What can I say - I'm apparently a glutton for punishment when it comes to shipped eggs. 
After a disappointing shipped goose egg hatch (out of 13 eggs over 2 seasons from the same seller, I have 1 live gosling from the last hatch), I received shipped 15 Lavender Ameraucana eggs.
Like the goose eggs, the eggs showed clear shipping damage (saddled and detached air cells)...plus cracks as an added bonus!
Cracked eggs were painted with Liquid Bandage. The eggs were set upright in a carton for 24 hours, then went into the incubator (upright) and were not turned for another 72 hours.
At 2 days in, one egg had to be removed because it started to smell. It was a cracked egg that looked oddly dark when initially candled - clearly, it had gone bad. 14 left.
First candling: 2 clears and 4 blood rings removed - likely due to shipping stress. 2 more are questionable but left in. The other cracked egg is still developing.
8 left.
Next candling will be on 6/24. Hoping I didn't lose too many more.
Anyone else out there in BYCland hatching shipped eggs?
After a disappointing shipped goose egg hatch (out of 13 eggs over 2 seasons from the same seller, I have 1 live gosling from the last hatch), I received shipped 15 Lavender Ameraucana eggs. Like the goose eggs, the eggs showed clear shipping damage (saddled and detached air cells)...plus cracks as an added bonus!
Cracked eggs were painted with Liquid Bandage. The eggs were set upright in a carton for 24 hours, then went into the incubator (upright) and were not turned for another 72 hours. At 2 days in, one egg had to be removed because it started to smell. It was a cracked egg that looked oddly dark when initially candled - clearly, it had gone bad. 14 left.
First candling: 2 clears and 4 blood rings removed - likely due to shipping stress. 2 more are questionable but left in. The other cracked egg is still developing.
8 left.Next candling will be on 6/24. Hoping I didn't lose too many more.
Anyone else out there in BYCland hatching shipped eggs?
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