Chat Thread for the New Crazy 24 hour Auction

[KYTinpusher]

Quoted from the auction thread:

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Originally Posted by marchick

I have to say that the turkey eggs I got from" KYTinpusher" where perfectly packed and no detatched air cells!!! The other turkey eggs I got from a different source had two detatched air cells.Very pleased with her eggs! They where shipped from kentucky to Washington state! WOW!!!

Thank you,KYTinpusher!!!!!!!

I heard from another person that I shipped eggs to at the same time I mailed yours. You both said the aircells look good and hers took 2 extra days for delivery past the original quote. Considering the length of time they took to be delivered, and that the aircells were intact, I am thinking they went by truck instead of air. Hmmm...

So, a little poll for everyone here:

Would you like to
A. have your eggs flown by air, getting them to you sooner, but possibly with detached or badly saddled aircells;
or
B. have delivery take an extra day or two to get to you by truck and have them arrive with intact aircells?

 

[marchick]

So Sorry everone I didn't know about the chat tread!!! For the crazy 24 hr. auction!!!

 

[KYTinpusher]

So Sorry everone I didn't know about the chat tread!!! For the crazy 24 hr. auction!!!

Now you do!

 

[subhanalah]

You can order boxes online from the post office for free. I use foam and a #7 box. Some use bubble wrap and a flat rate box. Others use a regional rate box. Look back several pages someone is using bubble wrap and then puts them in plastic Easter eggs. 

this seemed like a great idea, but several of the eggs broke this way? The absolute best condition and hatch rate i have had was when each egg was bubbles wrapped (some were even sideways or upside down in the box, but it didn't matter, they all developed) and it was put in a box with some sort of stuffing and then placed inside another box with peanuts or other type of padding between the boxes on all sides.

 

[marchick]

Now you do!

I feel bad so sorry! Maybe I'll shut up now!

 

[KYTinpusher]

I feel bad so sorry! Maybe I'll shut up now!

No, please don't! This is the place to chat and get to know each other, share ideas, bring laughs and hugs to each other and so much more! It always takes a while for the newer people to find the chat thread.

And sometimes even those of us who know it's here still chat on the auction thread, so you are in good company.

 

[Regin]

@KYTinpusher can you tell us more on the truck vs air theory?
What package rate will be used for each transportation type?
I wonder if the change in atmospheric pressure could be causing part of the problems.
It was previously assumed that the eggs with problems where due to rough handling.

 

[Pozees]

KYTinpusher, I prefer truck transport, and wanted to chime in on a couple of things.

The best hatch rate I've had on shipped eggs was 33%. The eggs were individually bubble wrapped, filled only the middle third of the box, and were surrounded by packing peanuts. I live at 5400+ feet of elevation - for most of you, expected hatch rate on properly shipped eggs is 50%; for me it's 25%, because of the elevation, so I was thrilled with 33%.

Eggs wrapped in paper towel or toilet tissue (yes I have received them this way - no bubble wrap around individual eggs) may as well have been thrown in the trash, they did not hatch, or even develop save the occasional blood ring. Possible I was ripped off by a person selling infertile or old eggs, but even if they were fertile they had zero chance to hatch when sent that way.

Boxes with no markings get handled worse than those with markings - at least put fragile, if nothing else. I paid $44.95 to have eggs shipped Priority Express from Maine, there were no markings whatsoever on the box, and the box had a bent corner and 7 of 22 eggs broken.

A fellow Coloradan said her hatch rate improved when the eggs were wrapped around the middle with a slightly damp piece of paper towel before bubble wrap. I have eggs going into the hatcher this coming week, half of which were sent that way, and I'm interested to see whether it improves my hatch rate. It's really dry here, so it's possible.

I have yet to hatch a shipped turkey egg. Haven't tried anything other than chicken and turkey eggs.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Pozees, I am interested to hear about how the eggs wrapped in damp paper towel do. Sounds very interesting and I'm always looking for better ways to ship.

I believe it is the change in air pressure when the boxes are flown that causes the damaged aircells. Even though the cargo hold is pressurized, I don't believe that they pressurize it, or leave it pressurized, at surface pressures for the whole flight. If the change of pressure in the cabin can cause eardrum problems in some people, it can certainly cause problems with the cargo - probably worse.

I think eggs that are fully wrapped in bubble wrap and double boxed fare better under those circumstances because there are more barriers to slow the change in pressure. Thinking of this, I wonder if it might help you Pozees if you left the shipping box unopened for a day to let the pressure inside equalize slower. Perhaps you have already tried that, but I thought I would throw it out there.

When eggs are shipped by truck, they don't have to deal with the pressure changes as much, but if the ride is rough, it can scramble the eggs. That is one of the reasons I am a firm believer in holding my eggs at the PO for pick-up. It may be more inconvenient for me, but I know what the roads around here are like.

 

[Pozees]

I agree about holding the box at the PO, I always do that too. I hadn't thought about not opening the box, in fact I usually do it as soon as I can, I figure the eggs need to breathe. Hmm.