Egg injury during shipping...can we do anything about it??

[Wifezilla]

Obviously the answer to this is to make a small harness for each egg with some type of bungie material attached to it and then placing it in a hoop. Something like this...

The expense might be an issue

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

...I'm switching the way I pack eggs...

Switching from what to what?​

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Switching from the carton method to individually wrapped eggs in either bubblewrap or thin foam. Lay them on their sides inside either a thin piece of foam or newspaper and then stuff the bottom, sides and top with either packing peanuts or newspaper. I swear I think newspaper is better. It has a bit more "give".

 

[millebantam]

I firmly believe that the "give" factor is all important. Rigid support has to transfer the shock somewhere, and that place is the place of least resistance, the soft, fluid innards of the egg.

Overall, it has been my experience, that shipped eggs that I have tried to hatch did much better when they were packed loosely, rather than packed firmly. Of course they're are many variables that come into play, but as a whole, the indvidually wrapped, loosley packed eggs did better for me.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Yeah...Millebantam...that supports my theory!!

 

[Mrs MIA]

I've had really good luck with the following method...
The eggs were individually wrapped in strips of bubblewrap so that the ends are open, and taped so they don't unravel.
Then I take 3 rows of 3 wrapped eggs and bundle them flat in another piece of bubblewrap.
Then I nestle them in the middle of a lot of crumpled newspaper, with enough paper around them that if the box gets banged around, the eggs don't hit the sides.
The trick is to immobilize the eggs inside the paper so that nothing shakes when it's all taped up. You're not going to stop the PO Gorillas from abusing the boxes (oh, and BTW, I only mark the boxes as fragile... no "eggs", "don't xray", etc... that only draws more negative energy to the box

) but if you can immobilize them in the box and protect them from knocking around together in there, you've won one battle.

When in doubt, add more padding.

 

[Griffox]

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I've got an idea. Why don't you package those faverolle eggs just like you did in the experiment and then send them to me. I'll let you know how they hatch.

Probably need to do this a few times to be sure of the results.

ETA: You know the little styrofoam dots that are used in bean bags? I wonder how the eggs would do sitting in a box of that stuff. It seems like the dots would help dissipate any force. The next best thing would be suspending the egg in liquid, but that would make for heavy packages and soggy eggs.

 

[WiseChicks]

I'm with Griffox - package some of those eggs my way and I'll pop 'em into my empty, lonely Bator!

 

[speckledhen]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

I've had really good luck with the following method...
The eggs were individually wrapped in strips of bubblewrap so that the ends are open, and taped so they don't unravel.
Then I take 3 rows of 3 wrapped eggs and bundle them flat in another piece of bubblewrap.
Then I nestle them in the middle of a lot of crumpled newspaper, with enough paper around them that if the box gets banged around, the eggs don't hit the sides.
The trick is to immobilize the eggs inside the paper so that nothing shakes when it's all taped up. You're not going to stop the PO Gorillas from abusing the boxes (oh, and BTW, I only mark the boxes as fragile... no "eggs", "don't xray", etc... that only draws more negative energy to the box

) but if you can immobilize them in the box and protect them from knocking around together in there, you've won one battle.

When in doubt, add more padding.

I agree. That is my method and has been for a long time. I learned from veteran packers on the old BYC. Sent eggs that way to Tori from GA to AK and none even cracked. It's been highly successful for me and I dont plan to change it. And I pack them air cell up, not on their sides. I pay special attention to the corners, too. My customers will attest that I use lots and lots of padding and bubblewrap (heavy duty usually).​

 

[Mrs MIA]

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I agree. That is my method and has been for a long time. I learned from veteran packers on the old BYC. Sent eggs that way to Tori from GA to AK and none even cracked. It's been highly successful for me and I dont plan to change it. And I pack them air cell up, not on their sides. I pay special attention to the corners, too. My customers will attest that I use lots and lots of padding and bubblewrap (heavy duty usually).

Oh, I know, Cyn... yours was one of the best, if not the best package of eggs I received all summer. Too bad the gorillas played with the box a little longer than they should have.

I'm thinking early spring would be a good time to test the system again.

Hey! I gotta have something to put in the 1502!!