June Online Hatching Egg Swap Closed Addresses sent

[chiqita]

We had to kill our first possum last week. it was...interesting. They are so cute and when we lived in downtown they used to come into the house and every once in a while we would get babies in a drawer you could get to from the basement.

On a lighter note, my possible egg crisis is averted. ALL of my chickens stopped laying when we had a really hot day and i hadn't seen any other eggs this week. (except my little showgirl ester who like to try and convince other people to incubate her eggs and sneaks in with the broodies) Turns out the coop got to hot and they made a nice little nest in the ivy. They were just trying to COMPLETLY freak me out!

Also, if I want to know what i'm getting, do I say so here? I am a serious chicken novice noooo way i'm going to be able to recognize eggs.

 

[chiqita]

EGGS! FOR ME!
I received my eggs from Judges4 and the MaryRuthLangdon today. The Langdons was a big shipment, was it supposed to be 2 swaps? otherwise holy crap that's a lot of eggs. Now to figure out how to incubate pheasants...


Not sure what these chicken eggs are from Simon they are big and brown! maybe a little bird will whisper t me what they are...

Both shipments look to be doing good, havn't unwrapped em yet from the bubble pack but they look fine from here!

 

[ki4got]

well, one box is here... second one is supposed to be here tomorrow i think.

i'll know more about what condition once hubby gets home with it.

here's a question... usps won't deliver to our house, since the driveway's better than half mile long, and uphill most of the way. anyone else have similar situation? what do you do to get your eggs on time?

shipping to hubby's work is what i'm doing now, but some fridays they close early, and not open on saturdays at all, so that limits what days someone can send eggs out. besides that half the time he forgets to bring the eggs home! LOL i'd rather find another solution if possible.

 

[mrheinz77]

The following need to get their incubators warming up or at least make room.

Kiforgot x 2

Beauty2thechicks

Zookeeper

Doubleatraining

Chiqita x2

PollyC (Polly, make sure you have a lot of room. )

Mrheinz77  x 2

MaryRuthLangdon

MrsMoonCat x 2
CrazyPetLady
Hot2Pot
Lotsapaints
Please remember to post here when you receive your eggs.

 

[mrheinz77]

Are you able to have them held at your local PO or have them delivered to a friend/relative nearby? My PO will do anything for the business.

 

[ki4got]

Are you able to have them held at your local PO or have them delivered to a friend/relative nearby? My PO will do anything for the business.

well considering the last box delivered to my neighbor for me sat on their back porch for a week in the weather and they didn't bother telling me it was here... yeah, NO. i'll pass on delivering to them. knowing her, if it's marked eggs she'd make an omlette.

and the last time it was marked hold (and i'd called and said so) it was stuffed in my mailbox... (yeah big mailbox)

thought about getting a po box, then my phone # on it. then they won't try to deliver at least. and as long as it's mon-fri i can get there before they close no problem.

 

[mrheinz77]

You shouldn't need a PO box. Just have the sender write on the box Hold For Pick Up and put your phone number on the box.

 

[ki4got]

You shouldn't need a PO box. Just have the sender write on the box Hold For Pick Up and put your phone number on the box.

you'd think so...

last fall i had some marans sent to me. the box was crammed into my mailbox even tho it was clearly marked hold at PO and my phone # on it. second time they drove up to the house and dropped it getting out of the car. also clearly marked. surprised as can be that i got 2/12 from that second box. 1st box was too scrambled to do anything.

that's when i started shipping to the shop.

 

[doubleatraining]

you'd think so...

last fall i had some marans sent to me. the box was crammed into my mailbox even tho it was clearly marked hold at PO and my phone # on it. second time they drove up to the house and dropped it getting out of the car. also clearly marked. surprised as can be that i got 2/12 from that second box. 1st box was too scrambled to do anything.

that's when i started shipping to the shop.

My PO tried to tell me that calling me and holding at the PO was an extra charge.....after a LONG "conversation" with the post master they now very politely call me around 8am every day that I have a package. LOL

 

[madamwlf]

My PO tried to tell me that calling me and holding at the PO was an extra charge.....after a LONG "conversation" with the post master they now very politely call me around 8am every day that I have a package. LOL

I must have quite a tab at the PO then. They know as soon as they see me what I'm there for.