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I would also be interested in how they were packaged.
[COLOR=800080]One box,the eggs were in bubble wrap but not in a egg carton,they were on their sides and news paper stuffed in around them.I think they would have faired better if they had been in a egg carton and more news paper to make it tighter.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=800000]My concern is that there is no "give" to individual eggs in an egg carton. In the batch I sent to Jess, there was a lone broken egg in the center of the cluster. What this says to me is that there was downward pressure on the center of the box causing that egg to be crushed from above. If it had been in an egg carton, would the top of the carton have distributed the force across a larger area, crushing more eggs? [/COLOR]
[COLOR=800000]I don't know, it's all speculation. If I had more eggs, and more money, I would send several boxes of eggs to the same destination, each packed differently to see which worked best. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=800000]So far in this experiment, I have determined that 1) This method, a modified Skyline (or Wisher Method ) works quite well and there is little room for improvement without substantial increase in shipping cost. 2) There appear to be more issues with the parent flock than with the perils of shipping. I have heard many, many people who have had terrible luck with shipped eggs and believe that it is a combination of rough shipping, poor packing, bad eggs (infertile, vitamin or calcium deficient, old stock, low ratios, etc.)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=800000]I have been contemplating a cardboard infrastructure that would support the center of the box better. Maybe an 'x' of sturdy cardboard with the eggs packed properly in the spaces.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=800000]Do you think that I could get a research grant for that? [/COLOR]
Yes, Buck, that was what I was thinking, I have to keep in mind that if I value my time at all, the extra work involved to measure, cut and slit the cardboard might offset the cost of the other box.
Another thought I had was to use two smaller boxes side by side, instead of one, inside the larger box. But then again, there would be time involved in finding the right size boxes on a regular basis.
Hmmmm. Maybe we need to figure out how to send a video camera with an egg shipment. I wonder what they do to cause scrambled eggs... is it turbulence on an aircraft? Those conveyor belts with rollers shaking them up? Bouncy trucks? And what causes the saddle shaped aircells? Is it dramatic pressure changes like in take off and landing? Or are our boxes turned upside down? What can be done for shock absorbsortion or pressure protection?
it should be able to see the outside world through a hole in the box.Hmmmm. Maybe we need to figure out how to send a video camera with an egg shipment. I wonder what they do to cause scrambled eggs... is it turbulence on an aircraft? Those conveyor belts with rollers shaking them up? Bouncy trucks? And what causes the saddle shaped aircells? Is it dramatic pressure changes like in take off and landing? Or are our boxes turned upside down? What can be done for shock absorbsortion or pressure protection?