Shipped eggs and I'm sad

[MandaRae]

I kind of want to cry..
I know shipped eggs are a gamble but of the 6 Legbar eggs I had shipped to me only 1 hatched and it's a Male!
Then with it I had ordered what was supposed to be Maran x Legbar Olive Eggers. But they sent me the wrong eggs and its Rhodebar of the 5 eggs 2 hatched and it's 1 boy 1 girl I just need to figure out which is which.
One amazing thing about this hatch was 1 of the Rhodebar eggs was cracked and I sealed it with beeswax and it Hatched!

Good with the bad of hatching but I really wanted Legbars

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

That’s always so disappointing! I’m sorry!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I'm sorry. I expect that some won't hatch when I get shipped eggs and always try to buy double what I want to hatch.

 

[Tonyroo]

If your committed to that breed. You should consider finding multiple breeders in your area and nearby states. Just keep ordering eggs, till you get the amount of chicks you need.

Shipping will always be an issue, plus the low hatch rate.

Buying from different breeders will give you different bloodlines for when you ever want to hatch your own flock.

Just something to keep in mind.

 

[MandaRae]

If your committed to that breed. You should consider finding multiple breeders in your area and nearby states. Just keep ordering eggs, till you get the amount of chicks you need.

Shipping will always be an issue, plus the low hatch rate.

Buying from different breeders will give you different bloodlines for when you ever want to hatch your own flock.

Just something to keep in mind.

Honestly for the amount I pay for eggs with no results I'm at the point of just buying a couple chicks.

 

[Justso]

I think we've all been down that road. Very disappointing!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I went through this a couple of years ago. I finally hatched some CCL! I'm still shocked they hatched since the eggs shipped from CA all the way to NC and I had a couple of Broken eggs in the box. Shipped eggs are always a gamble. The many other CCL eggs I purchased were from states much closer to me and none of them hatched. I don't even want to know how much money I spent on hatching eggs to only hatch a few birds. On a brighter note, I did learn a lot throughout those several months.

 

[MandaRae]

I went through this a couple of years ago. I finally hatched some CCL! I'm still shocked they hatched since the eggs shipped from CA all the way to NC and I had a couple of Broken eggs in the box. Shipped eggs are always a gamble. The many other CCL eggs I purchased were from states much closer to me and none of them hatched. I don't even want to know how much money I spent on hatching eggs to only hatch a few birds. On a brighter note, I did learn a lot throughout those several months.

I Did learn more about hatching shipped eggs And I actually had higher hope for this batch since they all looked good at lockdown.
These shipped from CA to here in PA!
I just wish I could find someone local with them.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I Did learn more about hatching shipped eggs And I actually had higher hope for this batch since they all looked good at lockdown.
These shipped from CA to here in PA!
I just wish I could find someone local with them.

Seems like I did find a breeder in NC but this was after I finally hatched some. I can't make any promises but I'll look and try to figure out the breeder info and send it to you. I know you're probably so frustrated and pretty close to being over it after so much effort, but coming from NC isn't that far. Depending on the price, it might be worth it to try. Just let me know if you want me to look into it

 

[Kiki]

I kind of want to cry..
I know shipped eggs are a gamble but of the 6 Legbar eggs I had shipped to me only 1 hatched and it's a Male!
Then with it I had ordered what was supposed to be Maran x Legbar Olive Eggers. But they sent me the wrong eggs and its Rhodebar of the 5 eggs 2 hatched and it's 1 boy 1 girl I just need to figure out which is which.
One amazing thing about this hatch was 1 of the Rhodebar eggs was cracked and I sealed it with beeswax and it Hatched!

Good with the bad of hatching but I really wanted Legbars

Who did you order from?