Infertile or "Past Prime" to swap for finished Pysanka

[glambka]

Wanted Infertile or past prime eggs which won't be eaten or hatched. Will offer a pysanka from my website; price dependant upon number of eggs traded.
Am looking specifically for BLUE Araucuna Eggs, Blue Rouen eggs, Copper Marin, or Peahen, Chukker partridge or Gamble Quail. Also...any very small eggs like pigeon or dove.
You pay shipping to me; I pay shipping to you.
We'll work it out to be fair to all.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/goldeneggpysanky

 

[FireTigeris]

Beautiful work!

You want them sent with insides still (yolk and what not)?

 

[glambka]

Well, I guess it depends on how far they're coming and what size they are....for tiny eggs, no problem shipping whole. I can empty them here (like dove, serama chix, pigeon). Regular chicken I don't need; they are easy enough to get here.

Duck and goose are another story; I've had good and bad luck with people shipping them whole. So, I guess we'd have to talk and decide what's best. If someone is up to emptying them, I can give tips on "how to" but you do need the right tools, cuz I can only have one hole in the butt end. I am willing to ship out a set of tools, if they get shipped back in the box to me.

Thanks for asking!!
(oh...and thanks for the nice words about my eggs...

 

[debbie.george]

I have black copper maran eggs. Some are very dark chocolate brown and some are lighter brown. I also have serama's also. Let me know if you are interested in these and if you are how do I empty them. Thanks Debbie

 

[glambka]

I would be interested in the very dark chocolate Maran's and any Serama (smaller the better...those you could probably send whole if you want to; I think they would ship pretty well).
If you would empty them prior to shipping they will have a much greater chance of getting to me in one piece.



Here's a blurb about blowing out eggs...they need to have only one hole in the bottom.
I use a mini phillips screwdriver...and a push-pin (the thumb tack with the end on it). Watch the video included in this link below to see all the tools.......I have the tools to empty eggs and am happy to lend them out...I can ship them to you...I just ask that they be shipped back to me with the eggs you send.
One more secret... If you take newspaper and hold the egg upright as possible and rub the butt end on the newpaper, you will get about the exact middle of the bottom of the egg...no measuring or trying to figure where to mark the egg for the hole.
so..
1. Use warm eggs. Do NOT USE SCRUBBIES TO CLEAN...only rinse with hot water and some Dawn dishsoap (or Joy) ...dirty eggs are okay. I will finish cleaning them. Soaps and disinfectants will damage the ability of the egg to retain dye.
2. Rub them on newspaper to get mark on bottom of egg where to put hole.
3. Use thumb tack and put "starter" hole in middle of mark. Don't wiggle...go straight in.
4. Use philips screwdriver with 1/8" bit and just put it in middle of the small hole and start twirling. It will act as a mini-drill bit. Let it do the work. Don't push.
5. Use blas-fix as in the video...gently pump and as air goes in, egg comes out!
6. Fill blas-fix with clear water spiked with a couple tablespoons of vinegar, and rinse once (that's enough).
8. You can put them in the oven at 175 degrees for one hour to dry. If you don't they do take quite a long time to dry... You can prop them up on the cardboard egg trays. I turn the trays over so the eggs set up, not nestle down into the holes. They tend to expand a bit while heating and may crack.

Or in this heat...you can put them outside in the sun...will probably dry faster than in the oven

Here's the link to pictures with video at the bottom.
http://youtu.be/ib0Crl7V6Xo

Let me know if you have any other questions, etc. I will be happy to help.