Re: [Killietalk] "no eggs"

[Brian Watters <bwatters at shaw_ca>]

It is always best to ship eggs that have an established viability but that
are also fairly fresh and relatively undeveloped. Eyed-up eggs of annuals
that are "ready to hatch" frequently do not survive shipping. While I have
no direct evidence for saying this, I am of the opinion that the pressure
changes that eggs are subjected to when shipped by air have a negative
effect on the embryos, perhaps triggering them into hatching.
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Brian Watters
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org]On
> Behalf Of LadysSolo at aol_com
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:32 PM
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] "no eggs"
>
>
> I have had that experience with peat from the South American
> countries too,
> but hate to accuse anyone since I am never sure how much postal
> handling and
> mishandling contributes to egg death.   Carolyn (worrying in Ohio
>  about our
> southern fishkeepers)
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