She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[Ravynscroft]

Meh, just say it. Facts is facts

Yeah, yeah...

Got a list for orders yet?

That makes sense. Thanks.

No prob... keep in mind, that's general rule of thumb for selling... circumstances can interrupt that and some recipients are willing to get older ones if it means more eggs... I've sent out week old eggs twice and both times they had great hatch rates...

I understand what you are saying, and if I were on the receiving end I would totally offer to pay shipping, but at least on my end it would be a lot easier to just box and ship a few. No need to start sending checks across the country yet. If it works, I may look into setting up a PayPal or something

I can't stand Paypal, but it is easy to set up and makes transactions much easier... :/

 

[meganhundley]

Are you going to mess with them?  If so, lean higher.  I like 72%.

Yeah, I probably will be messing with them. I haven't been able to keep my hands our of the bator yet, lol. So 72%?

 

[frmboyinthecity]

Another question. Do you guys worry about turning eggs while you are waiting to get enough to set? Seems like I read Walnut post once that she doesn't worry about it, but I can't remember for sure.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I also think that if the poster takes pics of the eggs when they are wet, they appear darker.  The pure blue eggs that I've had look washed out compared to the ones that have a little bit of "brown paint" thrown in.  Those are a nice dark aqua.  

Good post.
I think an other thing that's often overlooked is quality of the interior of the egg.  Nice albumen, thick yolk membrane, no meat spots.  Those are the best eggs to set.  Unfortunately, it's difficult to identify them, till they land in the frying pan.  But, if you id a hen who lays watery or meat spotted eggs, she'd be a good one to cull.
It only makes sense that some of you have superior eggs or breeds for the shipathon.  And it only makes sense that you should not be shipping out eggs to all of the rest of us.  That's why I think it's important for someone to take control of the shipathon.  I believe that WV has accepted the challenge?  We all need to understand that there should be fair distribution, and after that, payment at market value... or perhaps friendship discount, only if the shipper is so inclined.  It also makes sense that the recipient should be paying postage.  (unless it's set up like a round robin or what ever the term is, so that every shipper is also a recipient)

Many good points... still can't Ovate, d@**it...

Very true on the good blue egg color, versus 'saturated' color... I have a couple of those, lol...

As for wet, I truly don't understand why some people take pics like that when they're selling hatching eggs??? I never wash my eggs, btw... dirty eggs get fed back to birds, only use clean ones for hatching or eating...

I always forget to mention inner egg quality, but yes, you are totally correct in that... I've only had one that had horrible whites and she got culled a long time ago, lol... no chicks from her either...

Sounds fair on the shipathon deal... just want to make sure everyone who wants to participate gets their fair chance...

 

[scflock]

Yeah, yeah...

Got a list for orders yet?
No prob... keep in mind, that's general rule of thumb for selling... circumstances can interrupt that and some recipients are willing to get older ones if it means more eggs... I've sent out week old eggs twice and both times they had great hatch rates...
I can't stand Paypal, but it is easy to set up and makes transactions much easier... :/

Mine aren't laying yet, so no need to start a list
If I do decide to start shipping eggs next year, I am probably going to look into doing a website, or only selling through BYC. When I advertise my chickens, I take honest pictures and point out the flaws. I will do The same if I start selling eggs. I don't think it's fair to show a dozen of your darkest BCM eggs when that is about 25% of what is laid

 

[Ravynscroft]

Mine aren't laying yet, so no need to start a list
If I do decide to start shipping eggs next year, I am probably going to look into doing a website, or only selling through BYC. When I advertise my chickens, I take honest pictures and point out the flaws. I will do The same if I start selling eggs. I don't think it's fair to show a dozen of your darkest BCM eggs when that is about 25% of what is laid

I agree with what you're saying, but you deserved that... when did you start missing hints???

 

[rossfam06]

Yeah, yeah...

Got a list for orders yet?
No prob... keep in mind, that's general rule of thumb for selling... circumstances can interrupt that and some recipients are willing to get older ones if it means more eggs... I've sent out week old eggs twice and both times they had great hatch rates...
I can't stand Paypal, but it is easy to set up and makes transactions much easier... :/

I use PayPal for almost everything now. It's wonderful and it allows me to accept credit cards for purchase of eggs or chickens.

 

[scflock]

I agree with what you're saying, but you deserved that... when did you start missing hints???

Oh, I got the hint i'm just not going there yet.
Don't want to count my chickens before they hatch

 

[FridayYet]

I use PayPal for almost everything now. It's wonderful and it allows me to accept credit cards for purchase of eggs or chickens.

I like it too. Makes transferring money pretty easy, and the one dispute I had was settled fairly quickly in my favor by their customer support.

I agree with what you're saying, but you deserved that... when did you start missing hints???

Oh, I got the hint

i'm just not going there yet.
Don't want to count my chickens before they hatch

You already went there - over, and over, and over...........

 

[Ravynscroft]

I use PayPal for almost everything now. It's wonderful and it allows me to accept credit cards for purchase of eggs or chickens.

Yep, wonderful... and evil...

Oh, I got the hint i'm just not going there yet.
Don't want to count my chickens before they hatch