Assorted Hatching Eggs
Hatching eggs from rare and unique chicken breeds. No guarantee of breed.
This is truly a mystery hatch!
WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE HATCH RATE OF THE EGGS YOU WILL RECEIVE! Your results will be anywhere from 0% - 100%. You are purchasing eggs not chicks! Do not purchase eggs if you are not comfortable with this risk. As a reminder, we cannot control: shipping conditions, conditions under which you incubate your eggs, abrupt and unpredicted changes in mating and egg laying, as well as knowing if a particular egg was fertilized at the time of lay.
FERTILITY
We do not guarentee that these eggs are fertile. There are no refunds for unfertile eggs. This is part of the mystery. If you get chicks that hatch send in pictures and we can identify breed for you.
HATCHING
Day 1 - 17
- Keep your incubator at 99.5°F. The acceptable range is between 99-100°F. If you are using a still-air incubator, your range can be 100-101°F
- Humidity should be kept at 45-55%
- Eggs need to be turned throughout the incubation process. We highly recommend using an automatic egg turner. Be sure to monitor that your egg turner is functioning properly. If turning by hand, eggs should be turned every 4-6 hours, and no longer than every 8 hours.
- You can begin candling your eggs after day 7. Around day 7, you’re looking for blood vessels and the embryo (which will look like a small dark spot). As the embryo develops and takes up more space in the egg, less light can shine through and most of the egg will appear dark. You should still be able to see the air cell. Discard any eggs that did not develop or that stopped developing. Please note that colored eggs can be more difficult to observe.
Day 18 - 20
- Stop turning the eggs and remove the egg turner if using one.
- Candle your eggs and discard any that did not develop or that died during incubation.
- Increase the humidity to 65-70%.
- Leave the eggs alone! Do not open your incubator until after your chicks have hatched and completely dried off.
Day 21 (Hatch day!)
- Leave the hatched chicks and unhatched eggs alone!
- Allow time for all chicks to hatch before opening the incubator.
- The chicks will not all hatch at the same time. The early hatches will be okay while the rest of the eggs hatch. Chicks hatch with enough nutrients to sustain them for the first few days of life. You are only harming the unhatched eggs by opening the incubator too early.