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I have tried to avoid that calculation so far! But if you make me...
Imported 30 eggs, hatched 7 (which is really good considering that FedEx screwed up and the eggs were on the road way too long).
All 7 are still up and running! 3 roosters, 4 hens. I love them!
OK now the numbers:
Permit, $141, ammendment $70, vet fees at arrival $240, that's $451 to USDA
Vet and lab fees in country of origin about $500
Cost for eggs $30
Shipping fees: $0 because FedEx felt so bad about their mistakes. And I probably made their life very miserable by calling all day long for three days!
Cost for therapy afterwards... well, I managed with a bottle of scotch.
Drumroll, thats per egg:
unhatched: $33
hatched: $143
Glad I did not know that ahead of time! I thought it was going to be $141 + shipping
(there still are naive people in this country apparently
)
But I love my chickens!
If it makes you feel any better - that is about right on the hatch. I ship eggs via cargo - British Airways - and I get them less than 24 hrs from when leave the UK and the hatch of 45 eggs was 11. From now on I bring in many more eggs to help the odds........
Yes, because the cost would be only minimally more. Some of my eggs were three weeks old. I am VERY happy with my hatch! I got them from a small farmer, I wanted a specific fairly rare breed. Doubt I could have gotten more in one batch. But in general more would be absolutely adviseable (for all you people out there wanting to import eggs
)
I have tried to avoid that calculation so far! But if you make me...
Imported 30 eggs, hatched 7 (which is really good considering that FedEx screwed up and the eggs were on the road way too long).
All 7 are still up and running! 3 roosters, 4 hens. I love them!
OK now the numbers:
Permit, $141, ammendment $70, vet fees at arrival $240, that's $451 to USDA
Vet and lab fees in country of origin about $500
Cost for eggs $30
Shipping fees: $0 because FedEx felt so bad about their mistakes. And I probably made their life very miserable by calling all day long for three days!
Cost for therapy afterwards... well, I managed with a bottle of scotch.
Drumroll, thats per egg:
unhatched: $33
hatched: $143
Glad I did not know that ahead of time! I thought it was going to be $141 + shipping
But I love my chickens!
If it makes you feel any better - that is about right on the hatch. I ship eggs via cargo - British Airways - and I get them less than 24 hrs from when leave the UK and the hatch of 45 eggs was 11. From now on I bring in many more eggs to help the odds........
Yes, because the cost would be only minimally more. Some of my eggs were three weeks old. I am VERY happy with my hatch! I got them from a small farmer, I wanted a specific fairly rare breed. Doubt I could have gotten more in one batch. But in general more would be absolutely adviseable (for all you people out there wanting to import eggs
