Silkies and shipping? (might have 3 hens & roo available)

[CelticOaksFarm]

How do you know shipping costs, and how many adult silkies can safely ship together?

2 buff girls
1 blue girl
1 black/ black splash? Roo

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

To find out shipping costs you have to go to http://postcalc.usps.gov/ and then put in the zipcode to and from and the weight. Adult birds must go by express mail. If they are full grown you can ship a pair. Not sure about 2 males, depends on how big your males are. I put either an apple, peas, lettuce or a can of whole corn in the box with the birds. Make sure you write the recipents phone number on the box in several places with Call on Arrival.

 

[shelleyd2008]

The number of birds you can ship together depends on the size of the box. The cheapest boxes hold 2-3 bantams depending on the size of the bird, so silkies would fit 2 like SW said. But you can tape 2 boxes together or get a bigger box if they are all going to the same place. I have used apples, cooked carrots, and tomatoes for shipping chickens, I usually save lettuce for shipping waterfowl.

You can get boxes very inexpensively at this site: http://www.cjsilkies.com/matthewsoakridgefarmboxes.htm , they are only $5 each for the DIY single boxes. The single boxes with filters in place are $6.50...still very cheap. But you have to send an email to get a total for the quote. I got my boxes about 5 days after placing my order

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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[shelleyd2008]

Quote:
Secrets of the trade I guess

I always wondered how people could charge $10 for a shipping box when all the ones I found cost $10 just for the box with an additional $10-$15 shipping (to me) on top of that. Glad I finally found it