I would like to say something to everyone.

[justbugged]

I heard somewhere that you should pack a box so that it can be tossed out of 747 at 30,000 feet, and it could survive intact. I haven't tested that theory, but I think it could be fun. I am sure that I would want to try it with packed eggs.

 

[Raven81]

i must say i haven't sold or bought any eggs yet but plan to & if i received badly packaged eggs i would say i wasn't happy with the deal & i wouldn't buy off them again nor would i recommend them to anyone else. as i usually use trade me (nz most popular buy & sell site) & the feedback on people is quite interesting

 

[vfem]

As shotty as I know it is, and I know!!! I still want an incubator for Christmas!!!!

I do I do!

I've bought eggs 4 times online, and I only ever hatched 6 chicks from all those eggs. I sold 5 because ALL 6 WERE ROOSTERS!!!!

I did keep 1, and he's my best buddy ever....

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

I once gave a rooster away, only to have the family complain that not all his hens laid fertile eggs. On questioning, I found they had given the lone rooster 30 hens and started incubating the daily collection of eggs after 3 days (the kids were eager for chicks). Now my old rooster is randy, but I was surprised he got 50% hatch from eggs in that situation!

I have incubated shipped eggs twice. Got 4 of 15 one time and none from the next (pretty certain that was completely my fault due to problems with a new incubator). I understood the issue of shipped eggs, no complaints regarding the sellers.

 

[Smokin Silkies]

I too bought eggs from ebay last year and the seller, whos sold many many eggs, sent them too me in an egg carton. Each egg was wrapped in 1 small layer/pc of paper towel and 1 egg wasn't wrapped at all. The eggs were stuck in the carton (basically unwrapped IMO) and the carton stuck in a box with little cushioning. All eggs had detached air sacs and 1 or 2 was broke (cant remember exactly). They had plenty of room to bounce around! But anyways I contacted the seller, obviously disappointed and she feels she packed them good enough. I'm surprised she had no negative feedback until mine. I didn't want to leave it, but when she basically failed to make things right I was PO! I've sold & shipped eggs many times. Once, somebody suggested a new way and I tried it. Here, I screwed up and the buyer got some broken eggs. It was my fault and I new it and I sent out replacement eggs plus extras at my cost. Most sellers will do right with the buyer if its their fault and even times when its not. True...we don't know 100% if every egg is fertile but I know that most of us confirm it by cracking some eggs open or incubating them ourselves. I've spent ALOT of money, as I know alot of us have, on just a few eggs lol and didn't get a single hatch, and maybe only 1-2 that even develops....could've very well been the PO workers playing football with our boxes. Sucks, and I hate it but I still buy those eggs lol.

 

[Mandymooligan]

My biggest problem I have had is eggs with ruptured or detached air cells. How hard does an egg have to shake for that to happen and how do store-bought eggs keep from getting scrambled as they are also shipped? I am not blaming the seller, just curious about this. I think the best thing is to buy as close to your state as you can.

 

[stephanie1992]

i have had 100% hatch rates so far with my own eggs. decided to buy eggs online. got 5 shipments from differnt people. 3 boxes had crap packing. the eggs were just set on newspaper and then the box was taped shut. all egg were broken and i wrote the seller and they said i didnt have proof they broke cuz of the packing and would not refund me or send new eggs. one other box was packaged very well. every egg was in bubble wrap and in an egg carton with more bubble wrap then put in the box full of news paper then put in a bigger box full of styrofoam packing. the only prob was none of the eggs were fertile and a few started leacking after 4 days in the bator. wrote buyer and they said theyed send me more but id have to pay for the new ones. other box was packed same way, had alot of detached air cells. out of 15 eggs two hatched. soo the buyer did there best with these. soo u never now what ur going to get when buying shipping eggs. its always a gamble. but im not ganna buy any again. spent to much money to get only a few live chicks

 

[Melissa Rose]

When I purchase eggs from an auction I do it knowing I might not get any or I might have a good hatch. Any hatch is a good hatch though in my opinion. If you are able to get one or two chicklets of a high quality breed then it is way better than buying an inferior mass marketed breed. I must say though that I have purchased from Ebay and from here. The eggs I purchase through the auctions here have a huge better hatch rate than the ebay eggs. The one batch that did do good from ebay turned out to be from Nellie - Rockinpaints and she sells here too

 

[gryeyes]

I consider a shipped eggs hatch a good one if I get one surviving chick. It's a GREAT hatch if any more of 'em hatch!

Sure I spent money on 'em, but I've also spent more money, collectively, on crap snacks and gobbled 'em down with nothing to show but an expanding waistline. New fuzzy chicks of breeds I don't have? And they came to life in one of my incubators??!?!? Wow, that's a rush.

It's all good. I have never complained about bad hatches, because they're all good in MY opinion.

 

[silky ma]

I get all my silky eggs from EBAY! I only buy from sellers who have a good rating. I did oe year get eggs from a new seller and recieved
a mite infestation for the try. The eggs however hatched and the chicks were beautiful! I now dust new eggs with DE while they sit overnite.
You need to check with whom the seller is delivering thru. UPS is atrocious! ALL packages take a 5 foot drop off the conveyor belt system!