oops I just answered you in the message... I am not supposed to answer my messages but point out to post openly as to help others.. But I always help anyways.... bad girl I am!
Thanks! From TN to UT... not a big hop, but the ones to CA did well too...
I just got word that a doz eggs I shipped got received without any breaks, cracks or air cell damage at all!
Interesting stuff. When you get a minute I have a question regarding weighing vs monitoring air cells. I monitor air cells in order to know how to adjust my humidity and have awesome results with my hatches (all local eggs-no shipped). I have never weighed and have no intrest in weighing. However, we have had a couple people on here try to weigh and monitor air cells for the same incubation only to find that their air cells had good, progression and were where they "needed" to be (according to the egg graphs/pictorials) but the weighing would reveal either not enough weight loss or too much. Do you consider weighing a more adequate measure of monitoring? I've seen a couple articles (outside of BYC) that dissed the air cell monitoring as not being an accurate source of moisture loss monitoring. Personally, I find it the easiest method and for me it works great so I'm not about to change, but I thought your thoughts might help others that are weighing and finding discrepancies with weight vs what they are seeing with air cells.Yes definitely some are worse than others, Airtravel, packing, and so many things...
HOWEVER.... I will always believe that its the person who sends the eggs fault and the AGE/health of the laying hens (which in turn is the sellers fault too)....
OMG DID I JUST SAY THAT!!! Now I am starting trouble again...... AGAIN....I will get into actual packing and shipping at some other time...
We did a test here, and you may want to try it as well so you understand how tough an egg REALLY IS!
we shook 5 eggs that were just laid (lets call it day one fresh out of the hens kisser)
we shook 5 eggs two days old
we shook 5 eggs, 3,4,5,6,and 7 days old..... (all hens at 12 months old)
What happened or DIDNT happen would surprise many...
Now we all should know that during egg storage, the physical/chemical changes of the yolk and albumen are affected and PH increases each day which leads to weakness of the membrane etc.
With this in mind, days 1-4 eggs are VERY VERY VERY VERY HARD TO SHAKE THE AIR CELL LOOSE. And I am talking arm weakening attempts. (my kids couldnt even shake them loose!)
So after doing this little testing you too will realize that FRESH EGGS from a good healthy laying hen is the FIRST important part of shipping an egg......
I have posted many times about shaking an egg... not sure anyone ever did it and come back to chat with me!
Gotta run kiddos say its pool time on their day off!
I rarely even candle, but I can answer that question. Tracking air cells is your perception of what you see compared to a chart that has been drawn. Weighing eggs is more "accurate" because you are using known numbers that can be measured to achieve an ideal percentage of weight loss. I can't give an opinion on which has better results, because I don't do either one
Interesting stuff. When you get a minute I have a question regarding weighing vs monitoring air cells. I monitor air cells in order to know how to adjust my humidity and have awesome results with my hatches (all local eggs-no shipped). I have never weighed and have no intrest in weighing. However, we have had a couple people on here try to weigh and monitor air cells for the same incubation only to find that their air cells had good, progression and were where they "needed" to be (according to the egg graphs/pictorials) but the weighing would reveal either not enough weight loss or too much. Do you consider weighing a more adequate measure of monitoring? I've seen a couple articles (outside of BYC) that dissed the air cell monitoring as not being an accurate source of moisture loss monitoring. Personally, I find it the easiest method and for me it works great so I'm not about to change, but I thought your thoughts might help others that are weighing and finding discrepancies with weight vs what they are seeing with air cells.
