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[rockethoe]

Know anything about importing eggs?

I’m planning to import hatching eggs from Slovenia to Ireland? Any legalities, complications, import things I should know about?

 

[BDutch]

Welcome to this thread Rockettoe.

I believe there are no restrictions within the EU.
But if you want a reasonable outcome you need more than just fresh eggs transported in a egg carton. A superb packaging and a special delivery are important or you risk shaken eggs with scrambled aircells who are no longer attached to the membrane.

I don’t have experience getting hatching eggs over a long distance myself. Furthest was about 120 km by car. But the person I bouhgt the eggs from told me all about it. He had send his eggs by post all over Europe.

 

[rockethoe]

Welcome to this thread Rockettoe.

I believe there are no restrictions within the EU.
But if you want a reasonable outcome you need more than just fresh eggs transported in a egg carton. A superb packaging and a special delivery are important or you risk shaken eggs with scrambled aircells who are no longer attached to the membrane.

I don’t have experience getting hatching eggs over a long distance myself. Furthest was about 120 km by car. But the person I bouhgt the eggs from told me all about it. He had send his eggs by post all over Europe.

I suppose worst came t worst I could fly over, collect them, and. Bring them on the hand luggage on the plane. A wonder if 2-300 eggs would safely fit in the hand luggage restrictions?

 

[BDutch]

Taking about 50 eggs in your hand luggage shouldn’t be a problem. What breed did you fall in love with , you want to make such a trip for? Or can you combine it with a vacation /visit?

Bdutch, any chance of finding Silver Lakenfelder eggs in about 3 weeks? I have a truck coming from Freezland to my place and the driver will take eggs.

@Maiahr who seems no longer active on BYC imported eggs from the Netherlands to Bulgaria by truck. If I recall right she was not successful the first time but had good outcomes the second time. (Interested? Read this thread from dec 2021)

 

[Maiahr]

@Maiahr who seems no longer active on BYC imported eggs from the Netherlands to Bulgaria by truck. If I recall right she was not successful the first time but had good outcomes the second time. (Interested? Read this thread from dec 2021)

I am here Just a million of other adventures in my life. Yes, importing eggs by truck did work well. And BTW I am now buy ISA-Brown eggs from France the same way - they import them by truck.
How is everyone?
Last year I was busy building a chicken coop - did not have one before. I will send pictures soon, I am sure nobody has seen such thing before

 

[BDutch]

Great thanks, if you really like to know about my chicken adventures last year you should read this thread:
natural-breeding-project-no5-janice-pearl-broodies-and-11-hatching-eggs

But it seems you don’t have the time to read it all.

 

[fluffycrow]

Really pleased with how this one is looking right now. This is an older photo, I do not take many photos of her because she likes to move. Just imagine this, with her head and neck held at a better position. Her tail is probably her weakest point, although it's still a little more fanned out than this

 

[fluffycrow]

This is probably a better photo

 

[rockethoe]

Taking about 50 eggs in your hand luggage shouldn’t be a problem. What breed did you fall in love with , you want to make such a trip for? Or can you combine it with a vacation /visit?


@Maiahr who seems no longer active on BYC imported eggs from the Netherlands to Bulgaria by truck. If I recall right she was not successful the first time but had good outcomes the second time. (Interested? Read this thread from dec 2021)

Slovenian brown. It’s part of the parent stock of prelux g, the Slovenian answer to lohman brown. I was looking for a purebred that was bred for production and high egg laying with a brown egg. We are a small commercial flock but want to move away from hybrids.

The Slovenian brown is a line descended from RIR in the 70’s.

I’ll check out that thread, thanks!

 

[chickengr]

I am here Just a million of other adventures in my life. Yes, importing eggs by truck did work well. And BTW I am now buy ISA-Brown eggs from France the same way - they import them by truck.
How is everyone?
Last year I was busy building a chicken coop - did not have one before. I will send pictures soon, I am sure nobody has seen such thing before

welcome back!