Incubating Eggs before Shipping

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Great articles.
Another common complaint is receiving eggs with a separated air pocket. Would shipping chilled eggs, using a cool pack, help prevent air pocket separation? I believe the size of the shipping box is important as well. The larger the box the less apt it will be tossed when shippers are packing pallets or shipping containers. The light weight of the box also makes for easy tossing especially if the box is not marked fragile, hatching eggs or something that will cause someone to look and handle more carefully.

Before someone starts a rant about the USPS, most if not all shipping is sub-contracted to FedEx or another carrier whose contract is based on moving mail quickly.
 
The best thing I've found to combat loose air cells is to ship fresh eggs. The longer the egg sits after its laid the bigger the air cell. The bigger air cells seem to 'break' easier than the smaller ones.
 
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True but I've read many egg offers where sellers describe they were collecting eggs from what sounds like one or two hens. As you know some of the rare breeds are not daily layers so would keeping the eggs chilled keep the egg contents in a more viscous state and less susceptible to air pocket separation?
 
Hey now that's not true, this is my first year selling eggs and I asked everyone to please let me how their hatches go :) I'm hoping it will be good.
Would be nice to hear from someone in the original discussion to see if they did it and if it worked :)
 

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