Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[Phage]

Off topic but funny from Craigslist:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/4279769047.html

 

[Leftcoastnative]

In reading along on this forum,. I've come up with a bunch of questions, concerns, etc. Most of 'em are probably not real relevant - but one concern has bubbled up and I can't push it back down any longer.

It has to do with "bubblewrap"! I once worked as a shipping/receiving clerk at a huge papermill, and bubblewrap was strictly forbidden for any fragile shipments! And eggs are a whole lot more fragile than any papermill fragile stuff, it seems to me. That stuff is hard! Like a bunch of rocks. Take a good size chunk of it, lay it out on a flat surface, then smack it smartly with the flat of your hand. I think you'll see what I mean.
Air compresses in car engines, but eggs are a whole different world than the insides of a car engine.

We used that soft cushy foamy stuff.

There, I said it, got it off my chest, I feel better.....

Thanks for listening....

 

[Tomtommom]

Off topic but funny from Craigslist:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/4279769047.html

 

[perchie.girl]

I prefer the dual purpose shorthorn over the waterbuffalo:

Red Milking Shorthorn Oxen

A team of red Milking Shorthorns planting corn at Tillers International
in Kalamazoo, Michigan (photo by Drew Conroy).

OOOH me Likey... For what its worth any bovine that has the temperment can be used as an Ox. Typically Oxen are Steers over four years old. But Cows can do the same work.

deb "Whos computer isworking Today"

 

[perchie.girl]

In reading along on this forum,. I've come up with a bunch of questions, concerns, etc. Most of 'em are probably not real relevant - but one concern has bubbled up and I can't push it back down any longer.

It has to do with "bubblewrap"! I once worked as a shipping/receiving clerk at a huge papermill, and bubblewrap was strictly forbidden for any fragile shipments! And eggs are a whole lot more fragile than any papermill fragile stuff, it seems to me. That stuff is hard! Like a bunch of rocks. Take a good size chunk of it, lay it out on a flat surface, then smack it smartly with the flat of your hand. I think you'll see what I mean.
Air compresses in car engines, but eggs are a whole different world than the insides of a car engine.

We used that soft cushy foamy stuff.

There, I said it, got it off my chest, I feel better.....

Thanks for listening....

first of all..... Welcome to BYC

from San Diego

You are right about the Bubble wrap. The deal is though the mass of the eggs isn't enough to put it to a test. I worked on some packaging designs for electronic components. We use Foam inserts cut out to hold the components who were packed in Antistatic bags. The ones that withstood the 4 g test were the ones that used a semi closed cell foam.

Each type of packaging has its limits. As long as you use the packaging material to its best advantage you are good to go. My personal favorite is the foam. The idea is to keep the eggs from contacting any flat or hard surface... You can cut foam to snugly fit the egg then place a foam top and bottom on the cutout egg foam.

deb

 

[ozexpat]

OOOH me Likey...   For what its worth any bovine that has the temperment can be used as an Ox.    Typically Oxen are Steers over four years old.  But Cows can do the same work.

deb  "Whos computer isworking Today"

I missed you @perchie.girl

My first thought when I saw the post was Oxen. No milk. No daddy capabilities. Most water buffalo used as draft animals are cows but even bulls are docile enough to work

 

[ozexpat]

Off topic but funny from Craigslist:

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/4279769047.html

That ad could only be posted on Los Angeles

 

[Leftcoastnative]

perchie.girl,
Thank you. When I first started reading (about a week ago), I read posts about eggs wrapped in bubble wrap. My eyes got wide - I thought: "What in the world.....". All that work, effort, concern, and care - and they're using bubble wrap!?
Learn as you go, I guess.
I hope I've saved an egg or two........

 

[ozexpat]

In reading along on this forum,. I've come up with a bunch of questions, concerns, etc. Most of 'em are probably not real relevant - but one concern has bubbled up and I can't push it back down any longer.

It has to do with "bubblewrap"! I once worked as a shipping/receiving clerk at a huge papermill, and bubblewrap was strictly forbidden for any fragile shipments! And eggs are a whole lot more fragile than any papermill fragile stuff, it seems to me. That stuff is hard! Like a bunch of rocks. Take a good size chunk of it, lay it out on a flat surface, then smack it smartly with the flat of your hand. I think you'll see what I mean.
Air compresses in car engines, but eggs are a whole different world than the insides of a car engine.

We used that soft cushy foamy stuff.

There, I said it, got it off my chest, I feel better.....

Thanks for listening....

When I re-ship eggs I use foam that has been stamped with holes to fit the eggs. It is important though to use the right size foam though.

I have received many an egg in foam that is too tight and invaraiably squeezes the weakest part of the egg under any stress.

I have seperate size foam for quail, chukar, pheasant, bantam, medium and jumbo chicken and then goose. the turkeys fit in jumbo chicken size but need extra top and bottom foam. The larger duck eggs are an issue so i put bubble wrap arounf them and then put them in the goose foam.

The stuff is expensive but some of mine has 120,000 frequent flier miles.

 

[Leftcoastnative]

Mr. ozexpat,
120,000 frequent flyer miles speaks for itself. No doubt about it.

As I read across your forum, I can't help but be concerned with your salt air problem. I sense that it's one of your major concerns. We have the same problem here on the Oregon coast. Probably not to the degree you do (much lower mean temps).
Before modern coatings, cars would rust away in short order. My first bicycle (we lived on the coast when I was a kid) was bright and shiny when I got it, but it wasn't long before it became a chunk of rust.
Don't mean to be presumptuous or patronizing, but I notice most of the homes along the coast here are clad top to bottom in plain old wood - coated with modern paints. They call 'em "saltboxes". And when the doors are closed, they close up pretty tight. It would be a tough choice between that or those light and airy dwellings in the Philippines. Also, we don't have the "termite problem", although we do have to fight off carpenter ants from time to time.
I suppose the best solution would be a very aggressive maintenance schedule or program.
On another subject..... as I read your forum.....it often occurs to me: "I bet there are big shot Wall Street types sitting high up in their offices in their seven hundred dollar suits who are secretly reading your forum ..... and dreaming of how it could'a been." We are so "lucky" to have the "American Dream" in this country

Not!!

Best regards.....