The Rhodebar thread!

[Ihilani Coffee]

Thanks

The seller had a Rooster photo in their ad, but I don't know if that's his father or not and there weren't any hen pictures. He has no siblings, out of the 12 eggs shipped he was the only one that hatched.

Where did the eggs come from?

The Rhodebars are coming! The post office just called to say they're here from Oklahoma. If your seller was from there, would you please PM me?

 

[malndobe]

Where did the eggs come from?

The Rhodebars are coming! The post office just called to say they're here from Oklahoma. If your seller was from there, would you please PM me?

They were from FL. Bought 12, 1 was smashed during shipping, 4 weren't fertile, the other 7 started but 6 quit part way through. A couple looked like pullet eggs, don't know if that had anything to do with the starting then quitting or not. I've heard you shouldn't set pullet eggs, but never heard why. This was also my first time incubating eggs so I'm not ruling out user error. I set 21 duck eggs, 10 from my layer flock, and the Rhodebar eggs. 7 of my layer flock hatched, but only 5 of the duck eggs, some pipped into the wrong spot, some pipped into the air sack but not externally, and some just quit on me. They also hatched late so I know my temps were to low, although 4 thermometers agreed it was staying in the 99-100 range.

 

[DMRippy]

eggs that don't develope do not mean they are not fertile. something could have happened to cause them to not start.

 

[malndobe]

eggs that don't develope do not mean they are not fertile. something could have happened to cause them to not start.

I broke each of them open, the yolks were still intact but I could find no sign of a bulls eye on any of them. Can they still be fertile with no bulls eye? I was told that is how you check fertility.

 

[enola]

Have you contacted the seller? Maybe you can get some sort of resolution.

 

[DMRippy]

eggs that don't develope do not mean they are not fertile. something could have happened to cause them to not start.

I broke each of them open, the yolks were still intact but I could find no sign of a bulls eye on any of them.  Can they still be fertile with no bulls eye?  I was told that is how you check fertility.

that is how you check.

 

[malndobe]

Have you contacted the seller? Maybe you can get some sort of resolution.

No, other than the fertility issue I chalked the rest of it up to the risk of shipped eggs, and possible user error (with a little "help" from the electric company) with the incubator.

I did contact them about one of the eggs when they first arrived, it had a big black thing floating around in it when I candled it. The response was that they just set everything and candle in a week. Frankly I think due to the time of year they were scrambling to just get a dozen eggs together to ship.

I will contact them and let them know about the fertility issue. Is there any sort of standard when buying shipped eggs? This was my first time. I know there are no gaurantees regarding hatch rates, which makes sense to me. Once they are out of the sellers hands they have no control over what I do with them.

 

[DeltaBluezTess]

No, other than the fertility issue I chalked the rest of it up to the risk of shipped eggs, and possible user error (with a little "help" from the electric company) with the incubator.

I did contact them about one of the eggs when they first arrived, it had a big black thing floating around in it when I candled it. The response was that they just set everything and candle in a week. Frankly I think due to the time of year they were scrambling to just get a dozen eggs together to ship.

I will contact them and let them know about the fertility issue. Is there any sort of standard when buying shipped eggs? This was my first time. I know there are no gaurantees regarding hatch rates, which makes sense to me. Once they are out of the sellers hands they have no control over what I do with them.

where were the eggs shipped from?
Diane

 

[malndobe]

where were the eggs shipped from?
Diane

Florida

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

The Rhodebars are coming! The post office just called to say they're here from Oklahoma. If your seller was from there, would you please PM me?

Bought 10, seller sent 12, one broken on arrival. Pretty good! Also bought 6 Isbar eggs from same seller who sent me 10, all intact. This is my first experience with shipped eggs.