Poultry at Motygido -
Hatching Eggs for sale 01545-580496
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- Please call us or email before you purchase to
ensure that we have fresh eggs available.
- Eggs can be collected in
person from Motygido Farm near New Quay in West Wales with
cash payment.
- We only post
eggs from Mondays to Thursdays
including Next day special delivery.
- Eggs have been hatched this season
from every breed that we offer for sale.
We have a ratio of 5:1 or better of females to males in
each breeding group.
- Eggs will be presumed fertile at
posting. We cannot guarantee the viability of these eggs
after they have been through the postal system. Please do
not buy if you are not willing to accept this.
More information.
- Eggs are packed in special
postal polystyrene egg
boxes.
- Eggs can be pre-ordered for a
specific posting date.
- Eggs ordered for email to
Europe will be posted on Mondays and Tuesdays only
and CANNOT be posted to addresses outside of the EU.
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Poland Chamois Bantams
Eggs will be a mix of Frizzle and smooth feathered
Chamois. The
probability of frizzle chicks from their eggs is about 35%.
Eggs will be packed in
polystyrene boxes and packed out with bubble wrap if
necessary. Each box will be wrapped in brown paper and will
have 'fragile' tape wrapped around it.
Click here to go to our hatching egg sales page
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Poland Gold Laced Bantams
The majority of our hens have the
Frizzle gene like the hens on the left. The probability of
frizzle chicks from their eggs is about 50%.
Eggs will be packed in
polystyrene boxes and packed out with bubble wrap if
necessary. Each box will be wrapped in brown paper and will
have 'fragile' tape wrapped around it.
Click here to go to our hatching egg sales page
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White
Silkie Bantams
We have 5 of these
small hens and 2 unrelated cockerels. The fertile eggs are £1
each plus post and packing.
Eggs will be packed in
polystyrene boxes and packed out with bubble wrap if
necessary. Each box will be wrapped in brown paper and will
have 'fragile' tape wrapped around it.
Click here to go to our hatching egg sales page
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Cuckoo Maran
These dual purpose chickens lay up
to 150 dark brown eggs a year, Originating in France, the
Marans were imported to Britain in the 1930s. Altogether there
are 9 colour varieties. The Cuckoo Maran is a black and white
medium sized speckled chicken. They are very hardy and good
foragers.
Eggs will be packed in
polystyrene boxes and packed out with bubble wrap if
necessary. Each box will be wrapped in brown paper and will
have 'fragile' tape wrapped around it.
Click here to go to our hatching egg sales page
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Salmon Faverolle
These are lovely docile birds -
they are bearded and
muffed, have feathered feet and five toes on each foot. The
Salmon Faverolle is a French breed and lays a medium sized
cream egg.
Eggs will be packed in
polystyrene boxes and packed out with bubble wrap if
necessary. Each box will be wrapped in brown paper and will
have 'fragile' tape wrapped around it.
Click here to go to our hatching egg sales page
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Non-slip Chick Mats
This
is a non-slip, anti-skid, 50 x 30 cm approx. ( 18 inches x 12
inches approx.) washable mat suitable for chick brooders to
prevent splay / splayed legs.
Click here to go to our mat sales page
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Guinea
Fowl
Our eggs have hatched to give Pearl Grey,
Royal, Pied, White and Lavender birds. We cannot predict the
colours from these eggs.
Eggs will be available again in
the spring of 2010
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Brecon Buff Geese
We successfully bred
Brecon Buffs last year. This year we have 2 geese sitting on
eggs. Geese or Goslings will be advertised for sale as and
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Call Ducks
We have 25 Call Ducks in a variety of
colours - white, butterscotch, mallard, magpie and mallard.
Ducklings from these eggs could be any colour!
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Eggs will be packed in custom made polystyrene boxes and
packed out with bubble wrap if necessary. Each box will be
wrapped in brown paper and will have 'fragile' tape wrapped
around it. We are a DEFRA registered egg producer and have
had an excellent fertility rate with these chickens and
ducks, however, we cannot guarantee hatching after the eggs
have been through the postal system. Eggs can also be
collected in person from our farm in West Wales from £1 per egg ( 3 minimum ).
Eggs will be unwashed (important to maintain viability) and
sent in polystyrene boxes. We suggest that you allow the eggs to settle for 24 hours before incubation.
We often have chicks and ducklings available also -
please call.
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Chicken eggs will
only hatch after 21 days
in a still air incubator set to 39.4º C (103º
F) or in
a forced air incubator set to 37.6º C (99.7º F).
Humidity from day 1 to day 18 should be 55 - 60%.
Humidity from day 18 should be 70%.
Eggs should be turned at least 5 times a day until day 18.Duck
eggs will only hatch after 28 days
in a still air incubator set to 38.6º
C (101.5º F) or in
a forced air incubator set to 37.5º C (99.5º F).
Humidity from day 1 to day 28 should be 70%.
Eggs should be turned at
least 5 times a day until day 24.
Newly hatched chicks
and ducklings require a non slip surface in the brooder,
otherwise some may develop splay legs as their feet slip to the
sides causing
hip dislocation on low-friction surfaces such as newspaper or
plastic.
Please see non-slip chick mats above at £2.00 each with free postage
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Hatching and Fertility.
All our poultry have been checked for fertility by hatching
eggs from them. We have an average ratio of 1 male to 3 females
and all the breeds are separated.
Just because eggs do not start to develop, does
not necessarily mean that they were infertile - many people
mistakenly assume this to be the case. There are in fact many
variables involved in the process of posting and hatching eggs,
any one or more of which could reduce the viability of the eggs.
Some of these are:
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Washing eggs - this removes the protective
protein coating on the shell.
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Time taken in transit.
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Rough handling in transit (more likely with
first class post in automatic postage
tumblers - this is less likely with special next day delivery)
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Temperature variation in transit
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Temperature variation in incubation including
that caused by power cuts.
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Incorrect humidity during incubation.
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defective ventilation of incubator.
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Failure to turn eggs during incubation.
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Position in the incubator - some incubators have
hot or cold spots if they are still air type.
All eggs are presumed fertile. Regret we
cannot post replacement eggs for those that do not hatch for
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