Shipping Eggs

[chiknhurder]

What is the best way to package and ship fertile eggs? I'll be sending them from Kansas City to Houston.

 

[JDchicks]

There is a article in the Learning Center, that offers detailed steps to shipping eggs...https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-garry-farm-how-our-eggs-are-wrapped-packed-and-shipped

 

[chiknhurder]

Thank you JDchicks. I appreciate the help. The how to was exactly what I was looking for.

 

[Farmer Viola]

The one thing I see wrong in that link is that they have laid the eggs on their sides in the box. They should be sent upright instead.

Here is a letter created by BYC member ozexpat to egg shippers on how to package:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/424

 

[kizanne]

I agree upright and small end down so that they can be set into the incubator with the best air cell and membranes possible. I still let them settle 12 hours after shipping before incubating. I have fairly good hatch rates with shipped eggs even though I only count on 50% when ordering.

 

[chiknhurder]

I didn't notice that they were lying on their sides but I wouldn't have shipped them that way anyway. Makes sense to me that if you're supposed to store them large end up then they would probably need to be shipped that way as well since the shipping container is basically a temporary storage container. Thank both of you anyway.

I was unable to open your attachment, Viola.

 

[chiknhurder]

Double post for some reason.