The 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-A-Long!

[Razadia]

GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS TOMORROW!!
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The day before my birthday?

 

[chattery41]

My post #'s are wonky too

 

[shahtir101]

My post #'s are wonky too

same for me

 

[shahtir101]

The day before my birthday?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Just made these up today to donate for prizes

 

[AmyPaperlady]

[COLOR=800080]Maybe......(Shhhhh.... )[/COLOR]

Wife is gunna &^%$ brix when I get eggs from Rav!

One day


One UNEXPECTED day

I was accused of being a ducky dealer lately...

I can totally see that

*goes back to reading*

 

[KYTinpusher]

Just made these up today to donate for prizes

Very pretty! Thank you for donating!

 

[shahtir101]

Just made these up today to donate for prizes

 

[Ravynscroft]

I can totally see that

*goes back to reading*

Hmmmmm... Sulmtaler eggs are similar in color to Call eggs...

 

[Hurley]

O.K. KNOCK ME OVER WITH A FEATHER!!!

We have an old True commercial cooler in the basement - like this one:

The compressor (I think) gave out a couple of years ago and it has been just sitting there collecting dust waiting to be repaired. However, compressors are expensive and it is not in the budget right now. Today DH said he was going to look into what it would cost to fix and if it is a lot (which I am confident it will be) we might as well turn it into an.....






....INCUBATOR! I am going to need some help deciding how best to do that.

Any suggestions!

We actually have one in our basement that we moved in there sans compressor. Used is for a number of years for hatching hundreds of snake eggs and it worked like a dream. Granted they are a little more tolerant of temp fluctuations and we can incubate in humidity boxes (vermiculite or perlite) so that negates the humidity within the incubator issue, but it was very very stable with a fan, 100 watt bulb with fan blowing on it, and a thermostat. Held temps great and had the best hatches ever with the snakes. It's just sitting down there now, as we downsized (and I moved into chickens), but I've been casually thinking it could surely be used to brood chicks the first couple weeks or something...

Hurley, Full disclosure, I was a postal employee for 15 years in a Chicago suburb (quit to move out here in the boonies).
We live in the country and our address is a small town (2400 in population) 5 miles away.
When I am expecting eggs, I go in to my Post Office and tell my Postmaster (who works the counter) or the clerk that I am expecting a package from ____ with eggs in it. I give her a note to give to my carrier that I want the package left at the post office. The label already has this information on it but I always let the clerk/postmaster and my carrier know. The note has my phone number on it. Call me as soon as it arrives at the Post Office and I will come get it or let you know when I will be there, is what it says. Most, and I repeat, most carriers want to make their customers happy and will do what they are asked to. There are exceptions.....
This would not help with the rerouting of your package to Indiana, there is NO excuse for that.

It's just so frustrating. I did have the person shipping specifically put the post office address on the box and mark Hold at Post Office, and gave her my phone number to put on there. I was in the post office on Saturday alerting them that I was waiting on the box, expressed the perishable nature of the contents, and told them it got missent and should be here M or T. I got the blank faced apathetic response from everyone I've talked to, "It's not here." Blink blink.

I get that no one intentionally tries to make mistakes, but neither does anyone appear to care to look into it. Pretty much the new standard in service, it seems like. It's easy to say "I don't know." The end, not my problem, sucks to be you, welp, time to close up. Or in this case "Tracking says it was delivered." Me: It wasn't delivered. Them: "Tracking says it was delivered." Rinse, repeat. No, "Will leave a note for your carrier" or "we'll look into it" or "we'll call the carrier and ask" or barring trying to help, even an "I hope it shows up." Straight up apathy/not my problem.

Ah well, hoping it shows up somewhere safe tomorrow.

So sorry about your eggs. You can have your eggs held at whatever P.O. you designate, I believe. I live in Sparta, but have my boxes held in a neighboring town. Of course, mine are going through that P.O. anyway, but I don't think it matters. When you select "Hold For Pick-up" when purchasing the label online, it asks you for the zipcode of where you want it held and addresses the box to that P.O. I imagine the P.O. can look up your address if they need to, but it is not printed on the box. I always tell the person sending to have it held at the neighboring P.O. and have had no problems with that.

I did have them designated to hold at PO (don't know if shipper made her own label or wrote on the box or what). Thinking I may just have to pick a PO not fed from Whitewater. I miss our old post master. Even though I still had to deal with Whitewater, she would make an effort to help me find out what was going on.


Edit to add: Looks like they got delivered twice this afternoon...still can't find them. LOL

Delivered, Front Door/Porch
Feb-01-16, 12:52 PM, PALMYRA, WI 53156
DELIVERED FRONT DOOR/PORCH
Feb-01-16, 12:52 PM, PALMYRA 53156
Out for Delivery
Feb-01-16, 08:33 AM, PALMYRA, WI 53156
Sorting Complete
Feb-01-16, 08:23 AM, PALMYRA, WI 53156
Arrived at Post Office
Feb-01-16, 06:39 AM, WHITEWATER, WI 53190
Arrived at USPS Destination Facility
Jan-31-16, 17:09 PM, OAK CREEK, WI 53154
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
Jan-30-16, 22:06 PM, LOUISVILLE, KY 40231
Arrived at USPS Facility
Jan-30-16, 08:50 AM, PALMYRA, IN 47164
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
Jan-29-16, 21:34 PM, LOUISVILLE, KY 40231
Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
Jan-29-16, 00:33 AM, LEXINGTON, KY 40512
Departed Post Office
Jan-28-16, 15:50 PM, CRAB ORCHARD, KY 40419
Acceptance
Jan-28-16, 15:34 PM, CRAB ORCHARD, KY 40419