“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.”
