The Olive-Egger thread!

[ronott1]

Ron , I am debating doing a Partridge Pen. Let me know when you have eggs !!! lol.

Hi Jason!

I have been letting the boy in with them in the evenings. I did see him working with them and acting like a Rooster so hopefully they will be ready soon. One of the eggs was 52G today, which is the beginning of where eggs should be for hatching. I will work on separating the Partridge--I have two Kittle SC HRIRs in there(from Dick Horstman) along with the Wheaten girl. It is easy to tell the RIR eggs apart but the Wheaten egg looks a lot like the Partridge eggs.

My PPene boy is a real character too. He has been hiding from me in the run at night--he really wants to stay in there with the girls. Of course he jumps right into his kennel though.

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Where do they ship from? Some places do very will shipped to Woodland. Some of the worst one came from Washington State.

The Isbar/Rhodebar came from OK to OR.

 

[ronott1]

The Isbar/Rhodebar came from OK to OR.

Oklahoma ships well to Woodland CA....Must not look at the Auctions....

 

[buckabucka]

 


Where do they ship from? Some places do very will shipped to Woodland. Some of the worst one came from Washington State.

The Isbar/Rhodebar came from OK to OR.

That's interesting. I'm way over here in Maine and my worst shipped hatch ever came from Washington state!

 

[ronott1]

That's interesting. I'm way over here in Maine and my worst shipped hatch ever came from Washington state!

With shipping eggs, it is not so much the distance from you to there but the distance the eggs travel by truck for USPS to Airborne that flies them. There also seem to be some bad sorting centers that are rough on them. The roads are fairly good between USPS at West Sac and the Sacramento air port. The distance is less than 10 miles too so eggs do well on this end.

Eggs leaving the area served by one of the Georgia USPS Centers do not do well either. Eggs that can get to you in two days without flying have to travel by truck a long was so they often do not do well because of bumping on the road.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

With shipping eggs, it is not so much the distance from you to there but the distance the eggs travel by truck for USPS to Airborne that flies them. There also seem to be some bad sorting centers that are rough on them. The roads are fairly good between USPS at West Sac and the Sacramento air port. The distance is less than 10 miles too so eggs do well on this end.

Eggs leaving the area served by one of the Georgia USPS Centers do not do well either. Eggs that can get to you in two days without flying have to travel by truck a long was so they often do not do well because of bumping on the road.

I always ship my eggs Saturday Morning. They seem to arrive everywhere Monday. Also the packing makes a huge difference. Ron I know you know that

 

[ronott1]

I always ship my eggs Saturday Morning. They seem to arrive everywhere Monday. Also the packing makes a huge difference. Ron I know you know that

Should I share the letter to shippers from Oz?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Should I share the letter to shippers from Oz?

yep I think so

 

[ronott1]

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Originally Posted by ronott1

Should I share the letter to shippers from Oz?
yep I think so

Ok!

I agree with what he says. If all egg shippers would do what he says we would not have the problems we have with shipped eggs--even from bad mail loops:

An open letter to egg shippers

Dear Sir/Madam

I am excited about our business arrangement and look forward to your eggs arriving here in the best possible condition. While I am sure you have had plenty of experience shipping eggs, I have had vast experience receiving eggs. Many of those I have received have failed miserably. I would like to share what I feel is the ideal way to receive eggs.

1. Eggs must be fresh. By that I mean that they should be less than 3 days. It takes 3 days for USPS to get the eggs from you to me and then they need to rest for 24 hours. Any eggs over 3 days old when shipped will be over 7 days old when I get them into my incubator. (when I negotiate for shipped eggs that I am going to take overseas I only buy from sellers that can collect the day before and the day of posting). Also remember that the older the egg the larger the air cell so the more damage. Please never ship me an egg laid on a Wednesday.

2. Please label the eggs before you wrap them. You may only have one breed of birds but I may be buying several orders at one and sometimes I have to look up the shipping label to reference in order to find out who they came from and what breed they are. I am always impressed when the date laid is also on there. A lead pencil or non-toxic marker such as a sharpie are great. One shipper also included a letter code for the different pens. This was great as I could then provide feedback to the shipper about the hatch rates from different pens.

3. Packing. I prefer the skyline method. using bubble wrapped individual eggs and have them sit large end up. Use lots of shredded paper or styro peanuts to fill the voids between, above and below the eggs. Then place them in a second box with the same material padding. This will minimized impact damage. Lots of heavy and odd shaped items will be in the same trucks as these precious lives. Alternatively, ship with foam inserts available fromwww.texaspoultry.com. I personally use these to ship eggs overseas. They are more costly but the best solution I have found.

4. Shipping. Never ship on Thursday. That will guarantee you will give me old eggs. The best shipping days are Saturdays, Monday and Tuesday. This gives the post office wiggle room to mess up the shipment and still get here with time to salvage. A Wednesday and Thursday shipments are risky. Fridays are OK but occasionally the USPS can get eggs here in 2 days and Friday shipments remove that possibility.


5. Ask me if it is my preference to pick them up at the post office (reducing handling) or not. Some of who work cannot get to the post office. Others would prefer less handled eggs.

6. Ship me what I buy. Yesterday I got a shipment of advertised as 16+ Ameraucana Buff and Ameraucana eggs. 10 were brown. When I contacted the seller he said that they were not buff colored Ameraucanas but Ameraucana rooster over Buff Orpington hens. This is deceptive and I demanded a refund for the whole sale. 6 blue eggs will not help for me at all.


The disclaimer that it is in the lap of the gods after they leave their hands is all well and good but you should give the best product available.

 

[Cynthia12]

Went out to get photos of my SLW for a friend on here today, and got a few of my Olive Egger. Thought I would check out this thread and post some photos of her and her egg. She just started to lay a few weeks ago. Question..do the eggs get lighter as time goes on for these..as do the Marans?

A cute little EE in the back that hasn't started to lay yet..hopefully next month.