Brahma Thread

[fowlsessed]

Pretty birds

They are even nicer in person, really! The pics don't do them justice. Calm, too. but I think they are hatchery stock. I just got them from a person from a friend, I thought I would get some hens and start breeding them, I really like their looks and personality, but the more breeds you have......it just complicates things all the more.

 

[brahmabreeder]

Both of my brahma eggs have hatched and so have the 'mutts' I had in there, six total. My next batch doesn't have many eggs either but the next one has 11 and then I have 13 in the next. The ladies are still working on getting back into the laying thing after I realized they were a bit on the under weight side.

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Those look really dirty. Our turkeys have lots of speckling on theirs but you can tell the difference between that and dirt lol. I am always surprised at how dirty our ducks eggs get and they still hatch them okay.

I also have ducks which one is broody. Her eggs aren't all that clean. Are duck eggs ever clean??

 

[Tim63]

All I know about ducks is, 1. they are fun to shoot. 2. they are TASTY with rice and gravy!!!

Tim

 

[NestingHillsSC]

All I know about ducks is, 1. they are fun to shoot. 2. they are TASTY with rice and gravy!!!

Tim

 

[Sportsterjeep]

Here's the link for anyone who doesn't know the requirements for importing hatching eggs into the US.
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/poultry_eggs.shtml

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Here's the link for anyone who doesn't know the requirements for importing hatching eggs into the US. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/poultry_eggs.shtml

I have never read those requirements before, mostly because i have never thought about ordering eggs outside of the US. There are a lot of requirments and a lot places that you can't get eggs from. I found it really shocking.

 

[brahmarama]

You can if they're papered which all mine are! Very expensive to do but certainly worth while considering some of the diseases in Europe and Middle East! There's some real nastys out there so anyone considering purchasing eggs outside the usa make sure you ask the question about papers first x

 

[Sportsterjeep]

I would contact the USDA directly before even bidding. There is a possible 30 day quarintine on the eggs as soon as they hit USA, and England isn't on the list as being free of Exotic Newcastle Disease.

 

[dretd]

I would contact the USDA directly before even bidding. There is a possible 30 day quarintine on the eggs as soon as they hit USA, and England isn't on the list as being free of Exotic Newcastle Disease.

From USDA:
Poultry hatching eggs imported from countries designated as free of END

• The following countries are considered by the USDA to be free of exotic Newcastle disease: Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man), Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
• Hatching eggs imported from these countries are not required to be quarantined. However, the hatching eggs must be accompanied by a veterinary health certificate issued by a national government veterinarian of the exporting country as well as by a USDA import permit (see exception for Canada below).

Importing hatching eggs is not technically hard, but it requires many hoops to jump through and the ability to deal with bureaucracy. The hardest part is getting the exporter to jump through all of the hoops and incur the expense on their end, which Brahmarama reportedly has done. It will be several hundred dollars plus shipping extra on top of the eggs. I looked in to this several years ago and for me it was not worth the financial risk for eggs that may not survive transit or incubation.

Perhaps, since Brahmarama has done this before, they could post a layman's simple guide from our end of steps to be taken and the cost associated with those steps from an importer and additionally post feedback from the people in the US that went through the process to see their comments about whether they thought the importation process was worthwhile in the end. ie cost of USDA vet, plus permit, plus shipping, plus do you need to meet the eggs at point of entry, or does the shipper walk it through and then put it back on its journey? Those details are important.

Here is a link to a BYCer that has listed their experience with importing Sulmtalers. I looked up the current fee and it has gone up from $141 to $150. There may be other increases I did not check:
http://www.widgetcreekranch.com/import.html