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2steps



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Location: Surrey
PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 06 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'd love some brahmas but I'd never pay that! had they been bid up that high or started high anyway? I have heard that eggs are less fertile at this time of year as well calli. Dispite the seller having good feedback I didn't have a single hatch from the 3 lots of eggs I bought on ebay last year

Tavascarow



Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall
PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 06 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

There seems to be in breeds with E-bay.
Last winter it was copper blue marans.
Now it seems to be bramahs.
Personaly as a buyer & seller I think anything that encourages more poultry keepers who are in turn keeping breeds as apposed to hybrids gets my vote.
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Shocked I'd love some brahmas but I'd never pay that! had they been bid up that high or started high anyway? I have heard that eggs are less fertile at this time of year as well calli. Dispite the seller having good feedback I didn't have a single hatch from the 3 lots of eggs I bought on ebay last year Sad

Did you communicate your disapointment to the sellers?

saffranne



Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Posts: 428

PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 06 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i have had the same problems with some of the eggs bought from ebay,not all of the eggs though,and i did get in touch with the seller who sent me 18 eggs free of charge and had 6 hatch,and was more than happy with that

i also do tend to buy day old from my breeder,the last lot was one gold brahma one dark brahma and two wellsummers

2steps



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 06 8:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

TAVASCAROW wrote:

Did you communicate your disapointment to the sellers?


I did and one sent me new eggs but we had a powercut and so when they didn't hatch it may of been because they got cold. I should be able to buy some day olds next year now all the markets are back and may have better luck with eggs that haven't been posted

@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Mon Oct 16, 06 8:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Same here, contacted seller and was able to collect another bacth.
My bi problem is that if you saw a sortation hub ( ie what happens to eggs in transit) it is hardly surprising!!

Does it encourage people if so many have poor results?

Only asking as I have both...

saffranne



Joined: 23 Aug 2005
Posts: 428

PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 06 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dont think it has put me off,it is very dissapointing when you candle the eggs and majority is not fertile,but its even worse when they are fertile and dont hatch or die in the shell,but the seller has always the eggs if the majority has been infertile

the one before the last hatch was one fertile out of 24 white crested black polish which was pretty poor,but he did send me 18,and i did buy
6 day old hatch white crested black polish from my breeder

High Green Farm



Joined: 30 Nov 2004
Posts: 349
Location: Mid-Suffolk
PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 06 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

The most reliable hatching we have had was from 12 eggs that I bought on ebay at Christmas and we had 8hatch.

I have been disappointed with eggs bought from ebay since though, as I think that posting may damage fertility.

Bodger



Joined: 23 May 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 06 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I post eggs all the way to the US of A with regular 60 to 70 % success rates , so there should be no excuses !

High Green Farm



Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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Location: Mid-Suffolk
PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 06 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

bodger wrote:
I post eggs all the way to the US of A with regular 60 to 70 % success rates , so there should be no excuses !


Well we've had 60-70% success rate with eggs that we have gathered from our own flock, and 20% with those posted, and all the eggs put into the incubator at the same time, so clearly something different.

Bodger



Joined: 23 May 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 06 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Its a work of art in wrapping them for transportation. Or at least it should be !

High Green Farm



Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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Location: Mid-Suffolk
PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 06 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

bodger wrote:
Its a work of art in wrapping them for transportation. Or at least it should be !


We've never had any eggs arrive damaged, but no amount of wrapping will prevent damage to the inside of the egg from dropping or shaking about.

Bodger



Joined: 23 May 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 17, 06 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm not being funny, but you can't be wrapping them up the same way that I do .
Going by airmail it usually takes 4 days to get there. So an internal journey should be a doddle.

High Green Farm



Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 06 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

bodger wrote:
I'm not being funny, but you can't be wrapping them up the same way that I do .
Going by airmail it usually takes 4 days to get there. So an internal journey should be a doddle.


I've haven't been wrapping them....I've been buying! They've all been very well wrapped, polystrene boxes, bubble wrap...the works!

Bodger



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 18, 06 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Buy or better still have some for free from me later in the year and see how I wrap em !

@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Thu Oct 19, 06 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you have ever been inside a hub sortation of any of the carriers then it is a case of find a parcel marked either fragile or glass ( or better still both) play football with it for a while then chuck it back on the pile.

1) Parcel dropped (ahem) into local depot.
2) Parcel packed on pallet
3) pallet loaded on artic to hub
4) Pallet offloaded inot hub
5) parcel offloaded from pallet to conveyor sortation - if lucky if not kicked about in diretion of...
6) loaded onto pallet bound for local delivery depot
7) pallet onto outbound artic
8 ) pallet offloaded unpacked delivery depot
9) parcel on depot floor/kicked around to area cage
10) Onto delivery van

If you are really lucky you will be in and parcel will not be returned to depot for a few more kick abouts....


And you expect these eggs not to detatch internally?????

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