Keeping eggs cool during shipping?? Need Tips

[DutchChic]

Thank you WalkingWolf. I ship and receive year round without any problems. I'm just trying to ease buyer's minds regarding shipping in the heat. I so agree about the size of the box, too. I have received eggs this year in the little box, and most of those eggs have been scrambled. I have since given all of my little boxes back to the PO, and use only the 12x12x8.

 

[kelliepulido]

I have recieved 2 or 3 batches of eggs in the little box and they have been fine.I do agree that the more stuff you fill the box with to cushion the bumps is probabley better for the eggs.

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

Yes, Dutchchic is my seller LOL She is trying to ease my mind.

Hopefully they are going to be OK. I really want them to hatch

 

[katrinag]

I use to ship live coral. We would line the boxes in pink house insulation( the board stuff) and add a Uline icepack wrapped in newspapper. I always had the best of luck when the ice pack was in the middle of the box.
Vise a vera when it was cold, pink insulation lining the box,but we would tape a 24 hr heat pack to the top inside of the pink insulation I know shipping coral is different then eggs, but it would on the same level.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I am going to use the ice packs, I have a few orders of quail eggs yet to go out, and it has been very hot here lately!! Other than that, I don't know. If the eggs were left in the hot sun, it would affect them no matter how well they are wrapped.

 

[IggiMom]

I get medicine (Humira) for my rheumatoid arthritis in the mail. It is packed with an ice pack. It does not freeze the med, but keeps it cold.

It comes in a nice styrofoam package, too.

I am planning to keep these to send eggs in next year, as I expect to have some to sent out!

Catherine

 

[WalkingWolf]

Depending on the distance the eggs travel they are either in a truck or plane or both. Packages delivered to the PO will be moved by truck that night to the main hub or the airport. Cargo holds are not hot no matter what time of year. Most times the package will arrive at the main hub during the evening for sorting, they will be in air conditioning. From there usually still night time they reach your local PO for sorting, and delivery. About the only time they will encounter the heat is in the carriers vehicle if he is in the city and walks a route. If he is a rural carrier even if he does not have air conditioning he/she can not handle the kind of heat that the eggs can.

If you live in the city and have a carrier that walks a route then notify him/her that you would prefer to pick up your packages. The biggest problem I have had with rural carriers is their lack of care or attention in delivery. One carrier throws his packages in the back of his pick up. I have my packages held at the post office for pickup.

 

[roche477]

A lot of rural routes don't have traditional mail trucks. Our driver has an old chevy pickup as his delivery vehicle and all parcels go in the back so with it being 100 degrees here and the sun beating down on the bed of that truck guess how hot those eggs can get!

 

[JJMR794]

Quote:
PRO--- KEEPS THINGS COOL WITHOUT A WATERY MESS

CONS: MELTS INTO CARBON DIOXIDE--- A SUFFICANT (WILL SUFFOCATE THE EMBRYOS)

TOO COLD--- THE THERMAL EXTREEMES ON THIS STUFF IS CRAZY

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL-- MAY NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO POST OFFICE

SPACE/WEIGHT-- 1ST OF ALL ITS HEAVY FOR ITS SIZE SO POSTAGE WILL GO UP, 2ND, AS IT MELTS (ACTAULLY VAPORIZES) IT IS GOING TO LEAVE ALOT OF SLACK SPACE IN THE SHIPPING CONTAINER, SO THE EGGS WILL BE ABLE TO PING-PONG AROUND IN THE BOX BEFORE FINALLY REACHING THEIR DESTINATION--- DID I MEANTION ITS HEAVY? AS THE SLACK SPACE PERMITS THE DRY ICE WILL ALSO PING PONG AROUND IN THE BOX WITH THE EGGS--- PROLLY DO ALOT OF DAMAGE TO THEM

 

[JJMR794]

Also Some Of The Best Stuff For Insulating Or "r Factor" Is Obviously The Pink Insulation, Shredded Paper Works Nicely And Provides A Good Thermal Protection As Does Saw Dust Or Wood Shavings