Shipped eggs did not fare so well, very sad about this..

[onthespot]

Just wanted to speak up for wrapping in news paper... I use one whole sheet for larger eggs, a half sheet for silkie or bantam eggs and they get there fine. I have only ever had a small handful of people mention one or two eggs breaking with that method. The rest of the air space I just pack firmly with wads of newspaper and it seems to work fine. Better than fine.

 

[greyhorsewoman]

Send the seller pictures of the results from the bad packing job. That's what I did when this mess arrived. Although the seller refunded my money he claimed to have shipped thousands of eggs in this manner, without breakage.

I really get annoyed with this excuse. It is absolutely possible, but no matter, sometimes things happen. As a seller, you have be be prepared that sometimes things will happen and you need to be prepared to take responsibility and make it right. Especially when someone deals with a 'product' as volatile as eggs ! The buyer is NOT be responsible and it is not acceptable to blame the carrier and let the buyer hang.​

 

[duckluck]

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I've never gotten shipped eggs but I'm getting red-hot mad over here reading this. They've done you wrong from everything I have ever read about shipping eggs...take them to task!

 

[LaSombra]

my kids' school does an "egg drop" every spring. The kids have to put an egg in some kind of container that will hopefully protect it. Then, the principal drops the container from the roof of the school. If the egg survives, you're a winner. If not, it went splat. I've seen the ones wrapped in paper towels, toilet paper, newspaper, etc. They pretty much never make it. Bubble wrap isn't allowed as it's too sure. I'd say that if you want to be sure an egg survives, wrap in bubble wrap

My kids have found that popped popcorn works really well to protect it also. I'd guess that's comparable to packing peanuts...

 

[EweSheep]

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It would be nice to pack some eggs for our purpose LOL!

Popped popcorn???? That is a novelty!

 

[AHappychick]

sorry about your eggs. I have found that the best method no matter what your technique is on the inside is to reinforce the box with a second layer of cardboard. It is time consuming but worth it in my opinion as it is VERY hard to damage the box that way then as long as things are packed tight inside and don't move around they are fine. I use a spray glue to make the job go easier and use extra cardboard that I would normally recycle to do the extra layer. Since the tape and boxes are free from the PO the cost is minimal.

 

[LaSombra]

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It would be nice to pack some eggs for our purpose LOL!

Popped popcorn???? That is a novelty!

One year, my son cut a cake in half and made a space for an egg and put it between the layers. That egg was indestructable!

 

[ZooMummzy]

I'm a little late chiming in, but I have 30 eggs hopefully hatching (all but one are developing) on Wednesday that all came with broken or loose air sacs and they were packed really well in bubble wrap, newspaper, etc. I think the shipping is just really hard on them. I know I will not be buying eggs through the mail anymore, but I'm hopeful this last batch will at least produce a few babies.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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That's unfortunate, I'm sorry. I've read here that with loose air sacs, you should hatch them in an egg carton. (so the air sac is on the big end of the egg)

I have received eggs packaged extremely well, although I did not expect a 100% hatch rate. (it was my first time hatching) Out of 12 eggs I started with: 2 blood rings, 3 undeveloped, 7 made it to lock down and 5 hatched. The 2 that died fully formed in their shell was probably my fault. I ended up having to open the incubator to care for a chick that tore itself while hatching. (I couldn't sit there and watch the others peck at it) I didn't expect him to make it, but he did and he's now 10 weeks old.

 

[PandoraTaylor]

I will be setting eggs in the incubator later today or in the morning~!