shipped eggs

So we generally hatch more roosters than hens but this season we have so far hatched 7 confirmed and 2 suspected roosters out of 9 hatched chicks. That seems spectacularly unlikely. Does anyone have any similar experiences? Is it luck of the draw or, for example, are roosters more hardy in the...

Ok... 23 shipped eggs...I let them rest upright for 48 hours before setting. They are in an upright tilting turner. I candled them today, day 7, 6 of the eggs had no development and every solitary one of the others has a detached air cell:thI am so disappointed I am almost sick. This is my first...

Ok...I ordered 2 dozen shipped silkie eggs. I was concerned about viability due to the fact that one box came smashed in on one side and the other carton was upside down in the box. Last night was night 6 and I decided to candle just 2 eggs from each batch to see if any were developing, all four...

Ordered a couple dozen paint silkie eggs the first box came crushed in on one side despite being well labeled, with stickers stating: live embryos and with labels stating this side up. :( No eggs were broken but it is obvious they weren't handled gently. :barnieThe second box came the next day...

Monday I excitedly received 48 Barred Rock eggs from B.C. Canada. I let them sit 48 hours and they have been in my incubator ever since. So that would make 2 full days in the incubator without rotation. Today my good mama Bantam Wyandotte Golden Lace hen went full blown broody on me again. She...

OK, a couple of questions but first off though I want to say how AWESOME this site it, it has guided me from the beginnings of thinking I wanted to add to my 4 BobWhites that I have to the point of actually needing to start incubating! I have saved so many articles and threads from this site but...

I just received my meat Maker Brown Cornyx Quail fertile eggs. They are absolutely beautiful! :love I am going to be incubating them, but something just occurred to me. With shipped chicken eggs, I have seen you set them upside down or something in an egg carton, I'd have to look again, before...

So I know that shipped eggs have a lower hatch rate than local or home grown eggs. I’m trying to find out how many of our eggs to expect to hatch. I have 24 ayam cemani eggs in the incubator that so had shipped to me in Oregon from the east coast. I candled them after three days and saw definite...

I am wondering if anyone out there has ever tried waiting longer than 36 hours to set shipped eggs? My question is really, if the aircells are unstable will time alone fix this(just sitting fat end up), or does the start of development of a embryo actually need to happen to have it stabilize? I...

Just put 10 shipped Silkie eggs in the incubator today. Should I wait to turn the auto turner on yet or wait?

Hi I'm getting 12 shipped fertilized bantam eggs in the mail today. I did not want to hatch out that many eggs. I only wanted 2-3 at this time. Is there any way I can store these eggs to hatch out down the road? Any ideas with refrigeration etc?

I just received my delivery of Silkie eggs. I opened and unpacked the eggs. I put them in a carton large side up. Now I'm letting them sit for 24 hours then I will put them in the incubator tomorrow. The eggs do feel cool to the touch. I hope they are viable with being shipped in the cold...

So I went to rewater my incubator and opened the bator and hear a peep. I freaked when I look and see none other than a pip in an egg.. it's in the auto Turner and I don't know where to proceed from here. I need the egg out of the Turner as it's a big bator with a whole turning platform. No...

Hi all, I'll be incubating my first batch of shipped eggs soon and have been reading about different procedures people use for them. I have seen a few people mention letting them set longer and, once they are in the incubator, NOT turning them for the first week. The explanation for this was...

My eggs went in at 10 am on the 7th September. When would you say lockdown is? The manual says 27-28 days to hatch. 3 days before is lockdown. But three days before 27 or 28 days? Also with the ones with saddled air cells should I still lay them on their side? If yes with the saddled part up or...

OK, I know a lot of people have a lot of trouble incubating shipped eggs. I got 12 Cayuga eggs. One was smashed on delivery and went in the bin. One was infertile. So I now have 10 of 10 fertile eggs on day 18 moving vigorously. The air cells aren't good some worse than others and I even...

I ordered two dozen eggs from a local breeder here in Arizona and its turned out to be kind of a disaster. Firstly, I'm 15 and have been saving my money to be able to afford this breeders eggs, they are $50 a dozen and I bought two dozen. I may be young but I've been raising chickens for years...

I have shipped Call duck eggs, which I checked today (day 5), just to see the ones that were looking promising because I've heard how tough they are to hatch. I'm rather happy because 7/10 are looking pretty good, but one or two of them have rather large dips in the air cell. I know that can...

So I recently got shipped chicken eggs and put them inside a circulated incubator (without a turner) and the left overs inside another incubator but with a turner and still-air. I found that some eggs more in the incubator with the turner had embryos (day 4) that were halfway into the air sack...