March 2017! Hatch with us!

[orrpeople]

Who do you consider best to bid on on EBay? I put 2 of Skywalkers auctions on my watchlist and a couple others. Since I am getting ready for lockdown and hopefully have learned a lot....considering resetting that 'bator next week.

I will send you a pm I like my local guy (Papas Poultry) the very best because I have not had a ton of success with shipped Bieles (I truly do bid based on only getting a couple of chicks to hatch, which is why I could never pay the crazy high prices most of those auctions get to! )

 

[WVduckchick]

I will send you a pm

I like my local guy (Papas Poultry) the very best because I have not had a ton of success with shipped Bieles (I truly do bid based on only getting a couple of chicks to hatch, which is why I could never pay the crazy high prices most of those auctions get to! )

I think you've just had crappy luck so far. I got shipped Serama eggs from Florida to WV. She sent me 19 eggs, 2 never developed, and one bloodring early. The other 16 made it to lockdown and only 5 didn't hatch! And we're talking tiny seramas with a lethal gene! Packing was excellent, and the post office was kind. (omg, did I just type that? lol)

My point being that maybe your location or the routes coming to you have just been bad. Or you've had less-than-stellar shippers?

I've had crappy results from shipped eggs also, but I keep trying because sometimes we do get lucky!

 

[WVduckchick]

Who do you consider best to bid on on EBay? I put 2 of Skywalkers auctions on my watchlist and a couple others. Since I am getting ready for lockdown and hopefully have learned a lot....considering resetting that 'bator next week.

Try checking the breed threads here, and the Buy/Sell/Trade section, and the Auction threads!

 

[orrpeople]

I think you've just had crappy luck so far.  I got shipped Serama eggs from Florida to WV.  She sent me 19 eggs, 2 never developed, and one bloodring early.  The other 16 made it to lockdown and only 5 didn't hatch!  And we're talking tiny seramas with a lethal gene!  Packing was excellent, and the post office was kind.  (omg, did I just type that? lol)

My point being that maybe your location or the routes coming to you have just been bad.  Or you've had less-than-stellar shippers?  

I've had crappy results from shipped eggs also, but I keep trying because sometimes we do get lucky! 

I've also found that if shippers send super fresh eggs, they do a lot better! I've had great results , and terrible results (0) Bieles have been some of my worst

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[Jessimom]

Who do you consider best to bid on on EBay? I put 2 of Skywalkers auctions on my watchlist and a couple others. Since I am getting ready for lockdown and hopefully have learned a lot....considering resetting that 'bator next week.

I have had good luck and poor luck on Ebay. I stopped bidding on any eggslast year. . But every once in a while I would check. I bid on 12 silkie/sizzle eggs last month. I paid more than I wanted. They sent 6 extras, and I had 13 of 18 hatch. So, I bid on another dozen, and paid half of what I did previously. But then went crazy and bid on 7 other auctions. I won 5 of them - 4 as the only bidder. I currently have 60 shipped ebay eggs in my incubator - from 5 different people. I'll say they all packaged the eggs beautifully. They are on day 5 - I'll let you know how well they do. I feel WAY more comfortable buying eggs here on BYC.

On the Blue Wyandottes I got, the auction was for 6 eggs, they sent 8. One was cracked, too shattered to save. I cracked it into a bowl and checked fertility and it wasn't fertile. So, I'm a little concerned about the other 7.

On Ebay, most people add their feedback when they get the eggs. I would think it would be better to read feedback after the eggs hatch, or don't hatch.

 

[Jim121898]

That's so interesting... backyarders... makes me wonder about genetics? From different birds each time? Any deformities? Now you've piqued my curiosity.

I have not ran into any deformities. The chick I assisted last wknd hadn't tucked its head under its right wing but that was it. Last week it was a smaller egg that had the issue, where as this week it's a bigger egg. It has me a little complexed to say the least. I just want to make sure it's not something I'm doing which out of 30 eggs to have 3 pip the wrong end doesn't point to anything I'm doing. At least I hope that's not the case and am slowly insuring myself it isn't.

I just stopped by the house to check on them and two have hatched sense 8:30 this morning. The poor guy who piped wrong still hasn't progressed so once I get home for the evening I may assist him.

 

[generaldsherman]

Got turkeys on lockdown. So nervous! Last time I incubated turkeys, no eggs even started developing. Need these 4 to hatch, and need at least 1 hen. Go little eggs, go!

 

[WVduckchick]

Got turkeys on lockdown. So nervous! Last time I incubated turkeys, no eggs even started developing.  Need these 4 to hatch, and need at least 1 hen.  Go little eggs, go!

C'mon for hens!!

How did your hatch from my eggs turn out?

 

[lilwildrabbit]

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That's so interesting... backyarders... makes me wonder about genetics? From different birds each time? Any deformities? Now you've piqued my curiosity.

sounds like a new breed backyarders lol

 

[Mylied]

Got turkeys on lockdown. So nervous! Last time I incubated turkeys, no eggs even started developing.  Need these 4 to hatch, and need at least 1 hen.  Go little eggs, go!

Cool, someone else with turkeys in the incubator! I'm only on day 16 though. This has been the slowest going incubation ever. I hope your four little ones hatch.