I see so many people buying hatching eggs from Ebay and they are often disappointed with the result and wonder why they haven’t been successful.
I, like most people, love a bargain and use Ebay for a lot of my purchases in my day to day life, but when it comes to something more important like hatching eggs, i’d recommend going to a specific breeder (doesn’t have to be us, but definitely can be if you’d like!)
One of the downfalls with Ebay is that any Tom, Dick or Harry can put any eggs that they have on there without proof or background of where they have come from. A lot of sellers just put photos of the eggs themselves without seeing the parent stock, which is not ideal. You should always look at the parent stock to ensure they are good quality birds and are good standards of their breeds. It also allows you to see the health of the birds, the healthier the bird, the better the chance of the eggs developing once you’ve received them.
If you look at purchasing hens and eggs the same way that you would look at buying a dog. Ensure the parents are healthy and good specimens. Have a look at previous eggs that the hens have laid, ensure they are good quality eggs. The last thing you’d want is to pay for your eggs and to receive eggs that are strange shapes (that a chick wouldn’t fit comfortably in) and to have eggs with ridges or dull shells, as the likelihood of them developing to full term is quite slim.
If you contact a reputable breeder, they should be able to supply you with all the information you need about their breeding flocks and answer any queries that you have about their hatching eggs.
If you’d like any more information on our hatching eggs, please do get in touch!