Never again! Never! :( Hatching eggs- forget it! A little story

I am sorry that the hatches came out so horribly. It must have been sad and so frustrating!

If you every want to try hatching again, you can sort ebay by distance and then go pick up your eggs.

 

Or, better yet, find someone here on BYC... we're always happy to help out!

Sorry about the fiasco... I can imagine how frustrated you are! :aww

 

Wow that is so horrible. I'm freaked about getting eggs through the mail and hesitant because you are guaranteed nothing and some of the prices are higher than just getting already hatched chicks, yet I also don't need 25 or so from a hatchery.

 

WOW that really blows. I think your eggs might got x-rayed. That is the only reason i can think of why you would have that many special needs chicks, unless your bator temps went wild a couple times. BTW i have a special needs chick myself. S/He was born with a microcephalus and a growth on top of his head, which might be his brain coming through a opening of his head . The chick is also barely growing, it only gained 2 gram in one week and is now only half the size of the next smaller chick and a 1/3 of the biggest. I left him in there with the rest of the bunch. I got 32 eggs of ebay last time 15 this time. Out of the 32 18 developed ,13 hatched and lived , but 1 had to be culled. I never had a smashed eggand my post office is awesome. they either hand the eggs right to me or put them on the steps in the shadow and ring the door bell.
If you would live close by i would take the one winged chick. I love weird animals.

 

Having a hatch go bad is a hard thing. Having to deal with sick and dying chicks sucks
even more.

Shipped eggs are always a gamble. We hatch shipped eggs once a month and have
had some bad hatches but most were very good. We have 50 on day 7 right now.
We candled yesterday and 90% are fertile. That's good for shipped eggs.

 

I'm so very sorry you are going through this. The PO is hard on shipped eggs, no doubt about it. I just hatched from eggs from a BYC member and of 14 eggs 11 hatched. Maybe consider a BYC member and someone who lives close to you to cut down on shipping time.

 

I am sorry for your loss. I know what you are going through, trust me. I had a heavy hatch loss earlier this week and i am expecting the rest of that hatch to not work out at all.

That egg carton placed in a box sounds crazy! I mean, what reputable seller would do such a thing? I hope you gave him bad feedback when you got the eggs!

Good luck and what is this Texas Poultry I keep hearing about? I can't find them online but I am curious.

 

That is so horrible! I have not had dealings with e-bay,but I know there are good and bad stories. I agree with the P.O. being rough on eggs and that is a worry I have because I ship eggs. Last year I had a couple reports of a chick having hatched with a deformity. I started labeling my boxes "LIVE EMBRYOS-DO NOT X-RAY" and had no more problem.Try it again with someone from here and as close to you as you can find. I've driven 50-60 miles to deliver. Just pay gas instead of shipping.Good luck to you

 

Uugghh! That is just awful! I'm so sorry about your hatch. If you try again, maybe more local eggs would work. I'm about to set my 2nd batch of shipped eggs along with mutts of my own. It'll be interesting to compare how both sets do.