Chat Thread for the New Crazy 24 hour Auction

[WVduckchick]

I think what @Ravynscroft uses is perfect, and I'm sure you have it. It's pine shavings! (I hope she doesn't mind me boasting about how she packs egg for shipping. ) Her shipment came double boxed with pine shavings used inside both boxes, including on top of the eggs and below the eggs, and on top and below the inside box. That's how it done! Pine shavings are just like old-fashioned excelsior but even better because they can be recycled and used with the chickens! I'd love to post a photo, but I'll only do that with @Ravynscroft 's permission.

Yep, she and I pack very similar! I love her pack jobs.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I think what @Ravynscroft uses is perfect, and I'm sure you have it. It's pine shavings! (I hope she doesn't mind me boasting about how she packs egg for shipping. ) Her shipment came double boxed with pine shavings used inside both boxes, including on top of the eggs and below the eggs, and on top and below the inside box. That's how it done! Pine shavings are just like old-fashioned excelsior but even better because they can be recycled and used with the chickens! I'd love to post a photo, but I'll only do that with @Ravynscroft 's permission.

Told you, I have a very open and honest policy... I never object to pics of my packing job, eggs, etc to be posted... in fact, I prefer it... it takes a lot of time, effort, thought and many fails to come up with good ways to pack while also being cost effective...

@WVduckchick is who I got the idea for using the foam from, in fact...

Yep, she and I pack very similar! I love her pack jobs.

Yes, we do!! Your packing is superb!!!

 

[brucifer]

Told you, I have a very open and honest policy... I never object to pics of my packing job, eggs, etc to be posted... in fact, I prefer it... it takes a lot of time, effort, thought and many fails to come up with good ways to pack while also being cost effective...

@WVduckchick is who I got the idea for using the foam from, in fact...



Yes, we do!! Your packing is superb!!!

Since permission has been granted, here is a photo of @Ravynscroft 's hatching-egg packaging. This should be a sticky for those wanting to know how to do it the right way before they ship hatching eggs for the first time:

 

[Bluechick2u]

That looks like damage caused by a load shift where a heavy package fell onto your package. The best packaging job on the planet won't protect the internal contents of your hatching eggs from a hit like that.

Did you look at the tracking number history of that package and follow its progress? I'm sure it went through the Chicago and Portland hubs, and possibly the Seattle hub as well. It also had a long distance to travel across the country.

I admit for a couple of reasons that I was concerned when @Nyla shipped hatching eggs to my place in Georgia. First, after working in the shipping business, I don't trust shippers with packages that contain delicate contents. There's a lot of jostling that goes on with the handling of packages. For example, on a number of occasions I have traveled several hours one way for local pick up of hatching eggs, and one time several hours just to pick up a single four-week-old cockerel that we wanted. Second, my local post office makes a lot of shipping and handling errors. At least that has been my experience with them. They don't even have my street spelled correctly in their system. Only in Georgia! Anyway, I was concerned that the hatching-eggs would either be forgotten in some hot room or crushed through carelessness. However, what I learned is that my county is rural enough that the post office has an annex at a second location for livestock shipments and hatching eggs. What a pleasant surprise! They treated our hatching eggs with special care.

As for shipping, I think your best bet is USPS Priority Mail. UPS ground goes through a lot of hubs and handling, and Next-Day Air and 2nd-Day Air are cost prohibitive.

BTW, I see that you're from Oregon. My father was from the other side of the Cascades in Hammond near Astoria, right at the mouth of the Columbia River. It was there while visiting my grandparents on their small farm that I fell in love with chickens. They grew and raised everything that they ate. My dad told me that he had never eaten a canned vegetable until he was 12 when a friend shared a can of beets. Times sure have changed.

Yes, they've changed! And that area of Oregon is very beautiful, but very wet! I live in high desert, and our roads here are truly horrible, so all deliveries DO get jiggled half to death. Next day shipping doesn't even exist here no matter what you pay, it all arrives whenever it does. I am envious of your special handling facility, we barely have staff for the tiny one we have, and they don't read the labels on the box anyway, I gave up on the "hold for pickup" instructions since they just ignore any writing anyway. At least in this weather they won't freeze solid on my doorstep like last year!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I have some extra laun (sp?), thin wood stuff. Wonder if it would help to line the sides of the outer box with it?

i got eggs from Louisiana and they lined the box with lauan and it really helped!

Since permission has been granted, here is a photo of @Ravynscroft 's hatching-egg packaging. This should be a sticky for those wanting to know how to do it the right way before they ship hatching eggs for the first time:

:hi I can't see it, BUT I have rec'd eggs from her! Great packaging!



And if any of you buy/sell and have a great experience make sure to leave them trader feedback!

 

[Ravynscroft]

i got eggs from Louisiana and they lined the box with lauan and it really helped!
:hi I can't see it, BUT I have rec'd eggs from her! Great packaging!



And if any of you buy/sell and have a great experience make sure to leave them trader feedback!

Lol... what you don't see is the thick layer of high density foam underneath all that... more shavings fitted in there to keep the eggs separated and snug and another layer of high density foam across the top... I make sure it's slightly over full so the foam compresses just enough to hold the eggs suspended between the layers... this keeps the eggs from shifting, impact absorption and a lot of insulation between the eggs and box...


So far, not a single broken or even cracked egg shipping this way...

 

[Jessimom]

Lol... what you don't see is the thick layer of high density foam underneath all that... more shavings fitted in there to keep the eggs separated and snug and another layer of high density foam across the top... I make sure it's slightly over full so the foam compresses just enough to hold the eggs suspended between the layers... this keeps the eggs from shifting, impact absorption and a lot of insulation between the eggs and box...


So far, not a single broken or even cracked egg shipping this way...

It's funny, I've received SEVERAL boxes from you over the last few years. I remember the first one packed that way - I had been sitting on my bed, planning on unwrapping the eggs - I opened the box and somehow the wood shavings exploded out. By the time I finished unpacking the eggs, my bed was a disaster. Now, I spread newspaper on the table before I try to open one of your boxes. I have the ABSOLUTE BEST hatch rates from your eggs.

 

[Robin Koski]

I think what @Ravynscroft uses is perfect, and I'm sure you have it. It's pine shavings! (I hope she doesn't mind me boasting about how she packs egg for shipping. ) Her shipment came double boxed with pine shavings used inside both boxes, including on top of the eggs and below the eggs, and on top and below the inside box. That's how it done! Pine shavings are just like old-fashioned excelsior but even better because they can be recycled and used with the chickens! I'd love to post a photo, but I'll only do that with @Ravynscroft 's permission.

It was amazing how well my eggs were packed and shipped! I actually saved it all because I was that impressed!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Lol... what you don't see is the thick layer of high density foam underneath all that... more shavings fitted in there to keep the eggs separated and snug and another layer of high density foam across the top... I make sure it's slightly over full so the foam compresses just enough to hold the eggs suspended between the layers... this keeps the eggs from shifting, impact absorption and a lot of insulation between the eggs and box...


So far, not a single broken or even cracked egg shipping this way...

It's funny, I've received SEVERAL boxes from you over the last few years. I remember the first one packed that way - I had been sitting on my bed, planning on unwrapping the eggs - I opened the box and somehow the wood shavings exploded out. By the time I finished unpacking the eggs, my bed was a disaster. Now, I spread newspaper on the table before I try to open one of your boxes. I have the ABSOLUTE BEST hatch rates from your eggs.

ROFL!!!! thats hilarious!!! i am so glad i was at my shop when my eggs came in

It was amazing how well my eggs were packed and shipped! I actually saved it all because I was that impressed!

i always save the shipping material just in case i ever have eggs to sell

 

[brucifer]

Went to the USPS annex early this morning and picked up another package of AC hatching eggs sent from @Ravynscroft. Eggs were packaged perfectly and none were cracked or broken. I'm going to let them rest and set them either later tonight or early tomorrow morning.

The USPS almost botched the pick up again. Even though Lisa's (wife) phone number and the words, TO CALL:" were clearly written in large block numbers and letters, the clerk claimed that the package wasn't in yet when Lisa called. I checked the tracking number, and the package had indeed arrived. Lisa called back, and the supervisor found the package, apologized, and was very embarrassed. The same clerk had placed the package in the wrong stack once again, just like the last time. Anyway, no harm, no foul. We got the eggs, and everything is fine!