Shipping eggs??

[Buck Creek Chickens]

you gotta watch the weight. if it get to heavy it does not work as good. , i've seen where the lightness the better, you need air for softness, padding

 

[hippichick]

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I've gotten eggs packaged that way also. They arrived all intact. Good packaging. The shavings were damp. She said it helped keep moisture in the eggs. This was an ebayer. Does anyone know if it does help to having the shavings damp?

I think the main thing is that the eggs should not be able to move around at all. Lots of packing material-newspaper, shredded paper-around the eggs after they are wrapped in bubble wrap or paper towels, anything to keep them from moving when the PO tosses the box around.

Paula

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

Not yet, I've been talking to sunny creek and I might be ale to get a 600 egg incubator/hatcher at a great price.

 

[WalkingWolf]

I prefer my eggs wrapped in crumpled newspaper, eggs need to breath it only makes sense that paper is more breathable than plastic. That aside the best packing job was from a gamefowl farm that shipped some expensive eggs, and they were wrapped in bubble wrap and I did have a very good hatch 6 out of 8. Each egg was wrapped twice in bubble wrap, then placed in a triangle box set of 3 to each the triangles were then wrapped together and completely surrounded by bubble wrap in the shipping container. Nobody so far has matched the car this farm put into these eggs.

 

[hippichick]

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Yes, I did, and I am absolutely loving it! I've got a hatch going right now, and it is keeping perfect temp and humidity. It's so easy with this bator. I think it's foolproof. I would definitely recommend it to anyone considering a cabinet incubator. Angie, your eggs go into the hatching tray tomorrow! I've got some of Tuffoldhens BBS Orps hatching right now-5 so far.

Paula

 

[Mrs MIA]

I roll each egg in a strip of bubblewrap. Then I wrap 9 eggs, 3 rows of 3, into a bundle of bubblewrap. Nestle that in crumpled newspaper to add a little give. Very few eggs broken that way. I've received eggs wrapped similarly, but then that box placed inside a larger box with packing peanuts or crumpled newspaper... that worked too.

There was a whole thread on this about 5 months ago...

I guess a search would pull it up.

 

[pamperedpoultry]

Thanks for the info and Ideas............

 

[chickNjake]

i have a question, where does everyone get their bubble wrap and how much does it cost?

I haven't been able to find it anywhere around here.

thanks!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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i bought mine off of ebay. its alot cheaper than in stores.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

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