Mailing hatching eggs- the secret?

[geareduplyn]

If you want eggs to arrive in good shape they must be packed properly. If they are valuable pay the extra bucks for Express Mail overnight. When I was young we used to ship and recieve hatching eggs in 30 dozen wooden crates. As I recall very few were broken, and most hatched.

 

[greathorse]

Geared how were they shipped and how far??

 

[pips&peeps]

My boxes have five fragile labels on them.

I always ship my eggs in an egg carton inside the box. I do not individually wrap all my eggs. I do surround each egg with a wax tissue paper which fills up the air space above the egg which prevents movement. I rarely have broken eggs on arrival.

It does use alot of space, but fertility has been pretty high.

Here are examples of my labels:

FRAGILE
UNBORN BABIES
AVOID HEAT, COLD AND SHAKING


and:

HATCHING EGGS
PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH US
AS WE WANT TO LIVE!!!

Of course there are some cute chick pictures on them too so they are very noticeable.

 

[chknbrdr]

I have shipped hatching eggs successfully with Priority Mail. The secret is spending the $1.50 or so and getting them insured for up to $50 value. The post office doesn't want to pay out that money and they will be more careful about breakage. You can still mark them as hatching eggs

Matt

 

[pips&peeps]

Eggs are not insurable as they are a perishable item.

 

[DawnSuiter]

pips&peeps :

Eggs are not insurable as they are a perishable item.

I was too told that they are not actually insurable becaue packaging is left to the discretion of the shipper and if it was packaged well enough is a matter of opinion. So I would be wasting my money on insurance.

I have chosen delivery confirmation only. at least it indicates someone is EXPECTING this package to arrive safely. Plus I am now using the shipping stickers in my signature.​

 

[chknbrdr]

I've been insuring hatching eggs for years, chicks are also perishable but they are insurable as well.
I've done it many times and actually collected on the chicks several times when the post office screwed up and some arrived dead
Matt

 

[DawnSuiter]

Well.. I asked, and my PO said it wasn't available for hatching eggs or fresh eating eggs.

Chicks I'm sure are a different story

 

[sara]

pips&peeps :

My boxes have five fragile labels on them.

I always ship my eggs in an egg carton inside the box. I do not individually wrap all my eggs. I do surround each egg with a wax tissue paper which fills up the air space above the egg which prevents movement. I rarely have broken eggs on arrival.

It does use alot of space, but fertility has been pretty high.

Here are examples of my labels:

FRAGILE
UNBORN BABIES
AVOID HEAT, COLD AND SHAKING


and:

HATCHING EGGS
PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH US
AS WE WANT TO LIVE!!!

Of course there are some cute chick pictures on them too so they are very noticeable.

I like your stickers, are they copyrighted? I've been thinking about trying shipping in an egg carton.​

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Quote:
That is correct, they NEVER cover eggs. And I have never heard of them covering live stuff either. The shipper will at times, but not the P.O.?
Maybe Dawn can fill us in better, but I know insurance is a waist. The only time I have heard of postal coverage is if they get lost for over 21 days. I know this because I had a $300 box of Gould's wild turkey eggs lost last year, they arrived insured on day 20! Got nothing but a smile and sorry!