Author Topic: Turkey eggs on ebay! (Read 3206 times)

SheepCrazy! · « **on:** May 09, 2013, 11:18:41 pm »

Don't tell the family

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

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

Clarebelle · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2013, 07:00:35 am »

Good luck!

zarzar · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2013, 12:04:19 pm »

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

SheepCrazy! · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2013, 02:35:11 pm »

Yeah it's sometimes luck of the draw too!

edessex · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2013, 04:32:18 pm »

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!

SheepCrazy! · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2013, 10:53:36 pm »

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

they hatch!

harefarm · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2013, 09:42:37 am »

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.

HelenVF · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2013, 10:09:43 am »

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