggs that I send them any more than I want a low hatch rate myself!

I really, really, really wish he had added some sawdust to the box. I think that would have made an enormous difference. But he's "old school" so he claims and that's just the way he does it. It's not like I can complain or make requests when he's sending me eggs for free. I tried and tried to get him to accept money, nope. I'd rather pay for shipping and have them packed differently, but that's not how life works lol.

Being optimistic, maybe all 7 will hatch and I'll end up with a super nice trio or quad and I'll be able to hatch like crazy come next year. Or maybe they'll be duds. Who knows!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I really, really, really wish he had added some sawdust to the box. I think that would have made an enormous difference. But he's "old school" so he claims and that's just the way he does it. It's not like I can complain or make requests when he's sending me eggs for free. I tried and tried to get him to accept money, nope. I'd rather pay for shipping and have them packed differently, but that's not how life works lol.

Being optimistic, maybe all 7 will hatch and I'll end up with a super nice trio or quad and I'll be able to hatch like crazy come next year. Or maybe they'll be duds. Who knows!

...Tell me about sawdust in the shipping boxes. Why? Does it help with moisture? Offset weight somehow? What does it do?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

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• Trux
• Aug 19, 2018
• 4

Black SL Orp. Yosemite Sam (Sam) for short)

Daddy

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• Trux
• Aug 19, 2018

SL Blue Orp. Dolly

Momma

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• Trux
• Aug 25, 2018

Dolly getting some lap time

@Trux What are you doing to me!? I have Orpington problems. I want them all! lol

 

[Mosey2003]

...Tell me about sawdust in the shipping boxes. Why? Does it help with moisture? Offset weight somehow? What does it do?

Oh, for cushion! It absorbs impact, so if you've decided you want to ship the eggs all individually wrapped yet loose (not in cartons), you put down a thick layer of sawdust, then arrange a layer of eggs, a layer of sawdust, etc. Make sure it's packed very tight when you close the top and then there's less movement and impact on the eggs. That's what I consider "old school packing." But he just put bubble wrap in the bottom, around the sides, and on top and wrapped all the eggs in newspaper and put them in.

 

[jolenesdad]

I really, really, really wish he had added some sawdust to the box. I think that would have made an enormous difference. But he's "old school" so he claims and that's just the way he does it. It's not like I can complain or make requests when he's sending me eggs for free. I tried and tried to get him to accept money, nope. I'd rather pay for shipping and have them packed differently, but that's not how life works lol.

Being optimistic, maybe all 7 will hatch and I'll end up with a super nice trio or quad and I'll be able to hatch like crazy come next year. Or maybe they'll be duds. Who knows!

I agree @CluckNDoodle id be the same way, but most people don’t give two hoots. I feel like if you don’t have fertile eggs by 4 days, you should st least be able to file insurance with the post office as a damaged shipment. Then no one is out money and they could replace them!

Shipping style is just a personal preference. I’ve had probably every style and I feel like it’s pretty random. I, personally, do NOT like foam. I’ve had maybe four breeders ship in foam, and there was only one that didn’t have a straight up broken egg.

When I opened my marans eggs I was devastated. They looked so haphazardly put it in the box. Every other shipment was so particularly placed, and the marans were every which way inside a double box. Upside down, sideways, literally shoved into the box.

That marans shipment was my HIGHEST hatch rate I’ve ever had. Afterwards I spoke to the breeder and she told me it’s the only way she has found to ensure the eggs cannot move st all in shipment. She said those little slips and teeny, jerky movements from most every other shipping style is what she finds kills the eggs.


@Trux IM DROOLING. I LOVE laced birds.... and used to have some Wyandotte’s but I do not prefer the personalities of every Wyandotte that’s been on my property.