Mail order eggs develope with little to no hatching.......

[gander007]

I am using the same incubator to hatch the eggs from my yard and get a 80%-90%
hatch and here in southern Death Valley this is not bad but mail order eggs are
really difficult as a 0% to 20% hatch is doing good and a couple mounts ago I
ordered a box of assorted eggs from S Carolina and it took 6 days in the Mail to
get to me and 9 out of developed 2 no hatch 2 passed shortly after the hatch and
the other 5 are doing great so fair .... An Orloffs in 3 separate of 10 or more on hatch
development but no hatch, Marans the same thing but yet my yard eggs or some
mixed eggs and I am happy with the hatch but if it is a buty I want no luck ....
any one help ...... Oh the incubator I have been using for 12 years with good
success on quail ducks pheasant chucker but them eggs are all local no Mail....

 

[All Henned Up]

let mail egg stand with pointy end down for 8 hours before putting in the incubator, older they are and the farther they travel the less likely they are going to hatch.
Welcome and enjoy BYC !
Steve.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Sadly the viability of shipped eggs is always a crap shoot.

 

[chickenboy190]

Welcome! glad you joined BYC! :~D

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome to BYC! X3, there are just so many variables with shipped eggs. The BYC Learning Center article, Hatching Eggs 101 has some good tips on setting shipped eggs. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

 

[gander007]

When I receive Mail order eggs I always let them set in a egg carton
over night to let the air bubbles settle and get to room temp before
putting them in the incubator that is set up and running at the correct
temps and humidity before ordering and the room the incubator sits
in is either heated or cooled off to 95 degrees to help with the opening
problems just something I do ...... And as Mail order eggs are a crap
shoot this is true big time .......... The incubator I use is a HOVA-BATOR
1583 With a Fan to move the air around and yes there is a egg turner
in there so I do not need to open every day Humidity stays around 40%
and up to 60 3 days before hatch the heat is at 95.5 this I check through
the big window on top several times a day ...... I would just like to
know if someone had a special trick they used with Mail Order eggs
as a person can get some real special chickens out there as not
every species is close by .......... But I have noticed the Easter Egg
Chicken is the easiest to hatch ,,,,, well here anyway ...........
Always thanking those with helpful ideas ..................

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

Happy you joined us!

 

[gander007]

Yes and thank you I see you are correct always I lot to learn
and one should never stop learning ...... That was a great
place to get information for this I thank you .....

 

[gander007]

Thank you !!!!!!

 

[sumi]

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