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[Renie'sPeeps]

If you think that you will ever want to ship birds or chicks as well as just watching their weight progress... I would recommend checking out staples or other office supply stores for a scale. Yes it will cost more... but you will get more use out of it too. I am able to weigh my boxed birds and print a shipping label from home thus saving money Mine is a square platform type .... It has paid for itself.

 

[plantcityhomestead]

If you think that you will ever want to ship birds or chicks as well as just watching their weight progress... I would recommend checking out staples or other office supply stores for a scale. Yes it will cost more... but you will get more use out of it too. I am able to weigh my boxed birds and print a shipping label from home thus saving money Mine is a square platform type .... It has paid for itself.

Good idea. Probably more accurate too.

cindy

 

[deek]

If you think that you will ever want to ship birds or chicks as well as just watching their weight progress... I would recommend checking out staples or other office supply stores for a scale. Yes it will cost more... but you will get more use out of it too. I am able to weigh my boxed birds and print a shipping label from home thus saving money Mine is a square platform type .... It has paid for itself.

Awesome. I just happen to have one that I wasn't using. Not sure how many pounds is the max for my little kitchen scale. I probably will need a new one. Great to know. Thanks.

 

[galanie]

Most of the kitchen scales max out at around 7 lbs. For the ones bigger than that, I hold them and step on the bathroom scales then put them down and weigh again. Naturally I had a scale around here for weighing babies that languished for some 30 years before I finally got rid of it. And now I'm crying because it went to something like 15 lbs and I sure wish I still had that thing!

 

[thedragonlady]

Most of the kitchen scales max out at around 7 lbs. For the ones bigger than that, I hold them and step on the bathroom scales then put them down and weigh again. Naturally I had a scale around here for weighing babies that languished for some 30 years before I finally got rid of it. And now I'm crying because it went to something like 15 lbs and I sure wish I still had that thing!

A milk scale for dairy goats would work fine. I wish I still had mine.

 

[deek]

A milk scale for dairy goats would work fine. I wish I still had mine.

Were do I start hunting for one?

 

[thedragonlady]

Try eBay! You want a Hansen hanging scale.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

I have this one: http://www.staples.com/Salter-Brecknell-150-lb-Digital-Parcel-Scales/product_561497

 

[galanie]

Just did a search on eBay for baby scales and came up with a lot of them that go to 44 lbs. Many are Buy It Now for $30

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=m570.l3201&_nkw=baby+scales&_sacat=0

Might get me on of them. I see the same one I had on here for $30 and I gave mine away!

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Some of those digital ones look really nice... I just saw on staples they have a real fancy one...It comes with software and USB to hook up your comp to.. so you can make your shipping labels just like what they use at some post offices... way cool.. but way expensive.. I will keep using my old one till it dies.. ")