Shipping Eggs with Poly-foam

[NateinFL]

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Do you know by chance if it was because of the bad air cells? I agree that bubblewrapping is the best way to go. For the most part, I have had very good success using that method...One of the first shipments I did was from FL to CA in individual bubble wraps and they ALL developed.

 

[Nimby Chickens]

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Seems we both got polyfoam from the same seller and it was great! I did not realize all polyfoam was not created equal. The polyfoam in the first pic looks like a lot of eggs in a smaller area. The ones I got were much deeper and well-spaced (like you could fit an egg in the spaces between each egg.)

I'm for the RIGHT kinda foam. :3

http://cgi.ebay.com/20-Polyfoam-shi...062?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0bb2c1de

 

[BayouPoules]

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Seems we both got polyfoam from the same seller and it was great! I did not realize all polyfoam was not created equal. The polyfoam in the first pic looks like a lot of eggs in a smaller area. The ones I got were much deeper and well-spaced (like you could fit an egg in the spaces between each egg.)

I'm for the RIGHT kinda foam. :3

http://cgi.ebay.com/20-Polyfoam-shi...062?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0bb2c1de

agreed,. it was much deeper and wider spaced than what is pictured here ,..and the eggs I got from Angie were large eggs and they were still deep in the foam with plugs of foam covering them. Good Bubble wrapping with good packaging has always been the best way to go,. I'm not against it in any way,. I just think the foam I had was equal to or better than bubble wrap. I also like that it was cut to fit in the box so well there was NO room for it to move or slide around.
DD thought they were awesome,..she used them to pack away our antique glass snowmen ornaments!!

 

[dsqard]

I haven't read all of the responses but I have to say that I received six turkey eggs in the poly foam and they arrived in excellent condition and all six hatched. I don't know if it was because the PO just happened to not shake the crap out of that box or not but I like the poly foam mainly because it is so much easier to get the eggs out of the packaging. I do have to say I have received shipped eggs wonderfully wrapped in bubble wrap as well. I did notice one difference between how my eggs arrived and how Misssc's eggs arrived in the poly foam. My turkey eggs had foam "plugs" on either side to hold the eggs in place. This might be the case for Misssc as well but if not, ask the seller if they use the "plugs"

 

[NateinFL]

Thanks for the input, I went ahead and ordered another set, only being charged the shipping and poly-foam costs. I'll be sure to follow up when they arrive

 

[hencackle]

I just received a box of eggs shipped in Poly-foam today. None were broken or cracked. I was surprised to see that the box wasn't really that deep, yet each egg was intact. The eggs were hard to remove from the holes, but that's ok, I know they weren't rolling around and hitting each other inside the box.

 

[NateinFL]

Good to hear, makes me feel even better now for ordering my 2nd shipment

 

[Arielle]

I worked at a catalog company some years ago, and how a fragile item is packed is everything. It not just what you use to pack, but also how it is packed.

Clearly, the postal service has a zillion packages a day to ship and in a timely manner. We all want our packages tomorrow or the next day. That means fast handling of boxes, and boxes can be handled in a rough manner. I've dropped a few boxes when packing the truck, too. (Yes, I loaded the trucks too, when short handed!)

Use a large box, enough to allow 6 or more inches of packing material and newspaper is the best for most uses. Peanuts can allow the inner item to shift and get to close to a side, where it might get damaged if the box takes a hard blow in the same area. Pack the small items individually, and pack in a smaller container; put that container in the large box on top of 6 inches of crumpled news paper, fill keeping 6 inches of newspaper on all sides.

The nature of eggs is that is has an air cell; tossing and throwing boxes can still damage that even if the egg shells are not damaged. A 50% hatch rate for shipped eggs is GOOD!

P.S. Read of someone using the chick boxes to ship eggs and hoped they would get a little TLC.

 

[NateinFL]

I'll be sure to let you know how it goes this time around

 

[NateinFL]

It told those interested in this discussion that I would report results of the dozen eggs being shipped to me with Poly foam that I hesitatingly paid extra for. Same BAD result: 1 chick hatched. Upon receiving them many looked to be in better shape but still I had the floppy insides on about half. Only 2 even started! I don't want to second guess the seller on ebay as they told me they ship 10,000 dozen eggs or something like that a year after I had requested BUBBLE WRAP.

Might even come down to improper nutrition or older birds being used for the egg production.

"better luck next time"