Eggs: All Peafowl eggs we sell are $35 each. We only send an extra egg if you buy at least 5 eggs, or if I have an extra i am just going to throw out if I have no other orders to fill. If they are going to be mailed: We recommend buying 10 or less so we can be sure they are within the 3 days of being laid at shipping. If you are local, up to 5 days from being laid is good since you will be putting them in your incubator right then with no shipping delay.
When buying eggs that will be mailed: The eggs you pay for will be 3 days or less from day laid, any extras might be a day or two older. If local see above. No guarantees on fertility although our percentage that we have incubated have been around 95% fertility, probably because we have several males. Actual hatch rate ends up around 75% for us. Mailed eggs will most likely have less hatch rate than we get, from the shipping process and handling time of mailing them, along with not being turned, etc…. I stop sending eggs when the last of the males starts to drop his train feathers around September because the percentage of fertile eggs will start to go down at that time. At that time I only hatch chicks so any possibly infertile eggs are not sold. If you are still waiting at that time for your egg order, you can wait until following year or put your egg money towards chicks I hatch out into October. Eggs are collected over the weekends and mailed at beginning of week to help keep them from getting stuck at a post office over weekend. USPS Priority is 2-5 days and they do not consider them late until after that.
Peahens lay in clutches and then will take a break before laying another clutch. If females take a break in laying I will ship eggs when they start back up again to make sure the ordered eggs to be mailed are within 3 days of being laid at shipping. I will text or email you tracking number when they are shipped. After you pay please send me your phone number to write on your package so post office will call you to go get your eggs when they arrive. You need to make sure your address is correct on your paypal and ebay account for me to ship your eggs to before you purchase them. DON’T FORGET: I ALSO NEED YOUR PHONE NUMBER to write on package for your Post Office to call you for pick up when they arrive there. If you order directly from us to pick up in person, we only accept cash at pick up. and may ask for a 20% deposit to hold eggs for you prior to pick up, so we do not get stuck with eggs.
**Eggs Shipping is $35 for USPS PRIORITY MAIL. This includes USPS insurance for the cost of eggs. We do not deal with insurance claims. so if you have broken eggs, lost parcel, or late delivery you will need to contact USPS online to get your insurance claim paid to you. We will text you a photo of your receipt at shipping. Shipping Priority mail lower 48 states only. Because of the fragile nature of embryos and the many things that cause unseen damage during shipping such as temps, jostling, and x-rays, we do not guarantee they will develop for you. In my opinion chicks are safer way to go, but we will sell and ship you eggs if you like. But please note we do not refund or replace eggs in any situation. If they arrive broken or past 5 days from shipping, you will need to do a USPS insurance claim and then it is up to USPS if they will give you payment on insurance claim or not. That is not up to us. We do not offer replacements or refund in the event eggs do not develop for you or if you feel they are infertile. Even in the case most or all do not develop, we do not refund or replace. Again, we can only guarantee that we are daily taking the eggs from the peafowl pen that has 9 to 10 hens and 4 cocks, and handling the eggs with the best care putting them on egg turners, in a humidity and temp controlled wine cooler that stays at 60 to 63 degrees F and 60 to 65% humidity, until they mail to you. When they mail out they are within 3 days of being laid, and we box them well for shipping to you. Eggs that are over heated, get too cold, xrayed, exposed to harmful pollutants such as pesticides, or jostled too much during mailing may not develop at all, so we can not and will not be responsible for any that do not develop or any bad hatches. If worried than you should order chicks instead.
OPEN BOX AT POST OFFICE. If any eggs are damaged or box is later than 5 postal days from being shipped, tell the USPS worker to take note of it. And then you need to immediately take photos of all the box inside contents and outside along with stickers on outside, take pics of the damage or losses, and all receipts and invoices, and then go ONLINE TO FILE A INSURANCE CLAIM with USPS. Remember to only ask for the cost of the actual losses, not shipping costs, or your claim might be denied. If an egg has been broken and it’s insides are on the other eggs, you can put claim on all the eggs, since this can cause other eggs to not develop. You can still try to incubate them after making the claim, just in case they are still viable. ( When placing such a claim Make sure to send pics of the yoke mess on the other egg wrappings). Again, we can send you receipts if needed but it is totally up to you to make the USPS insurance claim and then wait to see if they decide to pay your claim. If eggs arrive late you may also decide to put in a claim since they are a perishable item and delay can cause lower viability, but again, even if you place a insurance claim, still try incubating them, just in case something can still develop. If you order eggs or chicks from us you agree to everything written on this page.
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Website to make your USPS Insurance claim:
https://www.usps.com/help/claims.htm
Please note: Shipping costs include postage and premium packaging/padding materials and USPS insurance.
Incubating Peafowl eggs: Each incubator temp and humidity can be different for best hatch rates. It depends also on your location and retaliative humidity and temp in your area. I will state here what works for me at my home in Missouri. I use a Brinsea 56 EX with automatic humidity and eggs turner. I set it at 99.5 deg and 40 to 45 % humidity. I keep an eye that moisture loss is good and change humidity as needed. I rarely handle the eggs or open the incubator, the more hands off the better. At day 24 I put mine in lock down which is taking them out of the turner and laying them on their sides on paper towels, (good idea to make a bumper so eggs can not get kicked around by hatching siblings, I do this with taping straws to a paper towel to act as bumpers for the eggs) and then up humidity to 70% or more on day 25 and they start hatching on or just after day 25. Never had one hatch before day 25 or after day 30. Do not open incubator during lockdown or you may cause humidity to drop and chicks will get stuck in their shell. You would need to up the humidity to at least 70% in the room you have incubator in to open the incubator during a hatch and match 99 temp as well, or relative humidity in room will not be same, causing chicks to stick in shell. Yes I have helped chicks out before but did take the chance of it hurting more than helping. There are many youtube videos on helping chicks out of the shell if you have an emergency happen. Do keep in mind that peachicks are more fragile and weaker than chicken chicks at hatch. They move slower. Not a great idea to have both peachicks and chicken chicks in the same brooder because chicken chicks may bully or scare the peachicks into not doing well.
