In the wild, a bird lays an egg where she broods it. She does not lay the egg in one place and roll it to another. Because she knows movement can render an egg useless. No matter how well any eggs are package, you likely will never have a 100% hatch rate. To tell you otherwise would be a lie. We aren’t going to lie.

Guarantees; there are none so please read the full page there is a test at the end.

We want your return business. We want you to tell friends how great our chicks are. We value a good reputation. A man is only as good as his word and I take pride in my word. However, there is a risk involved in shipping  and hatching eggs.

We strive to provide you the highest quality hatching eggs available. There is NO, we repeat NO, guarantee of hatchability when you purchase fertile eggs through the mail…not even in person…not even if a hen hatches them. We’ve had hens break eggs sitting on them.

There is a reasonable expectation for your eggs to arrive intact; not broken or cracked, and that they are EXTREMELY likely to be fertile. When notified promptly of such listed damage on arrival, we will do what we can to make things right. Nevertheless, once eggs arrival and are placed in an incubator. We do not know what type of incubator is used. Perhaps the incubator failed to turn the eggs, was the incubator in a safe stable place away from the cat or did the power go out? Perchance were the eggs damaged in transit? Maybe the Department of Homeland Security X-rayed the package? Maybe ET abducted them…Bigfoot took the Mail truck for a spin? We believe the USPS is the best in the world. However, things happen that just can’t be explained. Machines toss boxes, damaged them, shake them, loose them or mail gets delivered to the wrong house. The mailperson catches the mistake goes back retrieves said box later to you. Boxes may be left in extreme temperatures for extended periods. All of these scenarios affect viability and hatching; and none of it is something you did or we did. It is, however, the risk of purchasing eggs and shipping.

There is no way for breeders to test each egg for fertility prior to shipping, we (as do most fertilized egg sellers) take time to incubate & hatch eggs regularly to verify fertility. It is our only measure to ensure our eggs are hatching. The only way to verify fertility of an egg is by cracking the egg and looking at the yolk. You cannot candle to determine fertilization.

Understand that YOU, the buyer, bears the responsibility for purchasing hatching eggs; unless you immediately show Doodle Do Spa and Chick Inn the eggs are cracked, broken or damaged ON ARRIVAL!!! Returning the eggs after incubation does not count!

We do understand that the post office may handle your eggs inappropriately while they are in transit.

We always recommend, customers REQUEST additional insurance in the comment section when placing your order. 

Egg orders shipped via Priority Mail EXPRESS come with $100 of insurance. Special care and Hand Carry instructions can also be requested from USPS. 

Any damaged eggs upon arrival will be considered for replacement or credit when the insurance claim filed by Doodle Do Spa and Chick Inn is approved with the USPS. Customers must provide evidence of damages to the eggs; showing the identifying marks on our eggs, within 48 hours of arrival, pictures also must include the label on the box and the box itself for the claim process.

Final agreements to purchasing hatching eggs:

- You agree you will not eat the eggs. They are not food for you or anyone else at your home.

- You acknowledge that when gathered and mailed to you, the eggs may have contaminants on them.

- You agree to wash your hands before and after handling the eggs.

- You accept there may be delays in mailing or processing.

- You agree and understand that Doodle Do Spa and Chick Inn and its farmers are not responsible for loss or damage incurred by your purchase. If you cut your hand on the box, if you claim the eggs had some sort of disease on them, if the birds hatch and kill your other birds, if an alien hatches from the eggs and eats your barn, if you believe the bird is the next antichrist and caused you to trip in your barn, if the birds have a communicable disease, if you fall on the eggs and the shells are so hard they impaled your skin, if you ruin your manicure when pulling a chick from the incubator, if you are injured in any way, if the egg explodes and blows the lid of your incubator through a window, or knocks you in the head, if you suffer any losses in any way as the result of buying our products, you agree to hold us harmless.

Has that horse been beat to death yet? We didn’t think so either…

If you have never bought hatching eggs before, we recommend you do some research on the pros and cons of it before hand.

The bottom line is this; the only way to secure a guarantee is to crawl in a nest box and try to hatch them yourself (good luck with that and take some videos) or buy live chicks.

We will package the eggs carefully. We will send extras along just in case but once the box leaves our farm, it is out of our control. 

There are NO guarantees on hatching eggs--they are a gamble. Sometimes you have a decent hatch, sometimes you don't. 

We can not be held responsible for rough handling by the USPS. The post office doesn't care how much you spent on them.

We do not guarantee any hatch after eggs have shipped. Circumstances are beyond our control once the eggs leave our farm this includes rough handling by Postal Service employees.

We can’t stress this enough. 

EGGS ARE A GAMBLE. 

Even the freshest eggs, under ideal conditions don’t always develop and hatch and lack of development does NOT equal infertility. We sell the exact same eggs to you that we hatch. We do our best to package your eggs carefully and send extras. 

Once they leave our farm, they are out of our site and we are no longer responsible for your eggs. 

Please Read that again– “Once they leave our farm, we are no longer responsible for your eggs” 

NO GUARANTEES– no exceptions. 

We will not replace eggs that do not hatch due to allege infertile falsehoods, incubating error, human error or acts of God.

Lastly, it is not fair to anyone to post bad reviews when you’re upset about something  truly out of anyone's control. Very reputable longstanding breeders held in high regard have received an unfair “bad review” because someone states, “I received "unfertilized" eggs from so and so… and my eggs didn’t hatch…so and so would not give me a refund…so and so is horrible…”

There is no way to determine if an egg is fertile at the point that you receive it for incubation. If you feel there is, please do more research and do not purchase eggs through the mail to incubate. 

Please reach out to us or someone in the chicken community and we will be happy to discuss in depth with you the methods used to successfully incubate and hatch eggs.

As always God bless everyone and take a moment to appreciate every day you are given, it is special!