Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[appps]

Fingers crossed for you appps.

Think I'm going to need all the finger crossing I can get. Edited photo of parcel above. I think she could pack better than that in a small box of crumpled newspaper

 

[satay]

Think I'm going to need all the finger crossing I can get. Edited photo of parcel above. I think she could pack better than that in a small box of crumpled newspaper

Were they wrapped at all carton etc ? Personally I have had eggs make it fine and eggs like the last lot I sent to @IamSamSam get squashed. It all depends on the handling they receive from Australia post. There are so many different ways that people send eggs. The way I do it and it works most of the time is I wrap each egg in paper towel then I put them in the carton. Wrap the carton in bubble wrap and put it in a shoe box and fill the shoe box with as much padding as I can. I wrap the shoes box in bubble wrap and put it in the express post bag and fill any spots with newspaper etc. I don't think anything works 100% of the time but as a seller you need to do the best you can to enable them to make it safe with all the rough handing they are going to receive along the way.

 

[Ashburnham]

Were they wrapped at all carton etc ? Personally I have had eggs make it fine and eggs like the last lot I sent to @IamSamSam get squashed. It all depends on the handling they receive from Australia post. There are so many different ways that people send eggs. The way I do it and it works most of the time is I wrap each egg in paper towel then I put them in the carton. Wrap the carton in bubble wrap and put it in a shoe box and fill the shoe box with as much padding as I can. I wrap the shoes box in bubble wrap and put it in the express post bag and fill any spots with newspaper etc. I don't think anything works 100% of the time but as a seller you need to do the best you can to enable them to make it safe with all the rough handing they are going to receive along the way.

I have heard putting the wrapped egg box inside a length of plastic sewer pipe works well,
with the added advantage that AusPost think it is a bottle of wine so show extra care as they dont
want to clean up the mess if they break it.

xxxx M

 

[appps]

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I have heard putting the wrapped egg box inside a length of plastic sewer pipe works well,
with the added advantage that AusPost think it is a bottle of wine so show extra care as they dont 
want to clean up the mess if they break it.

xxxx   M

That would probably work well. Both times my damage has been due to the outside box getting caved in onto the eggs. That would prevent that.

 

[Kleonaptra]

Hmm thanks for all the info! My courier quoted $70 from my door in western Sydney to my customer in Canberra, which was quite reasonable considering my fertile call eggs were $3 each. For mixed breeds, $1 each or a dozen for $10, aus post would probably do. You should have heard the courier companies....that was an interesting morning!

 

[IamSamSam]

Yay! Tracker says my parcel is awaiting collection this morning! Fingers crossed it's in good condition!

Edited to add nope it wasn't

Four broken, three covered in goo, five ok. Haven't had time to candle for cracks yet

Oh sorry apps. Hope the survivors all hatch

 

[Ashburnham]

The next project - 18 Cayuga duck eggs.

The 56 Araucanas are just starting to pip now.

xxxx M

 

[Anniebee]

@Anniebee . I don't plan to put the roosters down. The reason I'm buying the eggs I am is because they are from a very good breeder and bloodstock from another state. I'm hoping that makes the roosters attractive to others breeding australorps and so I can find any boys homes.

I also have a backup plan of a friend on a large property that will take any boys or girls we don't want or can't sell. But I'm hoping I can sell them and recoup my losses on the eggs.

@IamSamSam . They look well padded. Hopefully I can have that good a hatch rate second time round too! Any tips for me?

appps .... Going back over years, I have read many many times, the problem people have when they 'hatch' and find say 50% are roosters ( for example ) ... and the many things said about a) they don't want roosters, b) they can't have roosters ( council laws ), c) they only concentrate on pullets - and roosters have to be rehomed, or grown for food only.

I did not infer you were going to put roosters down - but it seems to me ( from many comments previous ) that is what often has to happen. My main comment was that I couldn't do it myself, would have to have a vet do it, or farmer used to this kind of thing to do it - IF I had roosters. I know about culling. It is not all pleasant , but no-one can ever predict what might come out of a 'hatch' of eggs. Hence my comments. They were not intended to offend !!

I wish you luck with rehoming any boys you have - from what is apparently excellent breeding stock, and that you don't have to face any nasty decisions. As I mentioned, I know a farmer in Victoria who will take unwanted roosters to rehouse or use for sellable food.

While I would love to raise a flock of little chicks, ( if I had the proper coop arrangements ) .... it would be rooster culling that would be most upsetting - hence I stick with pullets / hens.

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ChristieB .... I have had to euthanise one chicken - my little silkie - she is my avatar. I could not let her go on the way she was, and made the decision to end what was becoming utter misery for her. The vet kindly charged only $10 to do that - but money was no object - it was my little Milly's comfort that was of more concern to me, than money. ... I lost another chicken who died from natural means.

And I would euthanise again - if ( heaven forbid ) I had to.

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[appps]

@Anniebee. Oh I didn't think you meant I was going to , I was more just sharing my "hope it works" plan for the hatch as far as the boys. Having had to re home one pet rooster due to neighbour complaints from some straight run chicks we got and knowing how difficult that was it's something always a little worrying in the back of my mind.

 

[ChristieB]

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ChristieB .... I have had to euthanise one chicken - my little silkie  - she is my avatar.   I could not let her go on the way she was, and made the decision to end what was becoming utter misery for her.   The vet kindly charged only $10 to do that - but money was no object - it was my little Milly's comfort that was of more concern to me, than money.  ... I lost another chicken who died from natural means.   

And I would euthanise again - if ( heaven forbid ) I had to. 

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I think you misread my comment .
If you go back just a week of posts you'll see I've just had to euthanise my favourite hen. I didn't say I wouldn't do it if an animal was suffering, I specifically said paying to have ROOSTERS euthanised sounded like a waste of money. A healthy animal that could go to some use either as a flock protector, breeder or as a meal, wasted.
I'm not saying you're wrong I just said I didn't realise people even did that. Then again where I grew up my dad wouldn't even take the dog to vet if it had to be put down, it went for a walk down the back and contracted lead poisoning.