has any one else gotten shipped eggs in the new foam shippers?????

[Kat12]

I got 12 eggs packaged that way from her too, none hatched, most of the air cells were detached as well. I never would have guesses it was the packaging, but the explanations here do make some sense.

 

[Elly_Mae]

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Sorry to hear you had a zero hatch too! I know how frustrating it is.

 

[aprophet]

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I HAVE GOTTEN EGGS WITH POLY FILL ON TOP AND BELOW THE EGGS AND NONE WERE BROKEN ALMOST PO PROOF

 

[Oregon Blues]

None of that sounds any different than the success of eggs shipped any other way. The post office seems to be able to scramble them, no matter how you pack them.

 

[pawtraitart]

I hate foam shippers. I have better hatch rates when eggs are individually wrapped in bubblewrap and nested in packing peanuts or other spongy material that helps absorb the movement of transport.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

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That's who shipped mine in foam. I was sent 26 eggs and the air cells were all detached and only 6 of them are developing. I haven't said anything to her. Maybe I should message her and let her know. The foam looks cool and keeps the shells from breaking but I would rather get my box with a couple broken than all of them scrambled. Maybe more feedback to her would help.

Edited to add: I PM'd her about this. She said she actually did some shipments with a box with foam and a box with bubble wrap at the same time to the same destination. The eggs in bubble wrap didn't do any better than the ones in foam.

 

[jvls1942]

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You explained it much better than I did!

And here when I saw your post I thought, "That was so much more succinct".

you're better, No, you're better, No, you're better, No--------LOL

 

[Elly_Mae]

I think some of the time, maybe a lot more than we realize, breeders out there are shipping eggs that are inferior to start with and blame it on the post office. After all, how can you prove it wasn't the post office.

 

[youngbiddy]

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And here when I saw your post I thought, "That was so much more succinct".

you're better, No, you're better, No, you're better, No--------LOL

No, you're better!

 

[youngbiddy]

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Actually, it's fairly easy. If you crack the egg open, and the innards are intact but there's no bull's eye, it's infertile and therefore the breeder. If you crack a dud open and the innards are scrambled, it's the PO. If you can see detached/ruptured air cells when you candle, it's the PO.