Importing eggs from Europe

[Katy]

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i think that is good advice, but mnay famous people starting things when they were young, most of the time younger than me! like Tiger Woods, he started playing golf when he was like, 4 or 5 years old!

i've studied chickens for 3 years and i know quite a bit about them (but much less compared to some of you people that has had chickens for decades!)
i think i may be able to handle it, either me or the other person i will work with will.

I'm not saying a young person can't do it, but to spend that much money when you don't have much hands on experience with hatching eggs seems like a waste of your money to me. Studying chickens and actually breeding them and raising them are two different things. There are some things you just can't learn by studying.

 

[Chubby Chicken]

Chickens are not Rocket Science. Education is very important. If you're really good at feeding and watering, and cleaning the coop, but you don't know anything about your breed, or it's weaknesses, then the studying would be very important.

Hey random, Good Luck! Don't let any haters get you down. I am woman enough to admit that I am totally jealous of you!!!

I'm not saying a young person can't do it, but to spend that much money when you don't have much hands on experience with hatching eggs seems like a waste of your money to me. Studying chickens and actually breeding them and raising them are two different things. There are some things you just can't learn by studying.

 

[Chris09]

This is a 9 month old thread.


Chris

 

[Orpy Lady]

Where ever you get your eggs from - the parents have to be tested for 4 tests on each bird and that is not a cheap event. You will also have to find an Airport that will deal with HATCHING EGGS and you also have to have a standby vet waiting to recieve these eggs too. This is part of the requirements needed, if you do not comply and get found out that you have imported eggs illegally, then all your flocks can be killed. Sandy

 

[3riverschick]

thats bascially what my mom said. this is just the beggining of things, i'm looking for a breeder right now, and i'm going to look for work on a poultry farm or something in MN (i'm moving there this summer) i've got to look for someone who is ok with a breeding program because i'll be living on a 1/3 acre lot where i'm too close to neighboors to have roosters. i already know a few places that might hire me and be ok with a breeding program

say, what kind of paperwork do i need anyway?

If I may make a suggestion? It is tough to import fom Europe into the US.. becuase you ar eimporting EU regs to USA regs. But it is easier to import into Canada ( much closer ties to Europe regs and a extremely easy import agreement with the US.) . It is very easy to import birds and eggs from Canada into the USA. Perhaps a 2 step import might work for you. Find a breeder who has a quarentine facility in Canada. Probabaly you can find someone in Ontario. Arrange the import with them. Give them a cut of the birds as payment for their help. Then, after the birds have lived at that breeders for the alloted amount of time (60-90 days-don't quote me on that), you can import them to the US.
Karen in western PA, USA