Chick boxes - not for shipping, but for local chick sales

[redbarnmeadows]

Does anybody know where I can get those thin cardboard chick boxes like the kind they give you at the farm store when you buy chicks? You know, the foldable ones like McDonald's happy meals used to come in. I sell small numbers of chicks locally and need to get some sort of inexpensive boxes to be able to give away with the chicks when people pick them up. Anybody got ideas? Thanks!

 

[paddock36]

I don't know about those but you can get small priority shipping boxes or flat rate shipping boxes at the post office for free.

 

[ShaggysGirl]

I seen them I think at drsfostersmith.com a while back.

 

[ShaggysGirl]

Yep here they are
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=5059+6322+8365&pcatid=8365

 

[5chickenluver7]

I don't know what area your in, but Del's Feed Store has them.

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

Well you could ask the feed store where they get their boxes or do a search on the net for small mouse boxes I hope this helps.

Good luck to you

 

[silkiechicken]

These

or like these

 

[sgtmom52]

Quote:
You can get these for free however it is illegal to use them for any purpose than mailing as they are intended to be used. Any other original use of a new box is considered to be theft.

 

[redbarnmeadows]

Hi, thanks all. Yes, I know about the Priority Mail boxes. I have them for shipping eggs, and I did use one in a pinch because I had a customer with no box and nothing else to use, but I definitely don't want to do that regularly. I'd rather find something more suitable . . . and legal. After seeing what ShaggysGirl posted about Drs. Foster and Smith I thought that was a great idea but still a little pricey to regularly give away for free, and I don't want to have to ask people to pay for a box, so I did some more searching and came up with this: http://www.papermart.com/Product%20Pages/Product.aspx?GroupID=5290&SubGroupID=5291&ParentGroupID=20648#5291

The Kraft style is just simple brown cardboard, which is fine. I'd have to put some ventilation holes in them, but the price would be right, and I think 9 x 6 x 6 would be a good size for people just getting 10-20 day-old to week-old chicks (and they wouldn't be in the box for long if it's a local pickup).

Thanks so much for your help everybody!

 

[Mimichicks]

Did you get those? Is the cardboard strong enough?