The Great Egg Shipping Experiment!

[ronott1]

So here are my first shipped eggs!







So now my question.... What can I use to clean these very dirty eggs?! Do you think I should even bother setting them in the incubator with them having arrived so dirty?

There was one damaged one that got goo on the one next to it (In this last pic they are in the separate carton) Out of the rest, I would say two are clean.....

Don't wash them. wipe them off gently with a dry wash rag or clean brush. Washing often messes them up for hatching.

Rinse off the one with egg goo with 80 degree water and gently dry it off. Candle the eggs and look for cracks. If you find cracks you can seal them up with cantle wax. Watch them for seeping and rotting.

Happy Hatching!

 

[tommysgirl]

Hey Wisher...That last set of pics from Loghousemom made me think...Do you think it would be OK if we made a list of recommended egg shippers? We wouldn't give negatives but we would say who was GOOD! That way we could get an idea before ordering shipped eggs. If you want me to, I will start...If you don't then feel free to pass on the whole idea. Again I don't want to bag on anyone but it would be nice to know who shipped what and well

ex: Chooks Chick shipped an assortment of pure/project eggs beautifully from KS to CA 100% intact

BethBug sent Dorking eggs from AR to CA also packed beautifully 100% intact

 

[MeanV2]

Hey Wisher...That last set of pics from Loghousemom made me think...Do you think it would be OK if we made a list of recommended egg shippers? We wouldn't give negatives but we would say who was GOOD! That way we could get an idea before ordering shipped eggs. If you want me to, I will start...If you don't then feel free to pass on the whole idea. Again I don't want to bag on anyone but it would be nice to know who shipped what and well

ex: Chooks Chick shipped an assortment of pure/project eggs beautifully from KS to CA 100% intact

BethBug sent Dorking eggs from AR to CA also packed beautifully 100% intact

I like that idea! Loghousemom I'd like to know where you got those eggs. I'd prefer to avoid them. PM me if you are not comfortable posting.

Dan

 

[Loghousemom]

I like the idea of the feedback here, though if you are buying eggs from people here on BYC the sellers should have a feedback part on their profile.

This particular seller does, and all but one was good. It could just be a fluke being that it is a muddy time of year that these particular eggs were so dirty (It really does look like poo and not mud though) .... They did send extras, and so I did get what I paid for which is 12 eggs. I will do as recommended, wipe them off and set them and see what happens.

The box showed no signs of damage and seemed pretty well packed, but maybe it was dropped from the side.... the broken egg was a corner one. (Having them in a box inside the box may have helped.) There was no damage on the outside of box.

Bonus is that I was not expecting them until next week so they were shipped out early!

 

[ronott1]

I like the idea of the feedback here, though if you are buying eggs from people here on BYC the sellers should have a feedback part on their profile.

This particular seller does, and all but one was good. It could just be a fluke being that it is a muddy time of year that these particular eggs were so dirty (It really does look like poo and not mud though) .... They did send extras, and so I did get what I paid for which is 12 eggs. I will do as recommended, wipe them off and set them and see what happens.

The box showed no signs of damage and seemed pretty well packed, but maybe it was dropped from the side.... the broken egg was a corner one. (Having them in a box inside the box may have helped.) There was no damage on the outside of box.

Bonus is that I was not expecting them until next week so they were shipped out early!

Were the egg packed in egg cartons? I could not really tell from the picture.

 

[Loghousemom]

Were the egg packed in egg cartons? I could not really tell from the picture.

No. i put them in the cartons as I unwrapped them.

There were cartons in the top and bottom. then a few layers (3 or 4) of bubble wrap with the eggs in the middle. They were individually wrapped with bubble wrap and placed big end up, then packed all around with paper shred. then a few more layers of bubble wrap and another layer of cartons. There was also a layer of bubble wrap around the inside edges of the box (I think 4 layers thick.) Try to picture the bubble wrap put in first around the edges then filled up with the cartons and other stuff. If needed I can try getting a better picture of that part.

I have more eggs coming next week, so it will be interesting to see what happens.

 

[ronott1]

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They sound like they were packed fine but would have benefited from double boxing.

Thank you for sharing the packing method!

 

[tommysgirl]

I like the idea of the feedback here, though if you are buying eggs from people here on BYC the sellers should have a feedback part on their profile.

You are so right about that. It would be great if all buyers left feedback. BethBug only had one other than mine and it was not really recent. I imagine she has sold to more people than two. I don't know I just thought that this being a smaller forum that we could share our happy stories and not have to wade through all the other sellers to find what we may want.

I wonder if your egg shipper has a bunch of rebellious hens, bent on laying their eggs where they can get the dirtiest

Did I tell you all that:
-I am feeble at candling and only know for sure that 5 of Beth Bug's dorking embryos are dancing about in their eggs because they are white
-I have 5 other clearly moving heart beating babies in the bator. Totally unsure about the remaining 19 giving them until they stink to decide what to do because that's what I learned from Super Chemical Girl here on this thread.

 

[Loghousemom]

Yeah. She told me that she was running low on eggs this week, plus her father was having a fairly major surgery so I expect it was several factors that contributed... I am not at all upset. I ordered 12 eggs, and have 13 I will wipe down and set. We will see what happens.

She has been very easy to deal with, and even managed to ship out the eggs a few days early. (Was not expecting them until next week.). Next time I order eggs I will just ask if they have problems with dirty eggs. I know sometimes when the weather gets muddy here, my chickens go into revolt mode and make a mess of everything!

If you all are interested I will post her name, but like I said, I am not upset. Plus I only paid 20$ and that included the shipping!

 

[Daisy9696]

Is she from Florida?