Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[madamwlf]

Go to this link, type in the name you want for your swap page, and populate the page using the editor that pops up. Do you have a list of items to swap yet?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/0/Member_Pages

Here you go. How to make a swap page.

 

[Lesalynn]

I agree with Kytinpusher.....every time I check the swap page it seems lately I see the same stuff offered that noone really seems to want. I wish we had more diversity myself, not just the same old same old just cuz somebody wants to snatch the PP and then put the same offer back up that was a huge stall in the first place

 

[reesepoultry]

I think a lot of people are going to start getting burned with the new rule change of 10 swaps. I think most won't find out until spring comes around that they aren't getting their eggs.

 

[wingstone]

How do all of you afford shipping on all those swaps even if you can ship cheaply, they still add up........I allready have to wait for others to run out of swaps or for something that no one else wants, guess with 10 swaps I will have to wait longer.
for those of us that do not have the fancy breeds that everyone wants, we have to offer paypal, this alone limits the amount of swaps done in a week, could get really costly in a hurry...
A little concerned that in the spring when all these eggs need to be shipped that people will look for the cheapest ways of shipping, like less packing material, is there a rule on shipping these eggs safely.

 

[reesepoultry]

I know for me, I have only been claiming PP since I am getting ready to shut down my bator and I use the PP to ship the eggs and then whatever PP I have left is mine. It usually cost me between $6-$8 to ship and the rest of the $15 I keep. It helps to buy food for the chickens. But I would never claim 10 in a week I try not to claim more than my girls are producing. I usually get my egg orders out in less than 2 weeks. Well except for the spring eggs. But I am expecting some of the spring egg orders/girls to start laying anytime now.

 

[Overoberyl]

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[wingstone]

I know for me, I have only been claiming PP since I am getting ready to shut down my bator and I use the PP to ship the eggs and then whatever PP I have left is mine. It usually cost me between $6-$8 to ship and the rest of the $15 I keep. It helps to buy food for the chickens. But I would never claim 10 in a week I try not to claim more than my girls are producing. I usually get my egg orders out in less than 2 weeks. Well except for the spring eggs. But I am expecting some of the spring egg orders/girls to start laying anytime now.

Thank you for being able to put that pay pal to use, it makes it possible for newbies like me to get breeds that we otherwise could not afford.
i only mention the spring shipments because it appears some are making quite a list of eggs to ship in the spring...if it were me i would be locking those birds up in fort knox just to be safe till spring.

 

[caj1985]

Thank you for being able to put that pay pal to use, it makes it possible for newbies like me to get breeds that we otherwise could not afford.
i only mention the spring shipments because it appears some are making quite a list of eggs to ship in the spring...if it were me i would be locking those birds up in fort knox just to be safe till spring.

I agree with wingstone on the paypal. I am thrilled to be able to get these eggs for $15 or $20. On the other side of the spring shipping, I have just been claiming spring eggs because that gives me the chance to get the eggs hatched in prime season and not have to care for chicks through the winter and worry about brooder temps since I brood outside. It also gives me the winter to get all my breeding pens ready.

We are all adults, and I am sure that any problems that arise will be handled responsibly between shipper and shippee at that time. For me, if it works out that some of the breeds I "claimed" aren't available, most of these people have others that I am perfectly happy to get.

 

[UrbanMamaHen]

Ok, taking the chat over here.   

Is anyone else against the upgrade from the 7 swaps to the 10. Or am I the only one. I think it is gonna make people start falling behind or even offer way too many spring eggs than they can handle or even deliver. Even if they claim they can send PP instead if anything happens, if they owe 60 differant people spring eggs that is 60 PP's. I am just worried about the new rule of the upgraded swaps. I have seen too many on here offering the same spring eggs that have been claimed several times. 

Personally I thought we were doing good with 7 swaps a week and I think that is where is should stay.

. I agree with you. Not sure why CPL upped the number of swaps to 10 per week. I think they shoud stay at 7 or go down to 5 like KYTinpusher suggested. Those Spring egg orders are going to be overwhelming to fill for some. By the way, should Spring egg offerers start to put the approximate time frame when they expect the eggs to ship in the offers? This will help others decide whether they really want those Spring eggs.

 

[babymakes6]

I think too that 5-7 swaps is plenty-simply because I can't even afford that many, and when the "fastest fingers" get theirs out of the way, it gives the rest of us time to grab something!