Rhode Island White Thread

[SpringPeeper]

Distance does not matter since they go by air. What matters it the distance from the service center to the airport. Airborne flies them. if the distance is close enough for the shipment to go by truck then USPS will ship via truck. For that reason, hatching eggs shipped from the East coast to California usually do better than eggs shipped from Washington State or Oregon to California.

I hatched eggs that flew from Spain to San Francisco--That is a lot farther than this is.

It is an acceptable risk if the seller knows how to pack the eggs correctly.

Ship the box and packing materials to her and give her my packing instructions. It is a Win Win for everyone since we cannot find good SC RIRs out here.

I'm not overly concerned by the distance,but if the person with the eggs isn't comfortable there's not much I can do about it.

 

[orumpoultry]

Subscribing. These birds are gorgeous.

 

[cmom]

Quote: No problem. I thought you had. My birds originally came from Sand Hill. I got them from a person who had gotten them from Sand Hill and had decided she didn't want the whites anymore. I have been selectively breeding them for a few years for showing. I have posted quite a few pictures of them on this thread. There maybe quite a few repeat pictures.

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I agree it's not the distance it is the handling. I had 15 eggs shipped to me and got 3 birds out of them. Are you looking for RIW or RIR? I thought our previous conversation was about RC RIW, just curious and was wondering since this is the RIW thread and my RIW's are RC. I also have SC and RC RIR's that are show quality.

This is how I ship the eggs and there is 1" of foam around the eggs. I have never had anyone who received my eggs complain about any of the eggs I have shipped received either cracked or broken. I guess at some point there may be a first time.I have no problem shipping eggs. The girls are laying better but not great yet. I recently put another rooster with them because I am after show quality and I think this other boy is more to the APA SOP. I will ship eggs now but waiting a month I think the new boy will produce more show quality. If you aren't planning on showing I guess it doesn't matter.

This is how I ship the eggs and there is also a 1" foam under the eggs. I also push the eggs a little further down into the foam and put another 1" piece on top. I can also put the eggs in another box and put more foam around the eggs. Eggs are $25 per dozen + postage ($12 East of the Mississippi, $15 West of the Mississippi). There are no guarantees on hatching eggs. Please buy only if you are willing to risk that they may not hatch. Although hatching eggs are assumed fertile, be aware that NO hatching eggs are guaranteed to hatch. There is a reasonable expectation for your eggs to arrive intact; not broken or cracked, and that they are actually fertile or at least EXTREMELY likely to be fertile. There is no way to test each egg for fertility prior to shipping. I occasionally break open some eggs to see if they are fertile (breakfast).

 

[ronott1]

No problem. I thought you had. My birds originally came from Sand Hill. I got them from a person who had gotten them from Sand Hill and had decided she didn't want the whites anymore. I have been selectively breeding them for a few years for showing. I have posted quite a few pictures of them on this thread. There maybe quite a few repeat pictures.


I agree it's not the distance it is the handling. I had 15 eggs shipped to me and got 3 birds out of them. Are you looking for RIW or RIR? I thought our previous conversation was about RC RIW, just curious and was wondering since this is the RIW thread and my RIW's are RC. I also have SC and RC RIR's that are show quality.

This is how I ship the eggs and there is 1" of foam around the eggs. I have never had anyone who received my eggs complain about any of the eggs I have shipped received either cracked or broken. I guess at some point there may be a first time.I have no problem shipping eggs. The girls are laying better but not great yet. I recently put another rooster with them because I am after show quality and I think this other boy is more to the APA SOP. I will ship eggs now but waiting a month I think the new boy will produce more show quality. If you aren't planning on showing I guess it doesn't matter.

This is how I ship the eggs and there is also a 1" foam under the eggs. I also push the eggs a little further down into the foam and put another 1" piece on top. I can also put the eggs in another box and put more foam around the eggs. Eggs are $25 per dozen + postage ($12 East of the Mississippi, $15 West of the Mississippi). There are no guarantees on hatching eggs. Please buy only if you are willing to risk that they may not hatch. Although hatching eggs are assumed fertile, be aware that NO hatching eggs are guaranteed to hatch. There is a reasonable expectation for your eggs to arrive intact; not broken or cracked, and that they are actually fertile or at least EXTREMELY likely to be fertile. There is no way to test each egg for fertility prior to shipping. I occasionally break open some eggs to see if they are fertile (breakfast).

They will do very well!

Nice packing job.

Sorry, She is looking for Rhode Island White---hit the wrong key again....

 

[cmom]

Sorry, She is looking for Rhode Island White---hit the wrong key again....

I was just wondering because I do have RC RIW's and RC RIR's as well as SC RIR's. They are all show quality, at least I think they are. I have been doing pretty well at the shows with them. I have been breeding them for a few years now. I did get another RC RIW cockerel not long after I got my originals and his parent stock also came from Sand Hill. I didn't know at the time I picked up my cockerel, but the gal I got him from had also gotten some RC RIW's again with the same circumstances that I had gotten my originals where someone had ordered them from Sand Hill and again decided they didn't want to raise them which I discovered later. Over the past few years I have been selectively breeding them to bring out their best qualities. I contacted Sand Hill several years ago by phone and email. I didn't get a person but did leave messages to find out if the birds were descendants of any line, but never did hear back from them.

 

[Rancher3535]

Frank advertizes that he sells chicks and hatching eggs but really does not like to ship anything. He would rather they be picked up at the farm. I tried to get him to send me chicks but he said NO but I finally talked him into shipping me some eggs. The main key in shipping eggs is to get him to pack them correctly and tight. I would suggest doing like he did for me but have him fill in between the flats with shavings. He sent me 180 eggs 2 years ago I was really excited but my postal gal was not a happy camper. I am not complaining just letting you know you will want to ask him to pack them in shavings. They came in two boxes and three flats per box. They had a mat on the top and bottom, a flat, a layer of bubble wrap, flat/bubble wrap, flat/bubble wrap and a mat on top. Nothing was added to stop them from wiggling in the case. If you know how USPS handles things especially when you say fragile you will get them coming to you like they have been used as a football in a game. Out of 9 different shipped in hathcing eggs I am talking with some knowledge. LOL NOT GOOD the way they handle them. So needless to say I had scrambled eggs by the time they got here. I was able to set 60 and hatched out 50. 6 were RIW, 8 were Columbian Wyandottes and the rest were CW/NewHamp crosses. Talked to Frank and he said that is how he has shipped them and when they go East never a problem but come out West they usually are a mess.

Frank is a good guy and I am sure he will do what he can to get you some eggs to hatch.

 

[Rancher3535]

I just set my pen up of RIW's and will be doing a fertility test run starting next week. Seven pullets and two males in the pen for now because I want to make sure I get some chicks out soon.

Cmom once I get a good fertility going I can and will send you some eggs if you are still wanting them.

Have you or do you weigh each bird in your breeding been and measure the pelvic and keel?

The one male I have with his mom my original RIW female weighed in at 8.7. He was born in April one of his brothers was 9.2 and the other was 8. Big boys. The pullets out of the two different males I used weighed in at.6.3-6.10. They Ryon Carey males which were a July-August hatch were 7.4 and 6.3. The pullet is 5.3 pounds, 2 pelvic but she has just started to lay so that will grow, and a 4 plus in the keel.

My line of pullets was amazing in the keep area 5 plus and even a 6. with most of the pelvic's at 3-4 and one was a 4 plus so I am really please with those kind of numbers. Hope to get the pelvic to a good solid 4 and the keel a good solid 5+.

Rob

 

[cmom]

I just set my pen up of RIW's and will be doing a fertility test run starting next week. Seven pullets and two males in the pen for now because I want to make sure I get some chicks out soon.

Cmom once I get a good fertility going I can and will send you some eggs if you are still wanting them.

Have you or do you weigh each bird in your breeding been and measure the pelvic and keel?

The one male I have with his mom my original RIW female weighed in at 8.7. He was born in April one of his brothers was 9.2 and the other was 8. Big boys. The pullets out of the two different males I used weighed in at.6.3-6.10. They Ryon Carey males which were a July-August hatch were 7.4 and 6.3. The pullet is 5.3 pounds, 2 pelvic but she has just started to lay so that will grow, and a 4 plus in the keel.

My line of pullets was amazing in the keep area 5 plus and even a 6. with most of the pelvic's at 3-4 and one was a 4 plus so I am really please with those kind of numbers. Hope to get the pelvic to a good solid 4 and the keel a good solid 5+.

Rob

Sure I;ll get some eggs from you, I'm in no hurry. I just changed my males around. I haven't checked them. Several cockerels just went to freezer camp. I kept the best according to how I interperet the SOP. I kept 2 of the best males. I just put one with the hens but haven't put any with the pullets yet. I just got the boys out of my grow-out coop and now I will put my RIR cockerels in there because it doesn't have any nest boxes and the coop and pen they are currently in does. If I don't sell my RIR boys they will be going to freezer camp too. I am going to keep another one of the RIR boys. I recently got a new boy for my pullets that is from the same line, so I will have 2 RC Whites and 3 SC Reds and just 1 RC Red. Last year was the first year out of several years that I have had my Whites that I hatched out a SC male and 2 SC females from my RC Whites. I have 4 older SC Whites that I have been breeding to a SC RIR male for my RSL's I kept the SC Male and the SC females just to experiment and see if any RC Whites hatch out since both of their parents were RC. A few years ago I bought another cockerel from a gal and she told me that is was possible to get a SC once in awhile but I never did until this past spring. SURPRISE...

 

[cmom]

Rob, I'm sure my eggs are fertile just that the girls took a break. They are starting to lay again. I changed males because I liked the looks of a different one more and changed the males around. Since the girls were with a male the eggs are likely fertile. I will save some for breakfast and check. The boy that was with them wasn't bad but the one with them now I think is better.

 

[SpringPeeper]

I was just wondering because I do have RC RIW's and RC RIR's as well as SC RIR's. They are all show quality, at least I think they are. I have been doing pretty well at the shows with them. I have been breeding them for a few years now. I did get another RC RIW cockerel not long after I got my originals and his parent stock also came from Sand Hill. I didn't know at the time I picked up my cockerel, but the gal I got him from had also gotten some RC RIW's again with the same circumstances that I had gotten my originals where someone had ordered them from Sand Hill and again decided they didn't want to raise them which I discovered later. Over the past few years I have been selectively breeding them to bring out their best qualities. I contacted Sand Hill several years ago by phone and email. I didn't get a person but did leave messages to find out if the birds were descendants of any line, but never did hear back from them.

I am looking forward to seeing the sexlinks you make from your birds! Hopefully the SandHill birds I get will be decent quality.

Frank advertizes that he sells chicks and hatching eggs but really does not like to ship anything. He would rather they be picked up at the farm. I tried to get him to send me chicks but he said NO but I finally talked him into shipping me some eggs. The main key in shipping eggs is to get him to pack them correctly and tight. I would suggest doing like he did for me but have him fill in between the flats with shavings. He sent me 180 eggs 2 years ago I was really excited but my postal gal was not a happy camper. I am not complaining just letting you know you will want to ask him to pack them in shavings. They came in two boxes and three flats per box. They had a mat on the top and bottom, a flat, a layer of bubble wrap, flat/bubble wrap, flat/bubble wrap and a mat on top. Nothing was added to stop them from wiggling in the case. If you know how USPS handles things especially when you say fragile you will get them coming to you like they have been used as a football in a game. Out of 9 different shipped in hathcing eggs I am talking with some knowledge. LOL NOT GOOD the way they handle them. So needless to say I had scrambled eggs by the time they got here. I was able to set 60 and hatched out 50. 6 were RIW, 8 were Columbian Wyandottes and the rest were CW/NewHamp crosses. Talked to Frank and he said that is how he has shipped them and when they go East never a problem but come out West they usually are a mess.

Frank is a good guy and I am sure he will do what he can to get you some eggs to hatch.

I wonder if he'd be a little less apprehensive about shipping if I shipped him a box like Ronott posted and he just had to put the eggs in and send it back? Of course, you're always somewhat at the mercy of the postal workers.