RJ369 (Seller on eBay) - Anyone?

[ksmith3406]

Not all turn out so good.

I've been tempted by Greenfire Farms, as well. Those prices are quite something, but ... in your experience, do the birds end up pretty healthy and resembling the pristing-looking things in their images?

For example, the Silver Barnevelders look magnificent. I'd be open to paying for the ones they show, especially if they'd breed and produce similar-looking offspring. But I'm worried I'd end up with really expensive chickens that just looked like glorified Barred Rocks.

 

[Tonyroo]

If your looking at a sellers eggs check all photos, original photos can be magnified, borrowed photos can't. So that's a hint to avoid that seller.
If you have priority on conditions of the egg and breed your looking at, I would say message them and ask questions. Have your question thought out first before sending it. Then review what the seller has to say about it. If you still have doubt just pass on the seller. Look for another.
Shopping for eggs and breed on EBAY is not like buying shoes you have to do some research and have patience. Cause there are some sellers mislabeling there item or not being truthful.

 

[nmarcoux1]

Has anyone else bought French Black Copper Marans eggs from this seller on eBay? I'm curious how other people's experiences have been.

I have bought from him twice. The first time, I bought six eggs, and he added three extras. Of these, there were six that were a darker brown, but not nearly as dark as the brown in the pictures he uses. Several looked more like the stock Welsummer pictures you see. The three extras were really almost white. The weirder thing was that the white ones were the only ones that developed and hatched.

The second time, I bought six again, and again I got nine total. All of these are similar in color to the darker brown in the first set -- except one that is more olive-green. I'm on day 10, and I just candled, only to find that none of them show signs of development.

I realize that there are inherent risks in the delivery of hatching eggs, but this just seems a bit too poor. Especially since the prices aren't exactly cheap.

I also realize you might be wondering about my incubator and egg-care. Once the eggs arrived, I put them in my (cool and slightly moist) unfinished basement overnight, pointed end down, in a plugged in egg turner. The next day, I added them to my incubator -- in which I also currently have a dozen Ancona duck eggs that I picked up locally. The temps and humidity have been checked three times a day, during egg turns. And the Ancona eggs literally appear to be 100% developing.

Anyone else have experience to speak of -- positive or negative? I promise, I'm not trying to create a negative-only discussion. If you have positive experiences with great hatch rates -- or even acceptable hatch rates -- I'd like to know more.

Thanks!

Side note: eBay really needs to make it so you can (a) modify reviews, at least within the first 30 days or so; and (b) write reviews longer than 80 words. That last part in particular is absurd.

I’m curious as to why his eggs are so expensive $27 per egg? Is that what you paid?
I jokingly told my husband he’s smuggling drugs in his eggs lol
I’ve hatched many shipped eggs but only got 50%hatch sadly.