How to ship Coturnix eggs?

[quiltnchik]

I know many of you ship quail eggs, and was wondering if anyone has pictures of how you wrap your eggs for shipping. I've seen pictures of how to wrap chicken eggs (using bubble wrap), but wasn't sure how you all handle shipping those tiny quail eggs

 

[QuailKeeper]

get plastic quail egg cartons, and when you ship your eggs, wrap each egg in plastic wrap, and pack as much padding in the box.thats what worked for me

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yep, same here. I use the 10 ct. cartons, put a piece of toilet paper, tissue, paper towel, whatever, on top of the eggs to keep them from bouncing around inside the carton, then I wrap the whole carton in a sheet of bubble paper, like you are rolling a burrito. Pretty much it.

Now for small orders, or button quail eggs, I cut the bubble wrap into small squares (cut in half, and half again, and again, and again--16 pieces per sheet) for button eggs, and some coturnix eggs will fit these too. Fold in each opposing end, tape it up, then once you are finished with each egg, wrap the whole bunch in a sheet of bubble wrap (or two if necessary). I'm sending some out on Monday, if I remember I'll take pics, but no promises!!

That's confusing, let me rephrase....
Cut a sheet of bubble wrap into fourths, then each section into fourths again. Wrap each egg in a piece, place the 'thicker' side of the 'package' against the thinner side, wrap them all up in bubble wrap. Hope that makes more sense!

 

[quiltnchik]

Where's the best place to get the cartons? I've never seen them around here.

 

[shelleyd2008]

You have to order them. You can find some on ebay, the best place I found (pricewise) was GQF manufacturing.

 

[Ironsun]

Hi,


This web page will show you how to pack eggs for shipping safely.

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...es?q=quail+eggs&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

I use the same method and rarely get any broken eggs.

Ironsun.

 

[monarc23]

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That's how i get eggs shipped to me form time to time, and get tons cracked

I wish it worked that way for me as that is easier lol!

I wrap each egg individually in paper towels or toilet paper. Then I place htem ina carton if i have extras...then on the bottom and top i put some styrofoam or foam and tape it into place, one on teh pointy end and one on the blunt end of the egg. I do that to every egg, tape close the carton, then wrap the carton up in newspaper. Havent had problems that way. Reciently since I ran out of cartons, I now tape up 5 styrofoam peices in a line, I pu the egg in teh middle of the line and wrap the 5 styrofoam peices around the egg in a snug ring. Then I snip off a tip of a peice of styrofoam for the top and bottom tape it shut so the egg is one big peice of protected styrofoam every part is covered by the styrofoam that is breathable and biodegradable

I do this to EVERY EGG takes about a half hour per package... i've noted. Then i take all these eggs and make like a purse out of newspaper or bubblewrap i if i have it, but newspaper works perfectly fine. I make sure the eggs are bound tight and cannot bounce around in their newspaper home... then pack teh bottom of the box with crumpled up newspaper, and or bubblewrap...and or styrofoam. Theni put the wrapped up eggs in then pack it to the top with more crumpled newspaper, bubblewrap and or styrofoam peices tape it tightly shut...i pack it so tight that i have to fight to shut it but it works perfeclty that way.

I make sure no side of the egg package can touch the sides of the box by tucking the crumpled newspapper and what not around it

eggs get there in one peice almost every time (i think everytime so far and i've shipped that way SEVERAL times)