Shipping Eggs

[EC]

I am interested in shipping hatching eggs, how would I do it?

 

[paddock36]

I'm guessing that you are asking about how to pack them? I wrap each egg in bubble wrap. Then place them in the egg carton with the big end up. I place the egg carton in a shipping box, usually a flat rate box from the post office, which I have padded with newspaper. I continue to pad the box with torn newspaper completely around the carton. Then seal the box closed. I mark the box "fragile eggs". I have only shipped two boxes of eggs but they both got to their destination safely.

 

[chickie_mama]

EC,
If you'd like to ship guinea eggs to me, I'd love to test your "packaging skills"!

 

[EC]

Is there any special paperwork, or anything like it?

chickie_mama, maybe.

paddock36, what flat rate box do you use?

 

[paddock36]

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When I shipped the first time I used a priorty shipping box that you get free from the post office. I shipped 7 Serama eggs and it cost just under $6.00. The second time I used a Flat Rate box from the post office and it was about $10.00 which I also got from the post office. If you want shipping confirmation or insurance then you pay a little extra at the post office but there was no special or extra paperwork required.

 

[EC]

Cool. For the flat rate box, how big was it?

 

[shelleyd2008]

There 4 different sizes of flat-rate boxes. There are small (1), medium (2), and large. Don't even bother with the 'small' or 'medium' flat rate boxes, they are basically worthless, I don't know what anyone would use them for! **Clarification: there are 2 medium boxes, one of them has a dimension of 3 or 4 inches on one side. Not good for shipping eggs, not enough room.**

I use the #4 or the #7 boxes, both available from the usps site for free. The #4 box is 7x7x6, and is great for a small amount of eggs. the #7 is 12x12x8, so it holds a lot. I used the #7 just the other day to ship 100 quail eggs to Alabama from Kentucky, it cost about $7 for the shipping. I can fit probably 4 dozen LF chicken eggs in the #7 box.

The #4 is good for 6-10 LF chicken eggs, 8-12 bantam eggs, or 20-30 quail eggs. The shipping is based on how much they weigh, and where they are going. Anything weighing less than 1 pound, going anywhere in the continental US is about $5 for shipping. That's the same price as the small flatrate box. I sent a package today in the #4 box that is going all the way to Oregon. The package weighed 2 pounds and was also about $5 for the shipping.

I hardly ever use the flatrate boxes. The only times they would save my customers on shipping is when the boxes themselves are too small to hold everything. The #7 box is much more roomy, even more than the large flat rate box. I believe the size of the large flat rate one is 12x12x5 or so, where the #7 is 12x12x8.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[chickie_mama]

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