Shipping hatching eggs

haha, funny
Mine is the exact opposite, if they DONT have a label on them, they are always scrambled here, as they will run the gauntlet for sure that way. I will no longer buy from anyone either that doesnt use a fragile label, blew tons of money that way. I too buy expensive eggs($300 per dozen a lot of times) , so not to label them is crazy to me.
The disgruntled postman bashing eggs cause it says eggs on it is a myth. If they are labeled fragile and postal worker gets caught abusing the package out of spite, they will loose that $20 an hour job they have.
The trick is to put LIVE on it, they respect that way more. Outside of that, damage will happen , now way around it, but the labeling has nothing to do with it, just bad luck and coincidence. Most all are only touched by people any more when they are handed over to the P.O. and when they are handed to the recipient. Aside from that, it is mostly all automated anymore and on conveyor belts, so the human aspect is taken out. By labeling the FRAGILE, they are supposed to remove them from the belt and handle with care, some do some dont.

Some places have horrible hubs they go threw, for me, anything coming from Texas will be scrambled once it gets here, other places, everything survives.

Basically pack them so they cant move in any way shape or form, cant touch other eggs to crack against, and hope for the best.
 
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I just checked out eggcartons.com and they're expensive!

as long as you buy a few, this site's worth it...
http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/egg-cartons-and-trays.html

I dunno. I bought 50 "mis print" paper cartons for $14.95. Seemed like a deal to me. That's .299 cents a carton.
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I have shipped several batches - but have one customer who says her eggs (after setting them) oozed something yellow and had bubbles coming off the eggs??? I have had SEVERAL successful hatches as have others with the same birds, I am just concerned this may be a shipping issue and was wondering if there is something I should be doing differently?

I packed the eggs like this:

Wrapped the egg in tissue Paper - then individually wrapped them in Bubble Wrap, packed the box so there was no movement and marked them fragile. I sent them UPS ground, which according to the post master should have had them to their location within 2 - 3 days? Any thoughts?
 
those are rotten eggs. nothing to do with shipping, if an eggs starts oozing during incubation it is just old and rotten no shipping damage will cause that.

How did you get UPS to take them, they or FEDEX refuse anything like that here, the USPS is the only carrier that will except them
 
it was hidden in the pen or something and was older than 5 days when shipped. It happens, nothing intentional of course, but rotten plain and simple is the ONLY reason an egg will bubble threw the shell.
How do you candle and confirm fertility of an un set egg before shipping? They should have all been fresh and unset (not incubated) before being shipped right?
If they were incubated then you have a hole other set of problems, not quite following you there.
mean nothing personal about it, hens hide eggs on us from time to time, but that is the only way they will come threw the shell in a bubbeling type manner, rotten.Been doing this for 27 years now, seen it a million times
 

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