Have you bought shipped eggs or sold eggs & shipped? OUTCOME?

[Sir Birdaholic]

Shhhhhhh......... Mods are listening!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I've shipped lots of eggs this year and my customers have been getting great hatch rates. Just had a somebody get 20/24 in Ohio and 22/30 eggs hatched to a customer in Oregon.

I've recieved shipped eggs in that foam before, and I won't purchase eggs again that will be shipped in that. None grew, and i've read of others having the same problem with eggs shipped in the foam. I wrap mine in bubblewrap and cushion with shredded paper.
That being said, I do not refund for poor/bad hatches. Shipping eggs is a gamble.

 

[PamB]

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I had a wonderful hatch from Sundown. I couldn't be happier! On the other hand, I've purchased from other breeders and once had NONE hatch (and they weren't cheap)

It is just a risk you take.

 

[mississippifarmboy]

Shipped eggs is just a gamble in my opinion. There is just no way to know what goes on between the seller and the buyer. And yes, sometimes the post office is brutal on them.

I've never shipped eggs because I feel it would just be too much of a hassle, but I've bought lots this year and been gifted others. I've had one shipment from a very respected breeder, the BEST packing I've ever seen, great experiance all the way around. 14 eggs arrived and all were PERFECT! but... only a single chick hatched.

It happens. I was thrilled with the one.
I have had other orders that ran maybe 80% hatch, one that had two varieties of a breed in the same box, one variety did well the other nothing. It happens.

I even bought eggs twice from one breeder. The first time I think it was 18 eggs and 2 hatched, reordered and got 12 eggs and 11 hatched.

It's just a gamble.

 

[ZooMummzy]

I purchased eggs all last winter and experienced horrible hatching rates. Lots of reasons why but mainly due to loose air sacs. I have recently started selling and shipping my eggs and honestly, I'm experiencing great success. I am not bragging, just merely wanting to share that it can be done. I package and ship my eggs like Sundown. Every person so far that has received my eggs have told me the air sacs are in place when they receive them, not one has ever been broken even when the boxes arrived damaged and they have been experiencing 95-100% development on the eggs. Hatch rates are running 65-100% on those same eggs. I should say these are Serama eggs so anything over 50% is considered great! I learned my shipping techniques from a friend and while it is more expensive and time consuming, I'm finding it is more than worth it.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! That information should be very much appreciated.

Lisa
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[PamB]

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I would like to think most sellers would appreciate this information...but, in my case, the seller suddenly didn't answer my emails when I told them about the poor hatch/non-developing eggs.

If anything, the not-so-good experiences will teach us who we would like to do business with and who we'd rather avoid. I would never blame a seller for a bad hatch rate...there is no gaurantee, but it is good business to at least acknowledge your customers when they are trying to provide you with information about the eggs you've shipped.

 

[deerman]

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I agree the foam look like it would work, but i never received egg in them that didn't have some broken......I have shipped eggs for four year without a single broken egg, many hundreds. So sure of my packing that i alway guarantee egg will get there unbroken.

Trouble like another post, that doesn't mean the inside of the egg is ok, just shaking a box of eggs can destroy all eggs inside., plus x-ray.


Just because it is clear don't mean they were not fertile either.........

 

[Frosty]

deerman beat me to it... clear eggs simply mean that they never started developing.

I have received eggs and had excellent hatch rates, and others where I get few or none. I understand the risk with shipped eggs. I tell the seller ahead of time (when I order the eggs) that I understand the risks and that I will let them know how it goes just for their information. If the eggs are in an auction, my feedback is based on communication, prompt shipping, and condition of the eggs on arrival. eBay allows follow-up feedback, so if I have great development I place a follow-up to reflect that. With poor development I don't leave a follow-up and chalk it up to shipping.

I love it when the eggs are wrapped in bubble wrap and nested in shredded paper, though they can be a pain to open. Some of my least favorite methods: wrapped in bubble wrap and placed in an egg carton (I never have a lot of good results with those), in an egg carton with sawdust packed in the space around the eggs, and the peafowl eggs that I got this year were wrapped with newspaper with a piece of bubble wrap loosely wrapped around outside of the news paper and they were placed in with wadded up newspaper. I don't mind paying the shipping when there was obvious care packing the eggs, but I get mad when I pay that same amount to others and get eggs that aren't well packed.

Unless somebody is asking for a refund or replacement eggs, they may simply be letting you know how the hatch is going. If you feel that you should do something, I wouldn't do more than offer to replace the eggs if the buyer will pay the shipping and handling.

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

Thanks everyone so much! I appreciate that the buyer let me know and was very nice and did not expect anything but I felt bad. I felt I had done all I could do. I even thought of offering live chicks but its just to hot to ship them now. Everyone has some great thoughts and its been so helpful! Well I just had an auction go off and it was won by the same person so I guess they were not worried either. I will try to add more eggs this time but still worry on the hatch as it is hotter now then 4 weeks ago when I shipped last.
Its important to me to hear the results and it gives me ideas on what to do or expect when I ship. I do try to be as honest as I can. I have seen at different auction sites where people wait to get the eggs and wait for the hatch and then leave fb saying they had 0 hatch and its negitive fb. I think its a risk on both ends so I guess Im lucky that most of my buyers are honest and good people with only a few flakes.

I was listing to my radio yesterday and they were saying the usps was going to try to change hours to work 3 days a week. Its way way down the road in years but that would suck! How to ship chicks or eggs? Maybe I will start my own egg shipping business! lol-Thanks all for your help!