The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Helencus on May 07, 2011, 05:40:31 pm
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I had 24 eggs in the inccy and only 11 chicks have made it. 3 died in shells as humidity went awry 2 days before hatch grrr.. And 10 infertile eggs. I had 6 from 1 seller on eBay and not 1 was fertile!
Still 12 under 2 broodies so fingers crossed for those in a few days.
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it soooo frustrating isn't it!
we had 24 eggs in, 8 hatched....
one died within a week, then three more were taken by a rat from the outside pen.
good luck for your broodied ones (is that a word?!)
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That seems to be about the average hatch rate for eggs that have been through the post. It is a bit frustrating.
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It is frustrating. I did have 11 fertile ones out of 12 from one seller so I've ordered some more from them. Going to put another 24 in next week.
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thats the bit i dont understand with posted eggs, if they have all been through the same handling and treatment etc surely the fertility would b disrupted in all of them? ???
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I always assume fifty percent success rate, seems to be about right. I bought fifty guinea fowl eggs to hatch for a friend, looks like 24 are going to hatch - due on friday. He asked me for up to twenty, so I should be about right. The only problem is what to charge him as I had to buy fifty eggs!
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I just had 11 ducklings hatch out of 18, humidity went a bit low so the first one died half way out of its shell, the membrane was stuck over its eyes so I could even help. Duckling no 11 had a leg back and could stand so it had to be despatched but 10 healthy duckies, 5 white campbell (would have been 100% hatch if the membrane one had made it) and 5 khaki campbell, would have been 50% hatch if disabled one had been healthy, still, am happy with that.
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My experience with posted eggs is not that they don't start developing at all, but that they seem to 'stop' or fail to hatch more often than eggs gathered here. I have had some very good ones through the post and some, from very famous breeders ::) where over half weren't fertile, let alone continued to develop. ::)