HOW BEST TO PACKAGE EGGS FOR SHIPPING DO"S AND DON"TS

[CayuseRanch]

This type of packaging is great for protecting the outside of the egg, preventing it from banging against hard surfaces, etc. My problem with it is that the way the foam inserts are designed, *usually* the eggs travel horizontally, which can cause as much damage to the inner anatomy of the egg as if they had been damaged from the outside, if not more. Traveling horizontally is one of the worst things for an egg, because there is a farther distance for the liquid to travel as opposed to if they are placed in the box vertically. I have had terrible results from eggs shipped in foam inserts, unless they were sent vertically.

Best of luck with yours, let is know how they turn out.

Mine were sent horizontally not vertically. If you note the photo of the box, where it says top. You can see the split across the middle. When I pulled it out and divided the foam in half carefully, and laid on table as you can see, the fat ends of the eggs are at the Left and Right side of the photo and the words "Top" are also on those sides. So as you can see they were all in there fat end up. I wonder if different companies create the foam inserts in different formats? Or if Chicken Fever just cut her foam so it could work this way.

 

[ozexpat]

This type of packaging is great for protecting the outside of the egg, preventing it from banging against hard surfaces, etc. My problem with it is that the way the foam inserts are designed, *usually* the eggs travel horizontally, which can cause as much damage to the inner anatomy of the egg as if they had been damaged from the outside, if not more. Traveling horizontally is one of the worst things for an egg, because there is a farther distance for the liquid to travel as opposed to if they are placed in the box vertically. I have had terrible results from eggs shipped in foam inserts, unless they were sent vertically.

Best of luck with yours, let is know how they turn out.

These are the inserts I use

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I received 120 eggs from 8 different suppliers last week.

Half were individually bubble wrapped and shipped upright.

The other half were shipped in egg cartons.

I transferred half of the egg carton eggs as well as 80 local eggs into foam inserts and then put them on a plane to travel 7500 miles in my gof bag.

On arrival, there were saddled air cells in all types of eggs. This is caused by the air pressure from the air cell attempting to expand (boyles law of gasses) with the drop in pressure.

None of the eggs local eggs I packed had broken air cells- look like a builders level air bubble.

S

 

[iluvsedward]

I got 22 shipped call duck eggs and right now 8 are developing. None were broken but ALL of them except one, had detached air cells. They were all separately bubble wrapped and placed on their sides in the box and secured/cushioned with shredded paper. I'm kinda upset but not really, if I had shipped them though, I would have put them with the fat end up in cartons and bubble wrapped and added shredded paper, then I would have put a "^This end up^" sticker.

 

[Overoberyl]

These are the inserts I use

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I received 120 eggs from 8 different suppliers last week.

Half were individually bubble wrapped and shipped upright.

The other half were shipped in egg cartons.

I transferred half of the egg carton eggs as well as 80 local eggs into foam inserts and then put them on a plane to travel 7500 miles in my gof bag.

On arrival, there were saddled air cells in all types of eggs. This is caused by the air pressure from the air cell attempting to expand (boyles law of gasses) with the drop in pressure.

None of the eggs local eggs I packed had broken air cells- look like a builders level air bubble.

S

I like those inserts because the eggs travel vertically

 

[brahmapapa]

I got 22 shipped call duck eggs and right now 8 are developing. None were broken but ALL of them except one, had detached air cells. They were all separately bubble wrapped and placed on their sides in the box and secured/cushioned with shredded paper. I'm kinda upset but not really, if I had shipped them though, I would have put them with the fat end up in cartons and bubble wrapped and added shredded paper, then I would have put a "^This end up^" sticker.

if you mean super market cartons for shipping, in my opinion and the expressed opinion of dozens of people that i have talked to when i recieve eggs packed that way i almost certainly know that i will have a very low hatch rate. the best packaging is individually packaged wrapped in bubble wrap. Packaged thusly they sustain the least amount of internal damage. Anyone else care to offer thier opinion here.

 

[brahmapapa]

I like those inserts because the eggs travel vertically

I totally agree

 

[ozexpat]

Ok ladies and gentlemen its just 9 weeks until Getting the Flock out of here - part three

Part one was a great success and Part 2 saw almost 300 eggs from the USA travel 7500 miles.

I need the following to complete the master plan:



Ok ladies and gentlemen its just 9 weeks until Getting the Flock out of here - part three

Part one was a great success and Part 2 saw almost 300 eggs from the USA travel 7500 miles.

I need the following to complete the master plan:




Still on the list are

24 Barred Rock - heritage class deal done
24 Giant Jersey - heritage class deal done
24 Rhode Island Reds - heritage class deal done
24 Sussex - heritage class deferred till october
24 Creme Legbars -deferred till october
24 Ameracauna/Aracauna deal done
24 Marans deal done
24 White Crested Black Polish deal done
12 bourbon red turkey
12 royal palm turkey
12 peafowl
24 french guinea fowl
120 Texas A&M coturnix
6-12 tolouse goose
12 Rouen Duck deferred till october
6 emu (deferred till march 2014)
and anything interesting I find on the way

I can take partials if I can mix n match suppliers to get a minimum of 18 large fowl and 9 .

Due to the nature of the travel and time associated with it, I need eggs laid May 23-28 I fly out on May 30, arrive June 1 and eggs will be set on June 2.turkey, goose and peafowl

Ask your chickens if they want to have children living in paradise? Maybe somewhere they can retire too lol here is the photo link to their new home https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/...k-out-of-here-a-diary-of-a-crazy-chicken-man/
I can take partials if I can mix n match suppliers to get a minimum of 18 large fowl.

Due to the nature of the travel and time associated with it, I need eggs laid May 23-28 I fly out on May 30, arrive June 1 and eggs will be set on June 2.

Ask your chickens if they want to have children living in paradise? Maybe somewhere they can retire too lol here is the photo link to their new home https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/...k-out-of-here-a-diary-of-a-crazy-chicken-man/

 

[iluvsedward]

if you mean super market cartons for shipping, in my opinion and the expressed opinion of dozens of people that i have talked to when i recieve eggs packed that way i almost certainly know that i will have a very low hatch rate. the best packaging is individually packaged wrapped in bubble wrap. Packaged thusly they sustain the least amount of internal damage. Anyone else care to offer thier opinion here.

Well I would at least somehow package them with the big end up so the air cells have a chance.

 

[annabell254]

These are the inserts I use

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I received 120 eggs from 8 different suppliers last week.

Half were individually bubble wrapped and shipped upright.

The other half were shipped in egg cartons.

I transferred half of the egg carton eggs as well as 80 local eggs into foam inserts and then put them on a plane to travel 7500 miles in my gof bag.

On arrival, there were saddled air cells in all types of eggs. This is caused by the air pressure from the air cell attempting to expand (boyles law of gasses) with the drop in pressure.

None of the eggs local eggs I packed had broken air cells- look like a builders level air bubble.

S

Are saddle air cells the way they look when you candel them? I just candeled goose eggs that were shipped.... correctly fat end up individually bubble wraped and stuffed with news papper.... On day 14, 5 were 50-60% black

but 2 had air sacks that looks like saddles! 2 had perfect air sacks and 1 .... well I could not find the air sack at all! but it had something devoloping in it so I left it.... do the saddle looking air sacks have a chance of hatching?

 

[ozexpat]

Are saddle air cells the way they look when you candel them? I just candeled goose eggs that were shipped.... correctly fat end up individually bubble wraped and stuffed with news papper.... On day 14, 5 were 50-60% black

but 2 had air sacks that looks like saddles! 2 had perfect air sacks and 1 .... well I could not find the air sack at all! but it had something devoloping in it so I left it.... do the saddle looking air sacks have a chance of hatching?

yes.

saddles do have a good chance of hatching. The problem is that you cannot determine water loss and increasing air cell size from evaluating them with candling. They need to be weighed.

If you did not weigh initially and have some that did nor saddle, you may just use them as a guide.