Advice on shipping quail eggs overseas

[Falconer]

Hello, I'm a new member.  I need some advice on shipping bobwhite quail eggs overseas.  A friend in Croatia that studies gamebirds at a university in Croatia asked me to send him a shipment of 200 eggs. They will be for training pointers and perhaps to use in scientific research.  I've asked several hatcheries if they ship overseas, so far no one said yes. Thus my idea to to have them shipped to my address in Texas and then send them to Croatia. FedEx doesn't ship perishables overseas. Another possibility is  to use a 'forwarder". Are there any ideas about how to ship overseas? What about USDA regs?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

About me?  I'm an avid quail hunter from Ft. Worth. I am also a falconer. I hunt ducks with my trained peregrine falcon. I own a GSP that guns hunts and works with the falcons by flushing ducks.

-- Falconer   

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this is the price on 10 pounds, if you need more info just go to usps.com or email myself and I can get you different rates

        International Services
 Rate charts and complete information for Croatia
    Mailing Services   (Show Dimensions) Estimated
 Delivery Time*  Price
    Global Express Guaranteed® Document Service     
          See Service Guide Before Mailing  1 - 3 Days $189.75 
    Global Express Guaranteed® Non-Document Service     
          See Service Guide Before Mailing  1 - 3 Days  Calculate 
    Global Express Mail™ (EMS)      3 - 5 Days $49.90 
    Airmail Parcel Post      4 - 10 Days $39.25 
    Economy (Surface) Parcel Post      4 - 6 Weeks $25.05 
  *Designed to be delivered in the number of business days specified for each service depending on origin and destination.

 
 
   

 
 
   

[Falconer]

FYI,

  I was able to successfully ship eggs to Croatia. I sent 100 bobwhite eggs via Global Express. It took 7 days. 5 eggs had cracks the rest were ok which is amazing considering how far they went.  I called the post office several times and got different answers every time, so I just decided to ship them and see - it worked!

-- Falconer

[Falconer]

just to update forum members...  quail eggs sent to Croatia are now hatching. These might be the first bobwhites in that part of the world. 

-- Falconer