The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: bloomer on March 18, 2011, 10:12:48 pm
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where do you buy them from?
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Hi,
we used to sell them - but we had to buy 1000's to make the delivery to us worthwhile
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I buy mine from Ascot Smallholding Supplies cause they deliver quickly , to Shetland and we buy most of our gear from them. You can buy fancy ones from other companies such as Flytes of Fancy but they are more expensive. Ebay is good for smaller amounts .
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Hi,
and we buy most of our gear from them.
Thats you off my Christmas list Hermit ;D
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o dear :o :wave:
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cool found some on ebay - we just started selling our spares and have exhausted all the freebie boxes we begged off our friends.
50 boxes will probably do me the summer season with the ones i'll get back hopefully!!!
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Yes, Ascott is where I get mine, but its a big box, so depends how many eggs you are expecting to have. I have seen smaller packs in farm supply shops, and the bigger pet shops where chicken supplies are sold.
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e-bay here.
and I accept any offers of "recycled" boxes that I only use for the ones we keep, dirty ones, or extra large ones that don't fit in the new boxes!
(thought having heard about the high concentration of campylobacter bacteria on the packaging of supermarket chickens, I wonder what might be lurking on their eggs...)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1350028/Food-poisoning-warning-Bacteria-OUTSIDE-chicken-packaging.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1350028/Food-poisoning-warning-Bacteria-OUTSIDE-chicken-packaging.html)
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thats a shame you gave up doing boxs you were way cheaper than ascots without the big surcharge either. Don't blame you they are really bulky.
we were told that we should get ones with the egg info on the inside of the egg boxs but i can't find them anywhere. so just stick a small bit of paper inside.
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Thanks Paul - You stay on my Xmas list ;D
To be honest we had to buy them by the pallet load, to sell at a reasonable price, and they were a hell of a job to store (so bulky) - but if people prefer to go to that other place then so be it, I mean they do run a smallholding and post on here ....don't they ??
We do have a few rolls preprinted labels left for boxes (date laid etc) if you are interested.
Thanks
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We used a smallholding type company to begin with and had lovely array of coloured boxes (expensive) and used recycled ones too.
When we ran out we got some from ebay......not colourful or fancy but 600 for £34 inc postage was great for us as we have around 24 eggs a day!!
:wave:
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if we go anywhere ie: veg shop, butchers or egg stall at market we usally ask if we can buy a few boxes off them usally pay about 5-10p a box
saves having to buy a lot and only usally when we run short or returned boxes
sam :chook:
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I'm a bit late replying to this topic but another Ascott customer here.
I print our own labels for sticking on the lid.
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I ment the egg info thats ment to be on the inside.
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I get my boxes from Flytesoffancy.
They do great labels for them too.
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I too believe in recycling egg boxes ....I mean, most of them have only been used once when they get to me. I bought new ones, and have used them all, and do not want to have to buy another big box. At the moment all the egg boxes are out, and I have left a note in the egg box asking for their return .....so have run out now. Left the egg box outside this morning (empty) with a note saying no more eggs until the boxes are returned please. Will see how long it takes for the penny to drop .......but in the meantime, I have an egg mountain (well a couple of trayfulls to be honest!)
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We have also run out of eggboxes. I am thinking of doing a 'special price' for people who bring their boxes back.
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by the way ... you're not supposed to sell on eggs in second hand boxes.
save them for yourself!
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you're not supposed to sell on eggs in second hand boxes.
Doesn't that rule only apply if you take the eggs and sell them somewhere else, as opposed to people coming to you and buying them from the kitchen door?
I remember getting in a right confusion about what I could and couldn't do if I wanted to take a few boxes along to our local food fayre to sell -such as wash the muck off them or describe them as free range.
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Little Blue, I bought 300 egg boxes, and re-used all the ones people brought back (numerous times) and they all brought ones they had too. If I have to use a new egg box each time, then I will be increasing the £2 per dozen charge. I honestly think it has not crossed anyone's mind to demand a new box each time.
We are supposed to recycle aren't we?!!!
Most of the egg boxes are clean, any grubby ones I compost.
I caught a lady bringing her empty egg boxes back in the dark tonight. Had I not been there, she would have left them by the gate, and they would have blown away in the gale force wind. I thanked her, so pleased to have some more egg boxes. Getting three and a half dozen eggs a day now, so need plenty of boxes :D
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Is it possible to sterilise (cardboard ???) eggboxes by nucing them in the microwave?
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Do you know, I have wondered about that myself, but not tried it. To me, it seems such a shame to waste boxes by chucking them after one use. Most people carry them home from the supermarket into (hopefully) a clean kitchen, and the ones I have got back have been spotless. To be honest, I am more worried about the cleanliness of the eggs than the boxes!!!
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Is it possible to sterilise (cardboard ???) eggboxes by nucing them in the microwave?
So you are an egg box murderer are you? ;) ;D
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Just the germs Annie, just the germs ;) ;D ;D ;D
Think I might start a thread on this - sterilising egg boxes- not murdering 'em ;) ;D ;D
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I can now visualise us all there at the microwave with our egg boxes now ...... :)
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Problem is you can't see the germs so you can't see if they are dead after microwaving the boxes. :'(
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we use ascott too, they replaced a smashed incubator that arrived - with no quibbles at all, such a relief as expensive. changed hands since then but still quick service. oneday i will buy the cow bells ...lol
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Little blue is right , you are not really allowed to sell in second hand egg boxes, only if you are refilling the ones actually brought back by the customer to the door with them you can re use one. Cant think off hand if it only applies to folk with more than fifty poultry but it is true. Not really second hand Mac boxes but they are still food packaging by law. There is more detail about it law wise but dont want to lecture about the way things should be done and have been done safely for many years and Europe blah blah.
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for pity sake were has the egg been. if the box is clean and your doing it from your house and your not inspected just use them no one is going to mind.