“I ordered 6 and received 7. They were all labeled so I knew which breeds I got and 5 hatched despite the post office delivering them to my house instead of holding them for me like I requested. All 7 were different breeds and they all hatched different colors so it's easy for the students to tell them apart and name them. I'm excited to take them home when school gets out for the summer and see the beautiful eggs that the hens will lay!”
“We ordered 2 dozen eggs, received 28 eggs, and 23 hatched. This was after the post office bounced them around for 4 days too, so sub par eggs wouldn't have had a chance! Our chicks are just over 6 weeks old now. All the chicks are healthy, and I can only see 2 cockerels in the batch so far. We received around a dozen different breeds, all were clearly marked, and none of the eggs were dirty.
IMO the previous reviewer had unrealistic expectations. If you know your chicken breeds or just take a few minutes to read the descriptions before purchasing, you would see the majority of the "breeds" are hybrids, and a hybrid doesn't necessarily lay the same color egg it hatched from. You're not going to get all those beautiful egg colors from purebreds alone. Hatching eggs are always a risk. If you don't want to take the risk of what *MIGHT* (or might not) hatch and *PERHAPS* end up with cockerels, then spend the $$$ to purchase pullet chicks of those specific breeds, and that's *IF* you can even find them. I guarantee no "local backyard mix" will come close to the quality & variety we received. The majority of the breeds we received aren't available to purchase as chicks, or even as specific breed hatching eggs. We wanted a nice assortment of unique birds & colored eggs, and that's exactly what we received. Very pleased with our purchase and we can't wait to see what colors they lay :)”
“I see they took my advice and added a note indicating that the eggs are mostly white and (pale) brown. That‚Äôs good, but the photo and paragraph about ‚Äúan assortment of intense and unusually-colored eggs‚Äù is still totally misleading. Do NOT order this expecting to receive that. You will receive basket of brown, white, or pale blue-green eggs (absolutely covered in poop, I might add), which *might* hatch, *perhaps* into pullets, which *should* (but might not) end up laying some of the egg colors shown/described. If you‚Äôre very lucky, maybe you‚Äôll see some of those colors in 6 months. A bunch of them are F1 crosses (as they are now mentioning), so basically you‚Äôre paying a bunch of money for someone‚Äôs backyard mix. You can almost certainly find that locally, for significantly less money, and with a much greater chance of hatching than shipped. I ordered these as an easter gift for my chicken-loving daughter. I‚Äôm sure she‚Äôll love whatever chicks we manage to hatch, but for $150 it was a totally disappointing experience.”
