Today I received 7 Cream Legbar eggs, from a different BYC member than my first shippment.
The eggs were packaged very well. A couple of things that I will comment on, with regards to shipping and packaging:
1) This member used a large mailing box instead of a Regional Rate Box A box - The advantage of this is that it didn't fit into my mailbox in any direction, so the postal worker had to bring it to my door and not squeeze it into my mailbox.
2) I liked that the BYC member marked the box "Honey Fragile", what postal worker wants honey on the mail they are delivering?
3) There was 1 thin layer of bubble wrap on top. I'm not sure if this would have added much protection if the eggs had slipped out of their individual wrapping, BUT there is not way that they could have, so the eggs were safe!!
4) Next each egg was individually wrapped and packed in tight. The bubble wrap used had these huge bubbles, never saw anything like that. I think it provided more cushioning than the small bubble wrap.
5) The final (or perhaps the 1st layer of protection in the box) was the large cushions or air. The box was lined in these cushions.
6) Here's all 7 of the eggs... I've shows them with and without a flash.
7) And finally, I candled each egg and outlined the air sac. These air sacs were in much better shape than my 1st shipped eggs (which resulted in none of the eggs hatching)..
I will let these eggs sit quietly for a day or so and then they will go under my broody hen. So check back periodically, I will add pictures of my broody hen sitting on the eggs and then in 21+ days I will hopefully post all the beautiful little chicks that hatch!!
(For reference: "1st time hatching shipped eggs" can be found at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/872953/1st-time-hatching-shipped-eggs
The eggs were packaged very well. A couple of things that I will comment on, with regards to shipping and packaging:
1) This member used a large mailing box instead of a Regional Rate Box A box - The advantage of this is that it didn't fit into my mailbox in any direction, so the postal worker had to bring it to my door and not squeeze it into my mailbox.
2) I liked that the BYC member marked the box "Honey Fragile", what postal worker wants honey on the mail they are delivering?
3) There was 1 thin layer of bubble wrap on top. I'm not sure if this would have added much protection if the eggs had slipped out of their individual wrapping, BUT there is not way that they could have, so the eggs were safe!!
4) Next each egg was individually wrapped and packed in tight. The bubble wrap used had these huge bubbles, never saw anything like that. I think it provided more cushioning than the small bubble wrap.
5) The final (or perhaps the 1st layer of protection in the box) was the large cushions or air. The box was lined in these cushions.
6) Here's all 7 of the eggs... I've shows them with and without a flash.
7) And finally, I candled each egg and outlined the air sac. These air sacs were in much better shape than my 1st shipped eggs (which resulted in none of the eggs hatching)..
I will let these eggs sit quietly for a day or so and then they will go under my broody hen. So check back periodically, I will add pictures of my broody hen sitting on the eggs and then in 21+ days I will hopefully post all the beautiful little chicks that hatch!!
(For reference: "1st time hatching shipped eggs" can be found at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/872953/1st-time-hatching-shipped-eggs
I have a thrid set of CCL eggs under another broody hen, due to hatch on the 26th. I just need a little hen now to go with my lille roo. I did hatch out 5 BO from 8 shipped eggs (4 healthy, 1 not)... so was happy with that number. They didn't start hatching until day 24 or 25. I let all of mine sit for 24 hours (the buffs sat for 48 hours), I've heard from one person that they don't beleive it really matters, the sooner the better.
