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

[brahmapapa]

I have a farm innovators with an upgraded digital thermostatand fan and an older hovabator genisis 1588. I will have the home made 120 egg bator finished sunday

very cool

 

[brahmapapa]

I have a farm innovators with an upgraded digital thermostatand fan and an older hovabator genisis 1588. I will have the home made 120 egg bator finished sunday

very cool

 

[brahmapapa]

here is a summary of my eggs set Friday - 5 days ago

all were shipped

faveroles came in egg cartons with some eggs upside down

brahmas 16 packed upright 5 lying sideways on top. one of the top eggs broke

campines were bubble wrapped on side

others beautifully packed






Ordered Shipped Broken Clear Blood R Veining viable v purchased
Buff Brahma

18​

21​

1​

2​

2​

16​

89%​

Golden Campine

8​

9​

1​

8​

100%​

Swedish Flower Hen

12​

13​

2​

11​

92%​

Salmon Faveroles

20​

24​

4​

20​

100%​

Black Copper Marans

9​

10​

2​

8​

89%​

67​

77​

1​

11​

2​

63​

94%​

overall pretty good so far!!

HOW IS YOUR HATCH PROGRESSING, ARE THE HATCH RATES SEEMING TO HOLD SO FAR.

 

[brahmapapa]

Recently, I received eggs and would have loved to have had a small heat pack or something in them. Some were frozen, and two had cracked. All were well packaged with bubble wrap and packaging and only sent from one state over. Right now only 5 have begun to develop and on the 15 day it looks like only about 3 will be well developed enough to hatch. I put 4 of my own eggs in the hatcher in there as controls. They are developing normally. There has got to be an answer somewhere for the shipping and wrapping problems. I have not read all the thread but lots of it. GJ

WELL I THINK ONE OBSERVATION THAT CAN BE MADE HERE IS THAT THOSE EGGS THAT DIDN'T FREEZE ENOUGH TO CRACK ENDURED THE SEVERE COLD AND DID STILL DEVELOPE.THIS IS WHY I DON'T USE HEAT PACKS, I WOULD RATHER THE EGGS GET COLD AND SURVIVE THAN BEGIN DEVELOPING FROM HEAT PACK HEAT AND DIE...ANYONE HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS, OF COURSE THESE ARE ONLY OPINIONS AND EVERYONE HAS THIER OWN.

 

[ozexpat]

HOW IS YOUR HATCH PROGRESSING, ARE THE HATCH RATES SEEMING TO HOLD SO FAR.

no where near as good


Ordered Shipped Broken Clear Blood R Veining culled at day 14 viable viable v purchased viable v shipped
Buff Brahma 18 21 1 2 2 16 3 13 72% 62%
Golden Campine 8 9 1 8 3 5 63% 56%
Swedish Flower Hen 12 13 2 11 3 8 67% 62%
Salmon Faveroles 20 24 4 20 6 14 70% 58%
Black Copper Marans 9 10 2 8 6 2 22% 20%
67 77 1 11 2 63 21 42 63% 55%

the marans are a wash. very disappointing and skewing the numbers

they would be 72 and 62% without them which is acceptable

 

[3BirdGirlz]

I've had eggs frozen in transit. The ones not cracked i put in to incubate but none developed. Next time I asked for a heat pack and 8 of 12 are going great. So during these really cold months, I'll take a heat pack! My shipper did good...all individually bubble wrapped and the heat pack wasn't directly on the eggs. There was a bunch of shredded paper and bubble wrap separating them.

 

[brahmapapa]

I've had eggs frozen in transit. The ones not cracked i put in to incubate but none developed. Next time I asked for a heat pack and 8 of 12 are going great. So during these really cold months, I'll take a heat pack! My shipper did good...all individually bubble wrapped and the heat pack wasn't directly on the eggs. There was a bunch of shredded paper and bubble wrap separating them.

M y biggest fear is the heat pack too close to the eggs, i know of buyers who recieved heat packed eggs that had started to develope and died. I guess its a crap shoot as to which way to go, but im glad that your eggs are doing great, glad the shipper individually bubble wrapped the eggs, that makes a huge diffrence.

 

[brahmapapa]

no where near as good


Ordered Shipped Broken Clear Blood R Veining culled at day 14 viable viable v purchased viable v shipped
Buff Brahma 18 21 1 2 2 16 3 13 72% 62%
Golden Campine 8 9 1 8 3 5 63% 56%
Swedish Flower Hen 12 13 2 11 3 8 67% 62%
Salmon Faveroles 20 24 4 20 6 14 70% 58%
Black Copper Marans 9 10 2 8 6 2 22% 20%
67 77 1 11 2 63 21 42 63% 55%

the marans are a wash. very disappointing and skewing the numbers

they would be 72 and 62% without them which is acceptable

sorry you had bad luck with the marans, i have heard its best to dry incubate or incubate them at low humidity, supposedly the dark outer coating makes them lose moisture slower than other eggs.

 

[KBG204]

Very informative!

 

[ozexpat]

sorry you had bad luck with the marans, i have heard its best to dry incubate or incubate them at low humidity, supposedly the dark outer coating makes them lose moisture slower than other eggs.

I run 20%. They were just duds. It happens. I will let the supplier know though.