Birds for Sale
No eggs or birds are currently available due to the hot weather. (7-18-08)
All prices given below include the shipping & handling fees, and packaging supplies. I package eggs with cotton batting, bubble wrap, and egg carton and packing peanuts. These are shipped Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Please e-mail for availability.
12 Holland Dutch bantam eggs- $30.00 (These are from either a CLB cock, or a LB cock, in with CLB, LB and BCLB hens. I did not separate this year due to needing pen space for Silkies.)
This is how I package eggs for shipping:
I place cotton batting in the egg carton and then place eggs on top, large end up. Cotton batting is about $7.00 for a large box full at Wal-Mart.
Then I place another layer of batting over the eggs and close the lid.
I tuck the cotton batting into the carton as tightly as I can, close the lid, and tape or rubber band the carton closed.
Then, I surround the carton with bubble wrap, several times and tape in the middle.
I then take a Priority Mail box 12x12, (just a plain box in this picture) and place a layer of packing peanuts in the bottom of the box.
Then I put in the egg carton(s) and surround with more packing peanuts on all sides and top. I put enough in there so that it is difficult to close the lid. This prevents jiggling around.
Thats pretty much it. I rarely have anyone say the eggs didn't make it intact. I also mark on the boxes FRAGILE, HATCHING EGGS, and DO NOT X-RAY.
