Shipping eggs question

[CrazyChickenLady200]

Hello, I am intending to purchase hatching eggs from a hatchery/farm. My question is, is it better to ship eggs by air rather than post/mail or do they both cause just as much negative effect on the eggs? What are the usual hatch rates from either option? The air shipping would be from west jet and the post would be canada post. Thanks

 

[R2elk]

Hello, I am intending to purchase hatching eggs from a hatchery/farm. My question is, is it better to ship eggs by air rather than post/mail or do they both cause just as much negative effect on the eggs? What are the usual hatch rates from either option? The air shipping would be from west jet and the post would be canada post. Thanks

If the eggs are in a pressurized plane they will probably do better than by ground. Shipping by post/mail does not guarantee that they are not shipped by air.

Shipping them in a non-pressurized cargo area of a plane can destroy the eggs when they get up to altitude.