shipping eggs damage small/banty eggs vs standard eggs

[gocrow77]

Has anyone else noticed that the smaller banty eggs have a bigger tendancy to crack, leak, break, or be smooshed during shipping? I have recently gotten some shipped eggs from a few different sellers. All were packaged great in bubble wrap. One was even bubble wrapped and then packed in a whole nother box inside the box. My standard eggs were in great shape - not a single one damaged. But, the banty eggs I ordered suffered even with extremely good packaging A couple were cracked - bad enough to be leaking and unusable - and a few were smooshed. NOT the sellers fault at all. I knew I was taking a risk with shipping eggs through the USPS; it just seems like the smaller eggs have a harder time with shipping. More air cells detached and bubbles through the eggs etc as well. With the great packaging only a few were dislodged on my standard eggs. Anyone else notice this with their shipped eggs - or is it just me???

 

[Goose and Fig]

Yes- I'd like to know too. Just about to ship banty eggs out for an egg swap. Mine have super hard shells, and packing them in 6" foam- hope they'll be ok!

 

[roche477]

I think it all depends on how the package is handled. I have silkie eggs that didn't develop at all, none cracked, but the eggs didn't look right when I candled them after delivery. Also had banty eggs that were fine and all hatched.

 

[klf73]

I have had more LF eggs show up cracked, smooshed, trashed than the banty eggs. I have had better luck with the smaller eggs

 

[waibel zoo]

I've had eggs come from the same state and one shipment had lots of loose air cell but no breakage. The other no loose air cells but one had a crack. I've also had whole shipments that were scrambled, and others perfect. I think it depends on 3 things: age of eggs at ship time(huge one, older eggs damage easier), the distance it has to travel, and packing. The best way I have received eggs was each bubble wrapped individually, and set in a box of peanuts and enough peanuts that they don't move.

 

[chickenlittle32]

I recently got my shipped eggs and I had 2 standard eggs broken and all bantam eggs were ok. All wrapped in bubble wrap and surrounded with newspaper...

 

[Silverduck]

I only had 1 banty hatch out of 16 shipped eggs (about 350 miles) one was cracked, the rest looked as if they were scrambled. I put 5 of my banty eggs in with the shipped eggs and they all hatched. I think they are treated rough by the USPS.

 

[shelleyd2008]

I get more reports of my LF eggs being damaged upon arrival than I do from my bantam eggs. I can't remember when the last time was that someone told me some bantam eggs arrived broken? Most people that have gotten bantam cochins from me have gotten 80% or better hatches from them