Anyone else having a problem with shipping eggs this year???

[asher]

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I have no idea. I've not heard of it.

 

[MandyH]

I sell hundreds of eggs every year. In 4 years I have only had 2 arrive with hairline cracks, UNTIL this year. I have had probably at least a dozen arrive at their destination broken. I have always been meticulous with my packaging, and prided myself on my good track record. I also have ordered more eggs this year than usual and have received more eggs broken or with the air cell completely shot.

 

[Danny39]

OK here is my 2 cents! I must say I have much better hatch rates with local or my own eggs then I do shipped, but I think that is to be expected, they are eggs after all and most of them travel quite the distance. Most of us package very well, but even with the best of packing I expect to lose a few eggs from each batch. That said, I have had decent hatches from shipped eggs and then I have had a couple of ZERO hatches as well. Frustrating yes, but not totally unexpected.
I am still willing to take the risk if they are birds I would like to have bad enough and I will continue to sell eggs to any one who is willing to take the gamble.
Good luck to all of us egg shippers!

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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I have no idea. I've not heard of it.

WOW!! I guess if you don't know about it most other postal workers don't know about it either. I guess that was a wasted $7.20

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I haven't noticed a difference in hatch rates from customers I've shipped eggs to --- just got a report of 16 chicks hatched from 22 eggs shipped.
I still wrap and pack eggs same way as I always have :
Wrapping & Packing Eggs for Shipping --- expect the worst from shipping and prepare the eggs for the trip.

Alright head on out to the coop and see if anyone has let you any nuggets in the nest box. Yeah we got one. No now don't just pick it up all careful once gentle like. flick it out of the nest box so that it lands on the floor. now pick it up and shake it and see if you can hear anything moving. now before you head into the house. Climb on top of our coop (If it is fairly tall) and jump off. make sure you have your egg with you. now do that again 3 or 4 more times. now you can head for the house. but on the way you have to roll the egg across the grass. common don't be a wimp give that egg a good hard role. let it bounce and bang along. heck it will do this for hours in a truck. There are some real monster pot holes out there. now when you get inside place it carefully in a carton all snug and protected. Now hold the carton above your head and let go of it. let it hit the floor from 4, 5 or even 6 feet up. do that at least 2 or maybe even 3 times. Okay I think maybe just maybe your egg has been subjected to good careful handling that can be the very best you can expect from USPS. Anyone still wonder why some of them just might not hatch. Nobody cares about that one fragile package coming down the line. it is just one more out of thousands of packages. if it is so fragile that it will break in the mail. USPS thinks you will figure it out and stop mailing them. I guess what I wonder is who told anyone that USPS would handle a package so gently that eggs would not be harmed?

I wrap eggs like *Daniel* would be handling my eggs after they leave here, hahaha.
There is not much I can do about that.
I know from bouncing eggs here (to simulate bonking that would scramble eggs) that it is difficult to knock a fresh egg air cell out of whack. An older egg with a larger air cell is more readily 'knocked out-of-whack' and will be more likely to have a wobbly air cell on arrival.
Fresher eggs have a less chance of being scrambled if they are handled roughly, therefore sellers should ship only freshest eggs.
??Mabe??

It USE to work, but I havent had the same excellent track record this spring as in the past 6 year. Its jsut so wierd. JEN

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Your method didn't work when I bought eggs from you.

Lisa​

 

[boxermom]

I had my first and probably last experience with shipped eggs. The box was barely creased, but out of 17 or 18 eggs (couldn't count as they were crushed) I set 7 eggs. All but 3 were gooey and only 1 had an intact air cell. The shipper had very good feedback remarks for her packaging, so I assume the box was shaken for fun. I set them under a broody, like all my other hatches. They were 4 days late when I went to throw them out. One was pipping. Checked later and another was pipping. This am. the first one was dead in the shell.

I had nothing to lose for my $20.00 chick, so I helped it hatch.

It spent the day in the oven and is now under "mama." I was very disappointed.

 

[asher]

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I think it's more likely the fact that I've never come in contact with one of them so am not familiar with it. I've only been working here a little over 2 years.

 

[henney penny]

This is my first time ordering hatching eggs,It took 8 days to come because they got shipped to another part of Maine.They are due to hatch the 1st of june,she got off the nest yesterday for awhile so I candled and threw one and the others I am not sure if they are good or not,(I`m new at this candleing thing)there was some dark in the egg so I am hoping for the best,they are white silkie eggs.Even if I just get one I will be happy.

 

[windtryst]

This makes a lot of sense".
"The thing I'd like to tell everyone is that it's crucial you put your eggs fat side up, and tape them all together in a brick if you don't use cartons. If they can shift against one another you're doing damage during the shipment. They need to be a whole unit to arrive less shaken. Fat side up keeps them from detaching aircells."
I have not had good luck at all this year...one chick out of two shipments, waiting on the third & not hopeful....

 

[buffbeauty]

JOIN THE EGG TRAIN!!!! And never have to ship again. Well maybe not as often. See post for egg train.