Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[AyeUpChuck]

Well that is terrible!!!  And shady.  

Yeah it was. Which is why said person was banned from swapping. It's just not what this is about.

 

[kraftyladies]

Well that is terrible!!! And shady.

Yes, so that's why it kind of sent off some "alarms" with some people. As long as people are up front about it, I don't have a problem with it. I am sure there will be some that I end up hatching that I will sell or give away.... I already have shared some of mine that I hatched from here with another BYCer. I just would hate to know that someone is claiming my eggs with the sole purpose just to sell to make a profit, and then as someone else mentioned, reshipping old eggs to unsuspecting people. What you are doing is commendable, glad you let everyone know.

 

[AyeUpChuck]

Yes, so that's why it kind of sent off some "alarms" with some people. As long as people are up front about it, I don't have a problem with it. I am sure there will be some that I end up hatching that I will sell or give away.... I already have shared some of mine that I hatched from here with another BYCer. I just would hate to know that someone is claiming my eggs with the sole purpose just to sell to make a profit, and then as someone else mentioned, reshipping old eggs to unsuspecting people. What you are doing is commendable, glad you let everyone know.

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I love that people will share and make others truly happy to have birds that might not normally afford or obtain but just to make money makes me and that's really great of you to come forward. It shows that you're not being shady! And now you owe everyone a bourbon red egg and people that dont raise turkeys can send theirs to me!

 

[ProfTi]

Now that's a little "shady"......lol

Did they pip???

 

[Bettacreek]

There was more to it than that. He was incubating eggs, and if they didn't develop, he shipped them to someone else.

It sounded shady to me because it sounded "too good to be true". Personally, IMO, once you swap, those eggs are your's to do whatever with. If you want to sell the chicks you hatch out of them, so what.

Where are you getting the lav laced astrolorps though? I might want some of those! Lol.

 

[Bettacreek]

Got 7 turkey eggs today! They'll be going straight to April's bator at the new house, instead of moving them mid-incubation. yes, the incubator was in the house and set up before ANYTHING else was even brought in!

 

[mzstre]

you rock! I didn't know there was a switch there.... I took my otter box off the other day to clean it and must have hit the button.... Thanks!!! Can you tell I am new to this stuff!!!!!!!!

My DH has done that several times and always assumes his phone is on the fritz. It's always after he cleans his too!

 

[kraftyladies]

I would love to make a deal/swap with someone for some turkeys eggs. And someone that knows how to hatch turkey eggs hatch them and then I can get them in May when I go see Meg for the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Anyone want to help me with that?

 

[AyeUpChuck]

I would love to make a deal/swap with someone for some turkeys eggs. And someone that knows how to hatch turkey eggs hatch them and then I can get them in May when I go see Meg for the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Anyone want to help me with that?

YES! Or ProfTi, who has a billion times more turkey hatching experience than me! But I can definitely supply some eggs.

 

[flocksalot]

Hi All!

Actually, the mystery Craigslist poster is me!  You are right, Sah,  I am only doing because this because unique breeds are just not available in MN.  And good stock is even tougher.  A X Silkie for $10 is about as exotic as you get in MPLS and I want to help new chicken owners learn about saving and preserving the heritage breeds.  Besides, I live in the city.  If I can't keep them all, I can at least peddle them.

Every spring, I work with about 100 metro and Suburban families and 3 or 4 schools to start up Urban Chicken Coops.  I run  free day-long workshops about city chicken keeping, we build a varitey of chicken tractors and help them acquire healthy chickens.  It is my way of community building.

What happens with most of these families is that they order the "small city" kind of packages from the hatchery and all of their chickens die or are sick.  You really can't send 3 hatchery chicks to MN in March priority mail and think they will live!  I decided a couple of years ago that we could do better, so I have been working on helping people with this since.  I am super excited this year to be able to move away from the hatchery stock that I have been getting in years past to hatching good quality birds.  But, it is more risk for me.

As far as profit, I don't make any.  Most years, I break even.  I give a ton of chicks away to families that I just want to get addicted.  I just promised 3 of Flocksalot Midgets to the cutest kid in the neighborhood for Easter because he fell so in love with my turkeys and his mom doesn't have the money and I always give birds free to schools and to my students.  BTW:  A photograher contacted me about borrowing some chicks for an easter shoot, I agreed if I could have rights to the pics.  Some of your chicks will be art!!  I will try to share them.

I have had several contact me about eggs and I give them whatever you send me for $18 which is about what it costs for either PP or shipping.  I also pass along any extras to the 4H kids.  I charge more for the chicks because it cost me to lose so many in shipping and hatching.  Also, because those who can pay for the chicks help pay for the ones I give away.  It is a wonderful way of paying for both my hobbies, chickens and wine making.  

I guess I really didn't think about you guys not liking this use of the swap.  I am interested in your opinion on it.  I am not sure who "he who shan't be named" is, but I can promise that I am true to my word and honest in my intentions.  If this use feels like an exploitation of your objectives on the swap, I can rethink this years plan to be a bird peddler and go back to ordering hatchery stock.  IDK:  Opinions?

Awe that makes me so proud too. If you go a bit southwest, where I'm from, they have some very pretty show birds. That's SW Minnesota. Over near Marshall/pipestone/luverne areas. I'll have to call my mum and see if she can remember to get me their numbers. She's in her late 70s so I may have to hound her though. There's also some friends over by Mankato that have some beautiful birds. I don't know what they still do, but I could check with them.

Sorry if I do spelling errors, but my iPad likes to rewrite what I already wrote. It's just like my hubby that thinks he's knows better.