Shipped eggs (i'm done)

[marytoast]

I had 23 guinea eggs in the bator I added 7 chicken eggs. The guinea eggs were picked up from the farm. I had 20 of the 23 hatch. The chicken eggs were shipped. 1 of them hatched.

 

[Mahonri]

Typical.

I had 41 eggs in both hatch 1 and hatch 2. Only got 12 chicks each hatch from shipped eggs.

 

[killer]

i got 5 out of 12 shipped eggs. and i have 9 in the bator right now that was shipped it was 18 of them but had a few meat spots and some just not fertile. cross finger i get a good hatch out of these.

 

[matthew1985]

i have 18 shipped turkey eggs and 9 duck eggs all eggs are doin good only about half of turkey eggs are tho

 

[shelleyd2008]

Shipped eggs are very hard to hatch. The only ones that do well for me are quail. Other types of eggs usually don't make it too good. Every once in a while, I'll get lucky, but I usually get 1 or 2 chicks from 12+ shipped eggs. Not all the time, but most. If I could find what I want here, I wouldn't even bother.

 

[dun chick]

Sometimes you get a good hatch, most times I get a 30-50%. The one time I actually picked up eggs from a seller that lived nearby. I got 16/18 eggs to hatch. So shipping does play havoc on them. My problem is the breeds I want are not around here and I like to be a respected breeder around here, so I have to play russian roulet with eggs.

 

[BellLisamo]

i got 12 guinea eggs shipped, only 4 hatched, heck im happier than a turtle on a conveyor belt!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I had 6/6 develop. 2 of those quit, and the 4 that were left all hatched. Then I had 2/14 develop, well the other 12 werent even fertile as I cracked open the eggs and none had bullseyes.

 

[BellLisamo]

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oh goodness gracious. thats what scares me! i dont want to be sending non fertile eggs!!! i see my rooster doing his business all the time, but how can i be sure?!?!!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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oh goodness gracious. thats what scares me! i dont want to be sending non fertile eggs!!! i see my rooster doing his business all the time, but how can i be sure?!?!!

I crack open some eggs every week and check for the fertile bullseye mark. So far every one I have cracked has been fertile, plus all of the eggs I have put into the incubator have been fertile.