Check out this video on packing eggs for shipping- I'm pretty sure this is what the USPS is doing to our boxes anyway
http://www.skylinepoultry.com/Packing___shipping_eggs.html
(make sure you play the video at the bottom of the page, it's amazing)
Wonderful pictures, Sah! Your Fav roo is a real handsome boy
I am SO going to do something like this next time!!!!!Right! Actually, I meant to post this ages ago -- this was the label on a box from sutillmann, who did a lovely job packing
Not only is it apparently effective, it's cute
Ha! I read that somewhere too. So, I got my roommate (who is a graphic designer) to print up some really cute stickers with chicks and hatching eggs with the attachment message "Dear Postal Carrier, please be gentle with me. I am a baby to be!". Then I slap them all over the box. I don't know if it amuses the PO, but I have gotten a couple of chuckles from you guys. All my eggs arrive safely and I haven't broken any yet that I know of. I don't think I am the best packer....so I think the stickers help. No scrambled eggs for my babies!! Even if it just makes them smile! Hey, I should put some on my swap page! They are pretty cute.
That is a perfect example of why to use bubble wrap. They shaking did not get absorbed. Ugg, I'm sorry! My first set of eggs shipped were toast when I got them. And when I sent them. I was trying to be enoviornmenaly friendly and not use extra tape... never again.Evening everyone. Haven't yet had a chance to catch up on posts, as I AM FURIOUS!!!!! I got eggs in today from papabrooder and from someone on a rare breed site. Of course papa's were packed wonderfully. As soon as I saw the other box I knew there was going to be trouble. Egg was all over the OUTSIDE of the SECOND BOX! Now, she had messaged me to say she had sent 6 extras and that sometimes it didn't turn out to pack that many, but she HAD TAPED THEM WELL. So...18 eggs wrapped in napkins. Placed in a carton. Carton taped all the way around. It is obvious that the eggs broke when she taped the carton that tight. Carton placed on its back diagonally to barely fit in the box. Piece of newspaper on top and bottom. That box was taped shut and placed in another box the same size. I have pics. Of the 18, nine were okay, but covered in egg goop and I wiped them clean with a wet cloth, but am out of oxine to clean them with. I'm hoping they don't have any bacteria to ruin them or papa's eggs in the incubator with them. One egg had a hole in the bottom, but the membrane was intact so we candle waxed it hoping it might make it. The other 8 were SMUSHED FLAT!!!!! Yes, I paid for a dozen. Yes, she sent extras. But I'm now afraid I will have trouble with bacteria and from horrible air cells since they shipped sideways on the 9 that are okay. I'm not sure if I should email her and tell her or if I should notify the site manager to tell them. Should I leave it alone? Do I need to clean these eggs with something else before they go in with Papabrooder's? Here are pics...Carton when I opened the box. The paper was all soaked around it. All the eggs around the tape end were broken.
Mushy mess.
Flat as a PANCAKE!
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Happy all the birthdays! Ma all your legs become chicks and all your chick become hens!
Adorable. I must remember to use this.Right! Actually, I meant to post this ages ago -- this was the label on a box from sutillmann, who did a lovely job packing
Not only is it apparently effective, it's cute
