Genetics reference: material types, statuses, and shipping
Use this reference when a genetics form or order uses an unfamiliar label. Choose the term that matches the real material and handling, not the closest sounding option.
Material and preservation
- Straws are semen counted by straw and can be Conventional, Female sorted, Male sorted, or Mixed.
- Embryos link a sire and dam and may also link a recipient.
- Oocytes are unfertilized eggs from a donor female.
- Hatching eggs are fertile eggs prepared for incubation.
- Roe is fish eggs.
- Live juveniles are young animals tracked as a quantity before individual profiles.
- Other covers material that does not fit those choices.
Frozen, Chilled, Fresh, Live, and Ambient describe how the material is kept. Ambient means room temperature. Creatures narrows the choices to the selected material type; follow the seller's or provider's handling instructions rather than treating a form label as storage advice.
Inventory status
- Available can be listed, sold, or used now.
- Held for buyer marks material set aside for a buyer. Checkouts can also temporarily reduce the available quantity while payment is in progress.
- Sold has been drawn down by a sale.
- Used has been drawn down by breeding, transfer, incubation, or another recorded use.
- Transferred out and Destroyed describe other ways material leaves the inventory.
Embryos can also show implanted, pregnancy confirmed, pregnancy failed, or live birth outcomes. Hatching eggs can show incubating, hatched, or failed to hatch. Returned is an order's return state, not a choice in the inventory status field.
Fulfillment and storage
Carrier shipment and Courier use tracking. Pickup and Seller delivery use a handoff confirmation. Storage transfer moves custody into a buyer storage account without physically shipping the material.
Inventory locations can mirror a real facility with nested Facility, Tank, Canister, Cane, Goblet, Incubator, Brooder, Pen, Apiary, or Other locations. These are private management locations unless a particular page says otherwise.
Common containers include a dry shipper or liquid-nitrogen tank for frozen material, an Insulated chilled box with gel packs or Specialty fresh-material container for chilled material, an egg shipper for hatching eggs, and a climate-controlled container for live material. Confirm the actual container with the seller or provider because it is arranged outside genetics checkout.
Fees and order timing
The genetics buyer service fee is 5% unless the seller covers it. Card-billed storage adds a 5% customer service fee. A completed genetics refund returns the amount paid for eligible returned units, including their buyer fee.
Delivery or handoff normally starts a seven-day review window. For orders other than storage transfers, a 30-day deadline from payment also applies, and the earlier deadline wins. Report a delivery problem before release; see the shipping guide for the full timing and confirmation rules.
Related information
Updated on: 02/09/2026
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