Royal Mail Delivery (Queens)

[Millet]

I ordered a couple of Queens not long ago and they came today.. but the divvy postman popped then through the letter box to drop sharply on the floor... i was sick about that but i was even more sick because someone was in the house to answer the door... and i have a dog that kills anything that buzzes but luckily she never pulled the envelope to bits to eat the contents..

My rant is... should live Queen deliveries be signed for and hand delivered ... even if not signed for should it not state on the package . ( hand to hand delivery only) .

 

[protheroe]

Id prefer them through the letterbox as with working ten hour days I probably wouldn't be home anyway

 

[Millet]

Id prefer them through the letterbox as with working ten hour days I probably wouldn't be home anyway

Jackpot..
you have it sorted... i will order another 10 and see how the pooch deals with them

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

If you want them signed for, just tell the breeder and pay the extra postage - simple.
Mine have always been sent standard first class delivery - from various breeders, never been a problem
But even if you did ask for hand delivery - what do you think happens between the sender's post office and your postman?
Chucked in a sack with another thirty kilos of mail, chucked in a container with another half ton of sacks on top. And then two automated sorting systems to go through.

 

[Bakerbee]

They are tough arent they. I have also recieved fertile chicken eggs in post they hatch out fine too.

 

[TooBee...]

Oh goodness, I'm actually in agreement with jenkins on this one

Millet,
you might want to consider a cage thingy fitted onto the back of your door where the letter box is, to catch your letters and prevent them faaaalling to the floor, also stop fido from snacking. Failing that you might want to consider the option of a Parcel Box installed on the outside, beside your door - you'll need to close the letterbox so the postman gets the idea. First option is cheap and easy to install, the second is expensive and a tad tricky to get fitted onto an uneven concrete wall, but has the big advantage of parcels now being able to be delivered instead of left on the doorstep; also with the closed letter box, stuff that shouldn't be put through the letterbox and into your house can't be put through...

 

[TooBee...]

They are tough arent they. I have also recieved fertile chicken eggs in post they hatch out fine too.

I once ordered chicken eggs of ebay once, but they didn't hatch, a bit annoying because I had paid extra for them as the seller said they were the rare rooster ones.

 

[Jimmy]

I once ordered chicken eggs of ebay once, but they didn't hatch, a bit annoying because I had paid extra for them as the seller said they were the rare rooster ones.

Off topic I know, but how are fertilised chicken eggs *** selected? Wouldn't the ratio of sexes be 50:50? I know they can screen bull semen so that heifers are more likely than bullocks for AI raised dairy cattle but didn't think they would do it with chickens.

 

[TooBee...]

...look at a flock of chickens, there's always one rooster (male) and about ten hens (females), so you can see there is a natural imbalance. Anyway it depends apparently on which one lays the egg, it's like queen bees, the queen needs to be fertilized to be able to lay female eggs but not so for the male eggs.

 

[Beefriendly]

...look at a flock of chickens, there's always one rooster (male) and about ten hens (females), so you can see there is a natural imbalance. Anyway it depends apparently on which one lays the egg, it's like queen bees, the queen needs to be fertilized to be able to lay female eggs but not so for the male eggs.

So eggs laid by roosters are male?
Well I never.

Actual answer is 50% male and 50% females. The imbalance is created by man....to maintain the pecking order. Roosters fight other roosters....as per the banned **** fights.

Unlike crocodile/alligator eggs, where if incubated under 31.7C all females-
31.8 to 34.5 = All males Above 34.5 back to females again.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Actual answer is 50% male and 50% females. The imbalance is created by man....to maintain the pecking order. Roosters fight other roosters....as per the banned **** fights.

Rooster eggs - I've heard it all now

 

[madasafish]

When I kept quails the ratio in hatched eggs of male:female was 50%...Most males were strangled.

 

[Lancs Lad]

Feed Paxo and you will get 75% Rooster eggs, the original Rooster Booster.

 

[Beefriendly]

Feed Paxo and you will get 75% Rooster eggs, the original Rooster Booster.

LOL...nice one.

 

[TooBee...]

 

[B+.]

My rant is... should live Queen deliveries be signed for and hand delivered ... even if not signed for should it not state on the package . ( hand to hand delivery only) .

The Royal Mail guidance is they should be marked:

"Urgent: Living Creatures
Handle with care."

on the envelope.

Special delivery costs £6.50 for guaranteed delivery before 1pm next day. It costs more for saturday delivery but I try to avoid this incase they don't deliver and the queens sit in some postmans bag over the weekend.

 

[Murox]

I ordered a couple of Queens not long ago and they came today.. but the divvy postman popped then through the letter box to drop sharply on the floor... i was sick about that but i was even more sick because someone was in the house to answer the door... and i have a dog that kills anything that buzzes but luckily she never pulled the envelope to bits to eat the contents..

My rant is... should live Queen deliveries be signed for and hand delivered ... even if not signed for should it not state on the package . ( hand to hand delivery only) .

This will depend upon where you live. If I are you I would have a chat with the post person who usually delivers your mail, work out a simple system together, bribe them with a pot of liquid gold and if the delivery system you two worked out works, them reward the postie with a couple more pots.

 

[MartinL]

So it seems the various solutions are simple, if a little difficult to swallow.

• Make better preparation before the arrival of delicate packages.

• Put your hand in your pocket & pay the higher postage.

• Sign up for some dog training.

By the way, did all 10 survive delivery?

 

[Millet]

So it seems the various solutions are simple, if a little difficult to swallow.

• Make better preparation before the arrival of delicate packages.

• Put your hand in your pocket & pay the higher postage.

• Sign up for some dog training.

By the way, did all 10 survive delivery?

Yes but i had to take one of the attendant bees to the vets with a broken leg...sadly she had to be put to sleep.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Yes but i had to take one of the attendant bees to the vets with a broken leg...sadly she had to be put to sleep.

I would have fixed her