Howdy--i'm a newbie now living In Panama

[zyzzyx]

Just thought I would stop lurking and announce myself present. Just retired and am looking for stuff too do with all the extra time I seem to have at the moment. Chikkens sound like a rewarding and perhaps profitable use of time. I do have one question that is foremost in my mind at the moment. The question is ---is it even possible to ship chicks or eggs internationally?--

Hello and have a nice day

Bob

 

[mgw]

Bob, welcome from Eastern Wa. Having chickens can be a time consuming and fun hobby/ job. Not sure about the international shipping though. Congrats and enjoy your retirement.

 

[herefordlovinglady]

you have come to the right place to get answers. i am not sure about the laws/rules of international shipping, but we have peeps from all over the world on this site. maybe one of them will chime in to help you out.

anyway --

and

 

[knjinnm]

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It's possible to ship eggs anywhere but first stop would be Panama's Ag Department to find out if Panama has any restrictions on importing egg from another country.

Joe

 

[Muscovies]

from North Carolina

 

[4-H chicken mom]

and

from Ohio. I think you will like it here. Even if it is allowed to ship internationally, I don't think it would be very successful. Chicks probably wouldn't survive the trip and hatching eggs have a hard enough time being shipped in the US and then having a successful hatching rate. The longer it takes to get eggs shipped, the less viable they will be.

 

[knjinnm]

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I agree shipping chicks would be inadvisable but eggs are a possibility if they are chilled, the question is how much cooling can a fertilized egg withstand.
So Bob if you're interested please change the topic to ..... shipping chilled fertilized eggs or something that would attract BYC'ers with a lot of knowledge when it comes to shipping eggs.

Joe

 

[ems_chick]

Where at in Panama? That's my neck of the woods. Unless things have changed, there's not really a mail service at all down there. There are TONS of chicken breeds there too.

 

[zyzzyx]

Ems_chick--- I was hoping there was someone nearby Panama or at least closer than the US because I knew that distance and handling were critical in the viability of eggs and chicks. I live between David and Boquete on 40 acres near the very small town of Caldera. Nothing has changed---they still have no reliable mail service and that is why I was thinking perhaps UPS or FedEX from the US was my greatest chance of getting birds. I do not know that much about chickens, but it seems here that everybody is a mutt of some kind or other and I wanted to be a little cleaner (if you take my meaning) than that. It may finally turn out that I must use local chicks to start.

 

[zyzzyx]

Thanks kinjimmn---I will open a thread about chilling and shipping eggs to see if I can get some more input.

Thanks again
Bob