CALIFORNIA The Whole State thread

[ronott1]

Quote: Amen Sister!

Someone posted that they thought a famous breeder(sells show quality through a major hatchery) should post pictures of their birds. They were quickly chided for daring to question the quality of their birds. Apparently, every breed that they have looks just like the SOP!

The person was told to look up the breed in the SOP and that would be what they would get. I still want to see pictures of what I am going to get if Paying that kind of money.

 

[SunnyDawn]

That's great! I can add you to be able to edit too.

I wish I had dates for when everyone joined this thread. Maybe it can be an ongoing project and I can get some of them done a little at a time. I'll have to go through the whole thread to do it.

Cool. Let me know once the list is updated and in alphabetical order then I'll sort them by breed.

Now that sounds like too much work! lol

Oh and when I finally edit the first post on this thread, I'm leaving the list that I started here as is.

Sounds good.

 

[debs_flock]

Amen Sister!

Someone posted that they thought a famous breeder(sells show quality through a major hatchery) should post pictures of their birds. They were quickly chided for daring to question the quality of their birds. Apparently, every breed that they have looks just like the SOP!

The person was told to look up the breed in the SOP and that would be what they would get. I still want to see pictures of what I am going to get if Paying that kind of money.

That might have been me, I've mentioned this on here. I asked a longtime breeder (APA regional director) if they had a picture of their lakenvelder breeders. I was told to look at the SOP.............

Deb

 

[chiqita]

That might have been me, I've mentioned this on here. I asked a longtime breeder (APA regional director) if they had a picture of their lakenvelder breeders. I was told to look at the SOP.............

Deb

HAHA, this is the other extreme I expect from breeders. If its a working farm, they don't send you anything, they are in a hurry and 20 tasks behind! I understand that, but I think I will send those guys bubble pack if I buy eggs from them, many of them also pack in rolled up newspaper.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Sawdust................

 

[SunnyDawn]

I said if to ask for current egg pics. I DO however watch for professional pictures. You can tell pretty quickly if the pictures are " in line" with the web site, etc. And if you can tell the photo is from Florida, and the birds are in California, it ain't theirs. If I ask for pictures of the birds I will be getting or the eggs right NOW ( for Marans, where the eggs every week can be different) and its a perfect photo, I do more homework. Different story if its your website, etc. Part of this comes from my other job, where we buy furniture and people take photos of stuff that is not the actual item and I go see a couch and its the wrong color, wrong style, ok, it is a flower print for 1960 but they are SURE the photo they put up is very close!

But a LOT of photos on ads are stolen. Mostly granted on eBay and CL (and for that matter rare breeds) . I don't think I have ever seen it on BYC. You can tell pretty quickly if someone has stolen the photos by the follow up question/photo/etc. All I was saying is that you cant judge a book by its cover in an ad .

But, I also don't think 15 per chick is crazy, I charge that much for my FCBM's and know a lot of people that charge that for their silkies, but I'd want them to be good quality too for that price i agree.

I know a fair few backyard poultry enthusiasts watermark their photos because theft is so prevalent. Especially by Novice breeders that don't get why it is important to show photos of the parent stock of what they are selling. Heck, one of the photos I use on CL to let people know what a showgirl looks like has shown up on another site, and its CLEARLY not professional, lol.

Now, while we are having this discussion, how to I convince you to come take some photos for me!! .

Yeah I knew what you meant. I just couldn't resist giving you a hard time. I have to admit though, I do like to think that dishonest folk are few and far between. Probably just showing my age again. I remember reading a post from a BYCer that said someone had stolen her photo off her website and they even left her watermark on it!!! They didn't even try to blur it! There are a lot of breeders out there misrepresenting their birds. I know we have to be careful.

LOL! I could travel the country, like that guy that takes photos of people's dogs? I wonder if I could get a chicken to dive in a pool after a treat and catch underwater photos of them?

Quote: That might have been me, I've mentioned this on here. I asked a longtime breeder (APA regional director) if they had a picture of their lakenvelder breeders. I was told to look at the SOP.............

Deb
Wow! I don't have the words to describe how I feel about that! Seriously? You're supposed to believe that every single one of their birds is a carbon copy of the SOP for that breed?!!!

It would be faster to have a draft ready with pics attached, then send them off, than to type out that response! What idiots!

 

[SunnyDawn]

OK now you've all got me curious as to how you wrap your eggs for shipment or the best way you've received eggs in a shipment?

 

[ronott1]

OK now you've all got me curious as to how you wrap your eggs for shipment or the best way you've received eggs in a shipment?

I am part of an egg shipping experiment thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738943/the-great-egg-shipping-experiment

She is using a variation of:

http://www.skylinepoultry.com/Packing___shipping_eggs.html

The eggs she shipped to me went ground from Alabama. 16 are developing and one hatched this morning at 3:30. I can't wait to get home to see how many have hatched!

 

[debs_flock]

OK now you've all got me curious as to how you wrap your eggs for shipment or the best way you've received eggs in a shipment?

Sunny, I use foam pipe insulation ($1.50 for eight feet of it). Buy it at Home Depot or any hardware store. It comes in different interior widths. Snip off the length you need, snip it open along the precut slit, wrap paper towel around the egg, place tape to hold it closed and a piece of tape across each open end. Your eggs can then stand upright in the box and have a half inch layer of foam around them. Just pack around the capsules with shredded paper, packing peanuts or wadded newspaper. It is very quick, very cheap and so far everyone has told me my eggs arrive perfectly and develop really well.

Deb

 

[SunnyDawn]

I am part of an egg shipping experiment thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738943/the-great-egg-shipping-experiment

She is using a variation of:

http://www.skylinepoultry.com/Packing___shipping_eggs.html

The eggs she shipped to me went ground from Alabama. 16 are developing and one hatched this morning at 3:30. I can't wait to get home to see how many have hatched!

What a great idea for a thread! Thanks for the link.

Sunny, I use foam pipe insulation ($1.50 for eight feet of it). Buy it at Home Depot or any hardware store. It comes in different interior widths. Snip off the length you need, snip it open along the precut slit, wrap paper towel around the egg, place tape to hold it closed and a piece of tape across each open end. Your eggs can then stand upright in the box and have a half inch layer of foam around them. Just pack around the capsules with shredded paper, packing peanuts or wadded newspaper. It is very quick, very cheap and so far everyone has told me my eggs arrive perfectly and develop really well.

Deb

Thanks Deb! Sounds like a great solution.