I hate bubble wrap

[kartking22]

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You actually bought those overpriced eggs from Mc Murray, four were broke so you came out even. Then had a 50% hatch? What was your total cost per poult after shipping and handling costs? May have been better off buying poults at thier cost rather than buying eggs. Just wondering on how they shipped the eggs .

 

[Akane]

50% hatch is about average and they sent as many extra as got broken so yea that's actually quite good. Looks like it's somewhere around $9 per bird from them not counting shipping so depending on shipping comparison you could come out ahead with a 50% hatch rate on their eggs. It's real close though. Personally I get eggs because I'm off the beaten path and I can't go to post office early in the morning to pick up chicks so it would be rather stressful on the chicks. Generally eggs come out the same or cheaper as buying chicks and I usually have no problem running an incubator for a few weeks. Half the time I have them packed with my own eggs anyway.

 

[dancingbear]

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You actually bought those overpriced eggs from Mc Murray, four were broke so you came out even. Then had a 50% hatch? What was your total cost per poult after shipping and handling costs? May have been better off buying poults at thier cost rather than buying eggs. Just wondering on how they shipped the eggs .

Yes, I actually bought those overpriced eggs from McMurray. Several years ago, when Bourbon Reds and Narragansetts were a little harder to find, and I'd never hatched shipped eggs before, and had no idea that 50% from shipped eggs is pretty good.

I meant the hatch was pretty good, not that I thought I got a great deal.

 

[kartking22]

Just got the feedback from my method of shipping eggs. I shipped nine dozen eggs from WI to MO. Not a single egg cracked or broken. My method was posted earlier in this thread if you want to check it out. No bubble wrap or packing peanuts. Those things usually end up in the landfill eventually anyway. My method is both biodegradable and who can't use an extra egg carton when you need one? 100% delivery on eggs should make everyone rethink shipping methods.

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

i'm pretty new to the whole egg hatching thing, but i've had good and bad hatches from bubble wrapped eggs.

i just find it annoying to unwrap and cut through the tape and thick BW when they excessivly use the stuff. i have yet to have a cracked egg from either method when they cushion the eggs in the middle of a large enough box.

i find that it much easier to have them wrapped in papertowels with no tape on it and maybe placed into a carton with some shavings for padding. plus i can recycle the shavings into my garden.

 

[Davaroo]

Anybody ever hear of a packing material called excelsior? Its that shaved wood, shreddy stuff they used before bubble wrap was invented.
I would like to see eggs each wrapped in thin bubble wrap or tissue, then placed in a tightly sealed egg carton - and then tightly packed in the box with excelsior.

 

[dancingbear]

Davaroo, that's a great suggestion. I'd use excelsior. I'm checking now to see if I can find a local source. Shredded newspaper is good, too, and can also be recycled in the garden.

I'd still use a layer of bubble wrap, around each egg, and no carton, for reasons previously stated. But the rest of the package could be packed w/shredded paper or excelsior.

I save the bubble wrap I receive eggs in, and re-use it when I send out eggs. I ran out and had to buy some new BW, but I re-use when I can. I re-use boxes, when I can, too. Peel off old labels and postage, replace w/my own.

 

[ZZsBabiez]

I love getting shredded newspaper! I've ordered a zillion eggs too. I hated the thought of bubble wrap till I realized that the process of evaporation is what ages the egg.. I believe the wrap preserves the egg. I think it's the handling that ruins shipped eggs.
I also have a hunch that free ranged eggs ship and hatch better. It's been my experience anyway..

The only thing I would ask shippers if I could, would be.

Would you please fold the end of the tape so someone can get a hold of it?

 

[walkswithdog]

The eggs I've gotten that shipped a LONG way in paper towels had bigger aircells over the whole hatch than bubble wrapped eggs. Well, those that managed to make it. Of three shipments in paper towels only two went at all. One was totally scrambled but I put that back on the PO.

I've so far never gotten a broken egg. Kind of neat eh? Most were in bubble wrap. Best box was from halo, bubble wrap, peanuts in one box, box in peanuts inside a second box. Every last one of those started despite very odd aircells - hello PO... sigh. If she' hadn't done the extra layer I'm sure they all would have been fractured as well.

Bubble wrap rocks, though I'd also be tempted by the recyclable materials that also wouldn't leap out of the box and alllllll over the ground. I also hate peanuts, except that they're effective. Sigh

 

[Sachasmom]

I've been bubble wrapping mine and putting them in the large Priority Mail box with newspaper all around, although I just got eggs from Dipsy Doodle Doo in the smaller boxes and wondered, how did she fit 16 eggs in a flat rate box? LOL All were fine too. She turned it inside out, which I thought was pretty cleaver!

Just had some moron on Eggbid double Neg me, since apparently I didn't send enough free eggs, didn't like the shade of blue of my eggs and didn't like the way I sent them!

I am soooo annoyed, I was finally making some progress on there, getting some decent sales and feedback, now I'm back down to a 1 for feedback. Bah.

So am I supposed to bubble wrap and then put them in a carton or something?

And can someone explain to me WHAT a detached air cell (or scrambled egg, LOL) LOOKS like when I candle? Heck. I'm lucky if I can tell if there is a chick in there, had a bunch of eggs I thought were infertile and all had chicks in them (they just didn't hatch, bummer)