The Great Egg Shipping Experiment!

[Wisher1000]

I had 13 BA eggs shipped from AZ Monday by USPS Express, guaranteed 2 day delivery. They arrived this morning at 8:30am, 2 days late, but I did get my $53.50 shipping cost refunded. They were packed in a Medi-shipper, bubble wrap in bottom & on top. The Medi-shipper was full of saw dust around all of the eggs. They had obviously taken some hard hits from the condition of the Medi-Shipper.

2 eggs were cracked and leaking. I candled the remaining 11, 2 really had some funky looking aircells, but the other 9 looking surprisingly good. They are currently setting on the counter top, big end up settling and letting the temp stabilize. I am planning on putting them in the incubator in a few hours. Gonna leave the turner off for a couple of days.

Hoping for the best and will be satisfied with anything!

Dan

Keep us posted!

 

[jsdeslidingh]

Ok! We r at day 16 with shipped eggs from @Wisher1000 and @ladycat and also some blue copper and splash marans I ran across as well as a few more EEs....when should I stop turning and begin lockdown? What humidity should i have? And should I put my shipped eggs in bottomless cartons to hatch?

 

[Wisher1000]

Ok! We r at day 16 with shipped eggs from @Wisher1000 and @ladycat and also some blue copper and splash marans I ran across as well as a few more EEs....when should I stop turning and begin lockdown? What humidity should i have? And should I put my shipped eggs in bottomless cartons to hatch?

day 18 or 19
25% - 35% now
55% - 75% at day 19
I would and do hatch in cartons

 

[jsdeslidingh]

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[Wisher1000]

Have you candled?

 

[ladycat]

Ok! We r at day 16 with shipped eggs from @Wisher1000 and @ladycat and also some blue copper and splash marans I ran across as well as a few more EEs....when should I stop turning and begin lockdown? What humidity should i have? And should I put my shipped eggs in bottomless cartons to hatch?

Good luck with the ones I sent you. I don't think USPS was kind to them.

 

[jsdeslidingh]

I candled on day 11 or 12, and remarked the air cells, there's pics on this thread. My light is too weak to see much more than the air cells in those dark eggs, but I did find two duds in some of the EEs I set from a neighbor. All yours were developing as far as I could tell, and @ladycat yours were developing also. So I am very hopeful for this hatch. I let them settle for about 12 hours(to get to room temp). I set them in the bator, first in open holed cartons for 3 days(tilting one end after the other with a small stone. then I got uptight and put them in the turner. The humidity ran a little high the first couple of days (hovering around 45-50) then it's been kept pretty steady at around 30-35 and the temp has been extremely steady at 99.6-99.7 up until now...fingers crossed.

 

[Wisher1000]

It sounds like you are doing great! I can't wait to see your babies!

 

[Alaskan]

Ok..... This is how I got my unbroken leghorn eggs, but this is a bad way to ship eggs, right?

I thought from reading this thread that......
supposedly the all time best packaging method is: Double boxed with some kind of packaging between the two boxes (packing peanuts or bubble wrap) with eggs from that morning (the smaller the air cell the less likely that it will break loose). Use either foam or bubble wrap or tissue/paper towel then bubble wrap or foam pipe insulation to wrap eggs individually, but leaving the egg tops free so that they can breathe (so do not encase each egg completely in plastic). Put in one layer of eggs, all pointed end down, then a layer of foam or bubble wrap then the next layer of eggs. Make sure, using tape or packaging that eggs can not wiggle and bump against each other. When addressing the box put ALL wording on the top only, only things on the sides should be up arrows (wanna help encourage the postal workers to keep it upright). Also, depending on where you are sending it to, if there is a risk of the box being set on a doorstep in rain or snow or 100 F heat, write HOLD FOR PICK UP, with a number on the side.

 

[ladycat]

All yours were developing as far as I could tell, and @ladycat yours were developing also. So I am very hopeful for this hatch.

I am so happy to hear that! Crossing my fingers that you will get a good hatch!