Shipped Egg Hatch-A-Long

[FoodFreedomNow]

Yeah, we got lucky. The seller included foam and padding and made sure the eggs were well taken care of!

Nice! If only they all arrived in such good shape...and with great fertility!

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Sorry to hear it. Any hope of others hatching at this point?

well, I *think* some are still alive, but I’m not sure.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

@ButtonHoarder, I just saw your other thread and was sad to read that only Eggo hatched.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

@ButtonHoarder, I just saw your other thread and was sad to read that only Eggo hatched.

Yeah, I'm disappointed, but now I have to try again! Thanks

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Eggs went into lockdown this morning. Just the 6 Lavender Ameraucana left . One way or another, there will be chicks in a few days - almost all of my own BCM flock's eggs made it to lockdown.

The cracked egg is still plugging along! This is the only cracked egg I've had that's made it this far...come on, #Denty! Those cracks were pretty bad. I also attached a photo of one egg with a large saddled air cell. Not what I want to see at this point, but there's still hope. Photos aren't too bad for holding the egg and candler in one hand and the phone in the other...just glad I didn't fumble them.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Unfortunately, while the cracked egg pipped internally, it failed to hatch...as did all the others but one. I candled yesterday and saw that one egg had pipped internally and was moving, so I assisted in clearing the membrane from its head. The chick hatched later, but it appears to be stargazing. I've begun treating for that condition, but am not confident it will have a good outcome.

Trying to hatch shipped eggs has really become an exercise in futility lately. I'm not holding my breath on USPS improving anytime soon, either.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Sorry it didn’t go well. Maybe try a different breeder next time. I’ve never hatched eggs before, but hope to sometime next year.

 

[Demonwolf37]

I'll be receiving a dozen hatching eggs in the mail this week. I really hope at least one or two survive. I'll be heartbroken if it's a total loss

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Sorry it didn’t go well. Maybe try a different breeder next time. I’ve never hatched eggs before, but hope to sometime next year.

Thanks! I've had some really good hatches in the past from shipped eggs, but the past couple of years' have just been terrible. Hope yours fare better.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I'll be receiving a dozen hatching eggs in the mail this week. I really hope at least one or two survive. I'll be heartbroken if it's a total loss

Who knows - yours might arrive in better shape than mine did. Best of luck!