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When shipping eggs, it's not just egg breakage that one has to worry about, there's also shaking damage to the interior of the egg which can prevent embryo development. IMO it's important to include a thick layer of something spongy and shock-absorbent around the padded eggs to cut down on sudden jolts, shaking and vibration. The most successful hatches I've had from eggs shipped to me all used the same packing method:
* eggs individually wrapped up in paper towels or tissues, mummy-style
* wrapped eggs placed bottom-side-up in cardboard egg cartons, cartons taped shut
* cartons wrapped in bubble wrap and taped together to prevent shifting or hitting eachother
* placed in a shipping box surrounded on all sides by a thick layer of squishy padding material: wads of large bubble wrap, those air pouches, etc.
Sounds unlikely, but on one of these shipments the hatch was 16 out of 18 eggs, and on the other it was around 80%.
When shipping eggs, it's not just egg breakage that one has to worry about, there's also shaking damage to the interior of the egg which can prevent embryo development. IMO it's important to include a thick layer of something spongy and shock-absorbent around the padded eggs to cut down on sudden jolts, shaking and vibration. The most successful hatches I've had from eggs shipped to me all used the same packing method:
* eggs individually wrapped up in paper towels or tissues, mummy-style
* wrapped eggs placed bottom-side-up in cardboard egg cartons, cartons taped shut
* cartons wrapped in bubble wrap and taped together to prevent shifting or hitting eachother
* placed in a shipping box surrounded on all sides by a thick layer of squishy padding material: wads of large bubble wrap, those air pouches, etc.
Sounds unlikely, but on one of these shipments the hatch was 16 out of 18 eggs, and on the other it was around 80%.
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