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50% hatch rate with eggs shipped in the mail you should count yourself among the blessed
Hello, Like jchiar said 50% is about average for shipped eggs. I'm getting good rates with my birds here and very good with my shipped eggs. I've got good hatch rates reported as well as not so good(50%). I hate that the fact we spend out hard earned money to buy eggs at times and you'd think that the postal service would take pride in their work being "US" labeled postal service as we do in our country but they don't give a crap it ticks me off to NO END how they treat the eggs. I'm always trying to IMPROVE but you get the good with the bad as you do with everything. Thanks, and GOD BLESS, Tommy
Im sure there are many factors involved.
Regarding the original question, if humidity and temp is ruled out then could possibly be the chicks are not getting enough oxygen?
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and raising gamebids. I just put 550 bobwhite eggs in my incubator. Is 50% hatch rate, the best I can hope for with shipped eggs? Thanks
Thanks to everyone for their replies. I just checked my Sportsman that had 120 BW eggs and about 40 have hatched today. I always have a few stragglers that take 1-2 more days but it looks like another 50% hatch rate. I have calibrated the temperature and the humidity with other proven sources and everything checks out good. I have not investigated the oxygen theory though it does make sense. Close the holes in the back will increase humidity and could possibly lower oxygen levels. I have ordered another 120 BW eggs and will try again.