The Great Egg Shipping Experiment!

[Sallysec]

Loving this thread....

 

[ronott1]

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[ozexpat]

Okay, i said i would never try shipped eggs again since my last hatch was a bust. 22 and nothing hatched. i was so disappointed because I really wanted the SFH and BBS Ameraucana to add to my flock .

So someone mentioned on one of the forums that SFH eggs were up for auction on the Crazy 24 hour auction so I had to look and I did and I bid on them and when I was outbid and I tried to bid again, I accidently bid on 30 Speckled Sussex eggs offered by the same seller. (My Bad) Anywho, I won 30 Speckled Sussex this afternoon and I just received notice they are are on their way.

I just hope the heat does not fry them

....it is unbearable on the east coast right now. I heard that the seller has a good rep. This time, I am writing down all instructions to follow so no mistakes are made. I really think the failure last time was someone opened up the incubator during the lockdown and did not close it properly. (no proof but we did exactly as our first which yielded us 8 out of 12 Rhodebar) So my question after all this is - Who has hatched Speckled Sussex and is there anything special I should know or do? Where are the best pictures of candling of eggs that we can use to compare and can determine things are going along as expected?

papa is a great supplier

you got some bargains

good luck

 

[ozexpat]

so here are the results thus far on my hatch going on on the phils. we are on day 12.

Breed incubation time Abbv Expecting Arrived in LA Set in Phils 7 days Lockdown Hatched
Peafowl - Black Shouldered 28 PF-BS 6 6 6 4
peafowl - Mixed 28 6 6 6 4
peafowl - Mixed 28 PF-BL 6 6 6 5
Turkey - Eastern Wild 28 TE 24 18 17 5
Turkey - Narraganset 28 TB 12 12 12 3
Duck - Pekins 28 D-P 6 8 8 4
Duck - Jumbo Pekin 28 D-JP 24 20 19 16
Duck - Ruoen 28 D-R 20 20 20 12
Duck - Welsh Harlequin 28 D-WH 16 16 16 11
Guinea Fowl 28 G2 36 40 40 32
Guinea Fowl 28 G1 30 34 34 24
Chukar Partridge 24 CP 50 62 61 61
silkie/sizzle 21 SS 12 12 11 3
swedish flower hens 21 SF 10 11 11 0
Light Brahmas 21 B 12 13 13 0
Blue Andalusians 21 AN 16 18 18 3
Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons 21 LO 12 12 12 7
Americaunas 21 A2 24 30 29 16
Americaunas 21 A1 16 15 14 8
Breda Fowl - Blue 21 BF 12 12 12 9
Wellsummers 21 W 12 13 13 3
362 384 378 230


note that some breeds failed completely - shipped to los angeles then repacked and shipped to the philippines

80 chicken eggs were clears or blood rings

the updates are in my thread linked in my signature

 

[pickitfarm]

papa is a great supplier

you got some bargains

good luck

Thanks for the thumbs up. That is why I thought I could try again with shipping.

 

[pickitfarm]

so here are the results thus far on my hatch going on on the phils. we are on day 12.

Breed incubation time Abbv Expecting Arrived in LA Set in Phils 7 days Lockdown Hatched
Peafowl - Black Shouldered 28 PF-BS 6 6 6 4
peafowl - Mixed 28 6 6 6 4
peafowl - Mixed 28 PF-BL 6 6 6 5
Turkey - Eastern Wild 28 TE 24 18 17 5
Turkey - Narraganset 28 TB 12 12 12 3
Duck - Pekins 28 D-P 6 8 8 4
Duck - Jumbo Pekin 28 D-JP 24 20 19 16
Duck - Ruoen 28 D-R 20 20 20 12
Duck - Welsh Harlequin 28 D-WH 16 16 16 11
Guinea Fowl 28 G2 36 40 40 32
Guinea Fowl 28 G1 30 34 34 24
Chukar Partridge 24 CP 50 62 61 61
silkie/sizzle 21 SS 12 12 11 3
swedish flower hens 21 SF 10 11 11 0
Light Brahmas 21 B 12 13 13 0
Blue Andalusians 21 AN 16 18 18 3
Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons 21 LO 12 12 12 7
Americaunas 21 A2 24 30 29 16
Americaunas 21 A1 16 15 14 8
Breda Fowl - Blue 21 BF 12 12 12 9
Wellsummers 21 W 12 13 13 3
362 384 378 230


note that some breeds failed completely - shipped to los angeles then repacked and shipped to the philippines

80 chicken eggs were clears or blood rings

the updates are in my thread linked in my signature

Wow that is some list!

 

[ozexpat]

Wow that is some list!

7500miles is a long way to go to hatch an egg.

Go big or go home

 

[chickadoodles]

Ron thanks for sharing the candling pics! It helps alot!

 

[ronott1]

Ron thanks for sharing the candling pics! It helps alot!

Your welcome. I have a couple of candling videos too--These are all mine taken with my Canon camera.

 

[chickadoodles]

Your welcome. I have a couple of candling videos too--These are all mine taken with my Canon camera.

I would like to see the video's if you can post them. Thank you!