EGG FERTILITY AND SHIPPING

This is a guide to help new comers as well as anyone buying eggs for hatching on ebay or anywhere else.And I really do hope it helps more people understand the whole issue of fertility and Shipping.

An egg that does not develope was not necessarily infertile at the time it was shipped.There are many circumstances that can cause an egg not to develope and many more that may cause it not to hatch if it has developed.

first say your eggs don't develope ,this could be caused by to much bouncing around during shipping ,to much heat,if a postal worker left them sitting on a hot dock somewhere,To much cold for the same reason,left in the sun on a mailbox or stoop untill you got home from work or left in the cold for the same reason,A drastic temperature change,eggs should be allowed to get to room temperature at least upon arrival before putting them in the incubator,I recommend letting the eggs rest at least 8 hours after shipping others recommend 24 hours rest before incubating.

Be sure your incubator has been set up and has a steady temperature at least 24 hours before your eggs arrive,an incubator just started up can fluctuate a lot before settleing to the correct temperature for hatching,Be sure your water and everything is ready ahead of time.

Now they developed but did not hatch,Several things can affect this one if the humidity is to high the chick will fill the entire shell and will not have room to turn to peck it's way out,if the humidity is to low the chick stays smaller but can not reach the shell to peck its way out because the membrane being dryer has shrunk back from the shell.then there is issues of bacteria infecting the egg as it developes ,lots of times this is caused by rapidly hatching batch after batch of eggs without sterilizing your incubator in between times.

My main concern here is that everyone does not just jump to the conclusion that they were sent eggs that were not fertile,Most of the sellers on ebay are fairly reputable and do their best to get you good viable eggs for hatching.There is always a risk because of shipping if you are not willing to take that risk then you may want to purchase live chicks locally.I hope This has helped someone understand that this is not a cut and dry business where everyone can afford to replace any egg that does not hatch,It is not as simple as you sent good eggs or you sent bad eggs.There are just to many variables for breeders to control,WE can only do our best to get the eggs to the buyer in one piece and in a timely manner,Thank you for your time,Pat

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