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[kartking22]

I'm not sure if my method of shipping pheasant eggs are the best but two years ago, I had a contest to see what methods were best and I won with shipping 36 dozen eggs with none cracked or broken. Eggs were shipped from Wisconsin to Oregon, Florida, Arizona, Texas, and everywhere in between. My customers now use the same method.
1. Get a common large egg carton.
2. Fill the egg "cups" half way with wood planer shavings. These are the curly type wood shavings not wood chips. Hamster bedding from the pet shop is good too.
3. Place the egg in the middle of each "cup".
4. Put more shavings on top of your eggs and close the carton. Shake the carton to see if anything is lose. If anything moves in the carton, add more shavings.
5. Secure or wrap the carton to ensure that it will not open during shipment or lose any of the packing material.
6. Pack the cartons in a box slightly larger than needed to pack extra padding around them.
7. Shake the package ready to mail to ensure that nothing moves.
8. Send your shipment of eggs with confidence that they will all arrive safe and have a very happy customer.

I have sent up to three dozen eggs in a USPS Priority mail medium flat rate box using this packing method and still delivered them to customers with none cracked or broken. The secret is to keep the eggs cushioned from harsh handling from the postal service. Priority mail ensures less handling and faster delivery.
If you buy eggs, please encourage them to ship them to you using this method. It works.

 

[deserthotwings]

Thanks Kartking22, I really appreciate that info.

 

[rittert3]

Sounds like a great shipping method. If it worked for pheasant eggs I imagine it would work for banty and quail eggs too? What do you use for the "extra padding"? I've read crumpled newspaper works good for that portion of the packing.

 

[kartking22]

Sounds like a great shipping method. If it worked for pheasant eggs I imagine it would work for banty and quail eggs too? What do you use for the "extra padding"? I've read crumpled newspaper works good for that portion of the packing.

I use crumpled newspaper for the extra padding. I found that the newspaper had less chance to shift around in the package unlike packing peanuts. Being a cheapskate, I try to use packing materials that would usually be thrown away. ie. Egg cartons from friends and neighbors, the wood shavings from my woodshop, free boxes from the postal service, and newspapers that they send me every week. I only need to buy packing tape if a customer orders more than three dozen eggs. These boxes come from the local supermarket.
I am sure that bantam eggs and quail eggs could be sent with this same method. Just remember that the secret to shipping eggs is to keep them well padded and keep them from shifting around during shipment. Most shippers do not guarantee safe delivery of thier eggs due to harsh handling from the post office. This is BS. They are just too cheap to package them correctly. I purchased some eggs before and recieved them cracked and broken. They were all individually wrapped in bubble wrap but there was too much room in the package and they banged around the whole trip to my house.
With my method, I actually had a package of six dozen eggs recieved with the whole corner of the box smashed. The customer was expecting alot of broken eggs. None were cracked or broken except for the two that her son dropped while unpacking. She was very impressed and we were both happy with the purchase.

 

[rittert3]

I think I've got my method figured out. I still won't guarantee hatch rates but I will guarantee uncracked eggs and will give credit or a refund with picture proof of broken eggs. Your method sounds alot like the one in my strombergs "guide to better hatching" book. I don't see myself shipping until 2013 anyway.

 

[Resolution]

First I write in pencil on each egg what date and time it was collected and what species and enclosure. Then I wrap it in tissue paper- two kleenex sheets per egg. Next I wrap each egg in bubble wrap. Then I wrap all the bubble wrapped eggs together with more bubble wrap and stuff them into a box and mail them with huge bold letters all over it.