Shipped Eggs, Hatch Rate Poll

[Buck Creek Chickens]

What's your best hatch rate with shipped eggs, and did you do anything different with shipped compared to home grown?
If your eggs came from a BYCer tells us who.

Mottled d'Uccle, from wwmicasa1, shipped 13 d'uccles 10 hatched, plus added 2 cochin both hatched

Silkies, from Dipsy Doodle Doo ?, 9 shipped, 7 hatched, none clear, also added 2 serama 1 hatched none clear.

If there are detached air cells I keep the humidty at 50% at all times.

Paula

 

[speckledhen]

Mine have varied from about 93% down to around 60%, though just once, I did have a 20% hatch on one particular batch (that's unusual, though) Most commonly, my rates are in the high 80's.
I've had shipped eggs from BamaChicken, ginasmarans, HenHaven, hinkjc, seriousbill and jimmy47. If I remember anyone else, I'll edit this list.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

80% hatch from halo's bbr eggs shipped from FL to GA

 

[Katy]

Worst: 0 of 18 Orps (non-BYCer)

Best: 11 0f 13 BLRWs (Turbo)

 

[BawGock]

I just hatched 8 out of 12 on shipped cuckoo marans eggs shipped from Ohio to here in North Idaho.
All the eggs were fertile because my 3 culls all had tiny embryos and I drowned one chick in the egg during the end of my hatch due to a spike in humidity.
These eggs were hatchery eggs from Meyers.
They packed the eggs beautifully and it was a good experience overall.
But now that I know more, I will get my next batch of eggs from a BYCer because they generally offer much better quality and a very fair price.
Carolyn