The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: SheepCrazy! on May 09, 2013, 11:18:41 pm
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Don't tell the family :innocent: but I just purchased 6 bronze Turkey eggs off ebay, I know it's along shot with Royal mail possibly shaking them, braking them or just abusing them into not hatching but I had Turkeys as a kid and loved them, After years of going without I purchased a pair of bronze when I was 15 and they never sucessfullly hatched anything all the eggs were infertile, needless to say they died a ripe old age avoided being dinner.
But this year I have my :fc: for some poults and any advice would be welcome.
And maybe a spare stag will make it to the table!
I had a farm reared oat finished one at Christmas and he was amazing,
Can't wait for them to arrive and the call duck eggs to hatch so there's room in the incubator :thumbsup:
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Good luck! :thumbsup: :turkey:
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we have had great success with eggs off ebay but there are some that sell infertile ones on there to so a case of buyer beware. good luck
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Yeah it's sometimes luck of the draw too!
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We've had loads of eggs from eBay, especially Quail eggs, we've had quite a good success rate. So far I think all eggs have made it through Royal Mail whole...
Good luck!
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Eggs arrived a day late but safe and sound i'll give them two days to get over the journey and the planned power cut and get back to you in 28days :fc: they hatch!
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I have bought quite a few eggs off ebay and never really had a problem. The only couple I did have problems with was some goose eggs that the seller promised to wrap properly - they sent 9 and I only have 5 in the incubator and even one of those is cracked (good old nail varnish) but growing nicely. Don't use plastic bags to wrap they get broken. The other one used a courier - sent on Wednesday and arrived on Monday! Royal Mail - dare I say it have been pretty good for delivery times - has been next day every time.
I now have an incubator full of bantam eggs I think probably 3/4 full of fertile eggs. I will know for definite in a day or two. One of my bantams was going to sit on some but it turns out that 11 of the 13 eggs that I thought were no good are fertile and growing nicely. She I believe to be a hybrid but someone said she looks more like a Pekin with her cushion on her back end. She is 3 years old this year and they are mostly her eggs. The cockerel is a Partridge Pekin.
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Good luck! I have 3 turkey hens sitting at the moment. We are just letting them get on with it this year as one of the hens reared a chick well last year. Not happy with this weather though :(
Helen