Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[Hollowoakfarm]

Happy Birthday to the birthday folks! SAH....My youngest child will be 28 later this year. I could be your mom!


I've only been a part of this group since last November. We have been complaining about lost packages of eggs, chicks and older birds since then. For those of you who have been shipping a while...is this new? or is this normal? I'd like to be able to ship eggs and chicks and live birds when I get my flock back up, but I'm not sure exactly how much I want to deal with as far as USPS screw-ups and customer anger.


Someone on here mentioned how they hated the specially cut foam packing for eggs. They said that it holds the eggs too tightly, so that the only "give" is inside the egg. The eggs arrive looking good on the outside but scrambled on the inside. This makes sense to me. On the other hand, on a different thread with show birds, they are recommending that packing material. It's confusing.


What I'm doing is photographing all my boxes as I unpack, and keeping records of how the eggs turned out. Then I'll know for sure what I want to copy, as far as packing goes. I think. I've had eggs come in scrambled, come in with rolling air cells, and also come in looking like I just picked them up behind the hen! We'll see how it goes, I guess. I'll probably ask someone to be my guinea pig and send two or even three packages at the same time, all packed differently, and see how they arrive.


It'll be months before I can ship, and look at me, being worried now! Silly.

I use those foams to ship and I don't believe I've had anyone complain about scrambled eggs.  I believe it is all in how you package them.  I double box.  Foam shippers go into a size 4 priority box with packing material, usually newspaper to keep the foam in place and the eggs.  That's if I only use one foam shipper, 2 doesn't need any packing material since they fit snug in the box.  Then that box goes inside a #7 priority box with packing peanuts.  Someone on here hatched 11 out of 12 eggs, no scrambling there.  I have seen people just use the #4 box with the foam shippers and sorry but that's not enough protection for the eggs.

Ahhhhh! That totally makes sense. That gives both individual egg protection and shock absorption, and both are needed. I thought they looked more logical, and certainly less time-consuming, than wrapping eggs, but then the negative comment was made. I don't remember who was unhappy with them. I'll need to go back and check and see if they've gotten them double boxed with the foam or single boxed. That would make a difference.

 

[madamwlf]

Ahhhhh! That totally makes sense. That gives both individual egg protection and shock absorption, and both are needed. I thought they looked more logical, and certainly less time-consuming, than wrapping eggs, but then the negative comment was made. I don't remember who was unhappy with them. I'll need to go back and check and see if they've gotten them double boxed with the foam or single boxed. That would make a difference.

I've received them in a single box and they didn't do so great. I also won't use them for bantam eggs. They have too much wiggle room in those foam shippers.

 

[Bettacreek]

They don't work well for button quail either. Had some shipped with a foam flat, they put them in the box and put another of the same size box in, so it kept it in place... eggs still fell out of the bottom and were rolling around completely unprotected. I still feel that bubble wrap is the best option. I lay mine down even, and still get decent hatch rates. I don't use cartons either.

 

[Brookhavens]

I use those foams to ship and I don't believe I've had anyone complain about scrambled eggs. I believe it is all in how you package them. I double box. Foam shippers go into a size 4 priority box with packing material, usually newspaper to keep the foam in place and the eggs. That's if I only use one foam shipper, 2 doesn't need any packing material since they fit snug in the box. Then that box goes inside a #7 priority box with packing peanuts. Someone on here hatched 11 out of 12 eggs, no scrambling there. I have seen people just use the #4 box with the foam shippers and sorry but that's not enough protection for the eggs.

Rec'd eggs from madam last week and candled the eggs before setting. All looked like they had just been laid. No aircell problems whatsoever. These were some of the nicest eggs I have ever received.

 

[Thespoiledchicken]

I've received them in a single box and they didn't do so great. I also won't use them for bantam eggs. They have too much wiggle room in those foam shippers.

There is also a few different kinds of foam for shipping.

I received eggs last year from Chookschick in foam and hers was like NASA space foam, lol- very cushy! Each egg also had a separate foam plug for each hole- very cool!

Then I also got eggs from Dick Horstman shipped in foam but the foam was like very thin and not really squishy, several of his eggs arrived broken- then I had dried egg and foam stuck to most eggs

 

[madamwlf]

There is also a few different kinds of foam for shipping.

I received eggs last year from Chookschick in foam and hers was like NASA space foam, lol- very cushy! Each egg also had a separate foam plug for each hole- very cool!

Then I also got eggs from Dick Horstman shipped in foam but the foam was like very thin and not really squishy, several of his eggs arrived broken- then I had dried egg and foam stuck to most eggs

Mine is the squishy foam.

 

[CasieD]

Could some one give me the outside dimensions on the Dickey incubators??

I'm trying to figure out if one will fit in the back of my SVU.

Thanks!

 

[madamwlf]

Could some one give me the outside dimensions on the Dickey incubators??

I'm trying to figure out if one will fit in the back of my SVU.

Thanks!

What kind of SUV?

 

[CasieD]

Quote: A Chevy Taverse

 

[madamwlf]

A Chevy Taverse

You're fine. It will fit.