What is your hatch percentage on shipped eggs?

[SkyWarrior]

0 to 50% Usually lousy.

OTOH, I threw a bunch of fresh eggs in the incubator and got 100% hatch. Go figure.

 

[LadyBirdsPalace]

I did a hatch in July (my FIRST hatch) and I was happy with my end result.

Shipped I got: 25 eggs, 19 made it to lockdown, 14 hatched.

Neighbours I got: 15 eggs, 11 made it to lockdown, 6 hatched.

*This was a combined hatch of chickens, turkeys and ducks. 100% of the duck eggs hatched which were all shipped.

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I am setting more tomorrow, 12 shipped, 22 of the neighbours and maybe 7 of my own - I want to try the dry incubation method as this time they will all be chicken eggs.

 

[instar8]

Definitely don't count your chickens before they hatch...my first shipped eggs were due to hatch yesterday, three came out pretty quickly, three needed help, another needed help and i was watching it, but i got busy setting up the incubation area with my 6-yo grandgirl, when we went back to check it was blowing bubbles, it didn't make it. So out of 20 eggs from two states (AR and TX), i got 7 developed, 6 alive, less than a third.

I just got 6 BLRW eggs, they came in good shape, nicely packed, but four have moving air cells....;~( California is a long way away.

I bought the incubator because i lost all my broodies and roosters to a fox, i grabbed the last seven fertile eggs...they sat for i think 11 days while i tried to find a broody, then ordered the incubator. 6 hatched, one died a day later, no idea why. Just for comparison.

 

[Georgia Boy 1970]

I've had anywhere from 80 percent to zilch hatching. I want to really get some good breeder quality silkies and cochins for my sizzle project. But with money being so tight I am hesitant to even try shipped eggs again. Not saying that I won't.My last batch of shipped eggs I didn't even get one chick. It is very disappointing.
Thanks