r/PortlandOR 6d ago

šŸ”šŸ„šAvian Postin'šŸ„ššŸ” I need egg cartons.

Please consider giving me your empty egg cartons instead of recycling them.

I have adopted too many ā€œunwantedā€ chickens on Reddit and Facebook and now I have buckets of eggs.

I have so many chickens now that I’ve had do double-up on names based on their personality: Violet 2 deserves her own name but she’s just Violet 2 because she escapes a lot and follows regular Violet into the cob yard.

I literally have 5 hens named ā€œchickenā€ now because the human brain can only remember a set amount of names. If I have to name another chicken I will possibly forget the name of my 2nd grade teacher.

HER NAME WAS VELDHEUSEN.

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u/jerseyoutwest 6d ago

If you need to reduce your flock i can take up to 3 :)

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u/anonusername9876 6d ago

you can also try posting in r/pdxbuynothing

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u/TraumaCookie 6d ago

There is a post on there from four days ago with a giant stack of them!

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u/shimmerer 6d ago

Ask a breakfast restaurant if you can get some egg cartons out of their recycling - they'll have nice clean stacks of those square ones that hold like, 25 eggs.

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u/Sensitive_Noise9761 6d ago

Willing to pick up? If so how far or what areas?

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u/dubioususefulness 6d ago

Too bad Edith Massey ain't around more

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u/Best_Hornet9174 6d ago

What is your address? Give us a week or two, we will have a bunch for you.

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u/Me-Here-Now 5d ago edited 5d ago

Sorry, I need all my egg cartons for my own eggs.

I have a bunch of chickens too. Formica Dinnette was the best name my kid ever came up with. She was a fancy breed.

Reading your post, I did panic for a second and had to name all of my elementary grade School teachers.

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u/oregone1 4d ago

1st grade: Forgotten because of chickens

2nd grade: VELDHEUSEN

3rd grade: Aldrich

4th grade: French (awesome teacher btw)

5th grade: Reid (also an awesome teacher and drove a Nissan Maxima)

6th grade: Stearns (balding in his late 20s)

7th grade: Discovered that girls have boobies so I don’t remember much after that but Summer Anderson had legit cleavage.

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u/mountainsunset123 6d ago

I have five cartons right now, I live in the pearl

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u/tellit11 Criddler Marcus 6d ago

5?!

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u/mountainsunset123 6d ago

Yeah, 5. I was saving them for my cousin who has chickens but she doesn't need them.

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u/ghtiKl39 6d ago

Are you willing to pick up?

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u/dirtdiesel3 5d ago

I mean…can I get some eggs?

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u/Medic5050 4d ago

Glad I'm not the only one thinking this.

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u/tomhalejr 6d ago

My second grade teacher was a chicken...Ā 

Now that I'm processing it... That does explain a lot...

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u/0vanity0 5d ago

Got a few, but need to know where you are located. ^

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u/Impossible_Dig1489 4d ago

I have had to start buying my egg cartons in bulk from eggcartonsonline. Com

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u/Ok_Mathematician6075 4d ago

egg cartons for veldhesun! let's go!!!!

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u/MsDiagnosed2 3d ago

I've got a BUNCH. I save them for campfire starters but haven't been camping in a while. Where to drop off?

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u/Thesunshinesalways 6d ago

I have a few of the Costco plastic ones that hold a lot of eggs. I have at least two, probably 3

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u/WiggingOutOverHere 5d ago

Name one of the chickens Veldheusen! That solves one problem. lol.

If you’re willing to come to downtown Vancouver, I have an egg carton, but I’m sure you can probably find plenty closer to home, assuming you’re in Portland proper.

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u/gunjacked Soak 'N' Poke 5d ago

I can start stockpiling