Tim
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Hi guys,
It's a long shot I know but I'm trying to import 10 Tufted American Buff Geese hatching eggs from the US to the UK. I cannot find the Tufted American Buff in the UK - only Holland. The theory is to import birds from Holland and hatching eggs from the US to get unrelated bloodlines.
There are several problems...
1. The Journey - (time, rough handling, temperature in the hold, pressure in the hold....)
2. The best packaging to use - I thought perhaps a poly-box within another padded box
3. Health Certificate / regulations? I know nothing about this (yet).
4. Types of parcel postage from the US to UK? I don't know the best way to send them.
5. X-Ray machines? Will these eggs be damaged by X-Rays?
I thought I'd ask for help as you may have some good ideas and may even know someone that has sent eggs between US and Europe.
Finally, if you know of anyone who might be interested in keeping this breed - to start this breed in the UK, we would need 3 unrelated strains plus some normal American Buff Geese to cross back to if they started to get white flight feathers or similar. I do not have the space for so many birds (perhaps 20-25 in total) so would need to look at having other people breeding a small number of birds and swapping a couple of goslings within the group. It's a long term project of course, you can't really breed until the geese are 2 years old.
It's a long shot but I think I'm crazy enough to do this.... :?
It's a long shot I know but I'm trying to import 10 Tufted American Buff Geese hatching eggs from the US to the UK. I cannot find the Tufted American Buff in the UK - only Holland. The theory is to import birds from Holland and hatching eggs from the US to get unrelated bloodlines.
There are several problems...
1. The Journey - (time, rough handling, temperature in the hold, pressure in the hold....)
2. The best packaging to use - I thought perhaps a poly-box within another padded box
3. Health Certificate / regulations? I know nothing about this (yet).
4. Types of parcel postage from the US to UK? I don't know the best way to send them.
5. X-Ray machines? Will these eggs be damaged by X-Rays?
I thought I'd ask for help as you may have some good ideas and may even know someone that has sent eggs between US and Europe.
Finally, if you know of anyone who might be interested in keeping this breed - to start this breed in the UK, we would need 3 unrelated strains plus some normal American Buff Geese to cross back to if they started to get white flight feathers or similar. I do not have the space for so many birds (perhaps 20-25 in total) so would need to look at having other people breeding a small number of birds and swapping a couple of goslings within the group. It's a long term project of course, you can't really breed until the geese are 2 years old.
It's a long shot but I think I'm crazy enough to do this.... :?