Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[Dahlisgrams]

Good morning!

Y'all have been busy...

Congratulations on the new chicks, Madamwlf!

 

[mzstre]

Good morning. I had a stressful night. I don't handle my kids being sick well... And my one year olds croup has changed to serious congestion, so I am freaking out about the chance of pneumonia. I spent most of the night watching the boy breath, like it was going to make me feel better

I'm sorry your little ones are sick.

I have done the same thing and wouldn't go to sleep because I needed to make sure they were breathing ok. I hope they get over this soon!

 

[crfarm]

I have done the same with my 2 year old grandson and had to take him to the ER at midnight when he ran a fever of 104! talk about scary. Now his mother is being ridiculous and bringing them in at 2-3 in the morning when she gets off work. long story but the kids are still sick. They haven't been here around me since last monday and I am getting better, they are not. poor babies

why don't people get a clue and do what's best for their children.

sorry off my box now had to rant.

I hope your little one gets better soon. seems to be hitting really hard this year.

 

[Sahwithchicks]

Thank you, I hope so too. We've been dealing with this on and off between both kids for a month now, and I haven't been getting any sleep so I am starting to lose it. Last night he woke me up with a wet cough and I was siting there for two hours just making sure he was struggling to breath or anything. My husband finally woke up and I just started bawling. Lol, poor guy was like what the heck is wrong!!?? Is he ok??!! While I know I overact to these things, at night it's scary because the hospital is an hour away, and even an ambulance takes 20 or so minutes to get to our house.

I ended up picking up my hatchery catalog just to distract myself I finally fell asleep holding the baby an the catalog next to me in bed... The first thing I told my husband when we woke up this morning was... How can you want to get rid of my chickens!? They're the only things that can pull me out of a panic :rofl:

 

[chiqita]

Good morning people!
DH and I were talking about the egg shipping last night and have come to the conclusion that for air cells, there is some engineering truth to being packed up and down being better for the egg.

Basically the less area an aircell has to go, the more sever a shake it has to have to break it up. Since ( especially if you ask them to put a particular side up) the box is going to spend most of its time on a pallet with a lot of other boxes, most of the shaking it will have will be side to side. In an upright egg, there isn't a long way to go side to side. In a long way egg, that aircell can travel from one side of the egg to the other, and detach or break apart MUCH easier.

So the main thing you are doing in shipping ( besides keeping the box from being crushed and trying to absorb all the vibration you can with packing) is trying to keep those vibrations going side to side not up and down. So it seems like writing this side up on the box would actually make a big difference.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I bet really scrambled boxes are put on their sides on the edge of pallets.

I usually pack up and down because its easier to pack packing around the eggs that way, but not always. Now that I think about that, I think i will do that exclusively from now on, no more sideways eggs.

Someone offer eggs today that can be shipped soon, I gave up on my hens and need a shipment for my secret santa!

 

[madamwlf]

I have another chick hatched. Another black chick. Seriously? I haven't even seen pictures of a black Isbar but that looks like what I'm getting.

 

[Dahlisgrams]

Good morning people!
DH and I were talking about the egg shipping last night and have come to the conclusion that for air cells, there is some engineering truth to being packed up and down being better for the egg.

Basically the less area an aircell has to go, the more sever a shake it has to have to break it up. Since ( especially if you ask them to put a particular side up) the box is going to spend most of its time on a pallet with a lot of other boxes, most of the shaking it will have will be side to side. In an upright egg, there isn't a long way to go side to side. In a long way egg, that aircell can travel from one side of the egg to the other, and detach or break apart MUCH easier.

So the main thing you are doing in shipping ( besides keeping the box from being crushed and trying to absorb all the vibration you can with packing) is trying to keep those vibrations going side to side not up and down. So it seems like writing this side up on the box would actually make a big difference.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I bet really scrambled boxes are put on their sides on the edge of pallets.

I usually pack up and down because its easier to pack packing around the eggs that way, but not always. Now that I think about that, I think i will do that exclusively from now on, no more sideways eggs.

Someone offer eggs today that can be shipped soon, I gave up on my hens and need a shipment for my secret santa!

Excellent info. I will pack any eggs I ship vertically with pointy end down. So much good advice her from everyone. Thank you!

Me too. I'm hoping for some that can ship this week or next as well.

 

[Dahlisgrams]

I have another chick hatched. Another black chick. Seriously? I haven't even seen pictures of a black Isbar but that looks like what I'm getting.

 

[crfarm]

I have another chick hatched. Another black chick. Seriously? I haven't even seen pictures of a black Isbar but that looks like what I'm getting.

If it is a blue to blue mating it could be. that results in blue, splash and black if they breed true like andalusians or other blue breeds?

 

[BHep]

Good morning people!
DH and I were talking about the egg shipping last night and have come to the conclusion that for air cells, there is some engineering truth to being packed up and down being better for the egg.

Basically the less area an aircell has to go, the more sever a shake it has to have to break it up. Since ( especially if you ask them to put a particular side up) the box is going to spend most of its time on a pallet with a lot of other boxes, most of the shaking it will have will be side to side. In an upright egg, there isn't a long way to go side to side. In a long way egg, that aircell can travel from one side of the egg to the other, and detach or break apart MUCH easier.

So the main thing you are doing in shipping ( besides keeping the box from being crushed and trying to absorb all the vibration you can with packing) is trying to keep those vibrations going side to side not up and down. So it seems like writing this side up on the box would actually make a big difference.

Now that I'm thinking about it, I bet really scrambled boxes are put on their sides on the edge of pallets.

I usually pack up and down because its easier to pack packing around the eggs that way, but not always. Now that I think about that, I think i will do that exclusively from now on, no more sideways eggs.

Someone offer eggs today that can be shipped soon, I gave up on my hens and need a shipment for my secret santa!

Excellent info. I will pack any eggs I ship vertically with pointy end down. So much good advice her from everyone. Thank you!

Me too. I'm hoping for some that can ship this week or next as well.

Sound reasonable as long as the box is packed upright.