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Machias:
Ended up putting 73 eggs in the incubators.  Had 77 eggs, but 4 would not fit, just had no more room.  I ordered 50 eggs from Southwest Game Birds and they shipped me 60 eggs.  My wife was helping me put them in the incubators and dropped one.  Really honey, that egg made it all the way through the Postal system from Arizona only to be dropped before putting it in the incubator!!   :chuckle: :chuckle:  Didn't matter as we ran out of room.  I also bought a dozen eggs from a local breeder and she showed up with 18 eggs.  So I had 18 more eggs than I had originally anticipated.  Shipped eggs don't always have the best hatch rate so I'm hoping for at least a 50% hatch rate.

Machias:
So update on my last batch of quail eggs in the incubators.  Final quail count, 13 hatched.  Had to assist the last two, not sure they will make it or not. Got 78 eggs, 60 shipped from AZ.  None of those hatched.  Got 18 from a local lady and 13 of those hatched.  Just put in 56 eggs from the local lady.

jackelope:
Sounds like my wife's experience the first time around.  Her and her friend bought a bunch of eggs from someone through the mail because they wanted good celadon eggs. I think they ordered 36 of them and 15 hatched.

boneaddict:
Unless the person really knows what they are doing, eggs are incredibly hard to ship to remain viable for hatching.    Lots of money is wasted on eggs especially on ebay.    One of the reasons I had the success I did and the clientele.   

Machias:
These came from Southwest Gamebirds.  They have have a ton of happy customer's on the Facebook Page Coturnix Corner.  Normally pretty high hatch rates.  But they were shipped out of Phoenix, AZ when they were experiencing 110+ temps.  I will order from them again in the fall when it cools down.  Shipped eggs are always a gamble.  These were packed perfectly and the box arrived with no visible damage.  It's all about how long they sat somewhere and how they were handled.

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