Large Fowl only crazy egg chain

[FarmrGirl]

Some of you are seeing this same post from the other swap thread, but I bet some of you don't know about the other swap threads

Hey guys... I don't know if you've ever come across this thread before: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=421735

First of all, this foam is totally awesome, I make something similar here at home for my shipping eggs but I got a swap last week that were packed in fowlrus foam and it was pretty cool. But the real reason I repost it here is that I learned something very important today after reading it myself. I actually had a "doh!" moment because it's total common sense! LOL!

"The eggs stand upright in shipping, so the air cell is at the top- this keeps it from forcing the membrane away from the side of the shell (air rises) as the egg will not bounce along on its side in shipping, which is often a problem. If eggs remain big-end-up, much damage from jarring can be avoided."

I can't believe I never thought about which end of the egg I put pointing up. I mean, just out of habit I'm sure I pack them in the foam with the fat end up because that's the way I store them in the egg trays and the end I write the date on. But from now on I'll really pay attention to "this end up" on the eggs I'm packing!

Just wanted to share - for the sake of our hatch rates. Now back to your regularly scheduled program...

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[dak]

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Most egg sellers are aware of this. Out of maybe thirty shipments, I have only received one batch with eggs upside down. Unfortunately, I still have MANY with ruptured air sacs.

 

[shellyga]

one of my friends said for me to mark FRAGILE on the box.. and BREAKABLE.. but nothing about eggs.. figure some postal workers might hate chickens

Shelly

 

[jnkir7]

i went through a period where every box was either broken eggs or detached air cells, lately the last ten or so have arrived perfect no detached air cells, hatched great, i may have just jinxed my self . janie

 

[corancher]

I have some of fowlrus foam also. They are super easy to pack but the reports I am getting back on hatching results are about the same as putting the eggs in bubble wrap. Just remember when the packages are going down the sorting facilities conveyor belts they can be tumbled about and then dumped into a big cart. The boxes can end up for quite awhile on the side or upside down. I just visited the main sorting facility in Colorado Springs and there was lots of machines and only a few people.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got a package today that looked like somebody sat on it. But the eggs did not break. Hooray for bubble wrap! I was wondering if you could use that foaming crack sealer stuff to pad boxes. It is fairly cheap and light weight. Has anyone tried it?

 

[jrobertson]

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I received eggs from someone on this chain in a box that looked like usps had dropped it from a plane onto my door step.

But, upon further examining, I was not the first person who received eggs in that particular box. So the rough handling could have been from the first trip across the us. I'll never know. Anyway, the box had one of 6 eggs broken and it looked like a hairline crack that the shipper didnt notice. Personally, if I ship eggs, I try to send a new box. I hang onto the old ones for sorting chicks and such. If usps will supply them, why not use new ones. JMO

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well, if your po has the boxes available, i agree , use new ones. But around here they almost never have boxes unless they are the flat rate ones that cost more to ship. I know you can go online and order boxes, I guess I need to go there.

 

[CapricornFarm]

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[ultasol]

unless the box is damaged I will reuse it. If it has damages or dents I don't. Waste not, want not.