The Great Egg Shipping Experiment!

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Robert Blosl said:
A lady got 17 Buff Rock Eggs from a Master Breeder shipped to Arizona he used my method which I was shocked as he don't send eggs but has the best strain in the USA.
She hatched I think seven or nine chicks and they look fantastic. In fact she will be a supplier in years to come of this rare color of Plymouth Rocks. I think you could use your method of putting the eggs in bubble wrap up and down and then pack them tightly with shavings or more bubble wrap. You got to keep the eggs tight and they cant move around. The decoy in this madness is the box. They think their is live birds in this box so the box is hand carried from point a to point B to your house. They also are kept in the live section of the Air Plane with Fed Ex and not in a bin with other two day priority mail. My sources at Fed Ex tell me these are all old converted Passenger Jets so the Pressure and the Temps in this jet is just like the cabin for the pilots.

When you are shipping rare hard to get eggs you need to make sure they have a shot of making it. The only other method I have had good luck shipping eggs is UPS ground and they are better at handling the eggs than the post office. In fact I hate to put Hatching Eggs on the box with the post office it seems they treat them worse than if it has nothing on the box.

On the Thermostat I think I am going to order me one. Do you think they would work well in a 1201 Game Bird Box Incubator from Georgia Quail Factor? I got to get a new one and the replacement for that unit is $80.
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I use the STC-1000 on everything from a Farm Innovators Styrobator to a wine box to my incubator in the Philippines that can easily hold 600 eggs. Its got a built in relay that can handle 500 watts easily. It should work on just about anything.

I think the box is the key as well. As far as packing goes - I am moving towards pipe insulation cut into 6 inch lengths. Its cheap and effective.

When I am carrying eggs in my golf bag, I will still use the foam inserts as I can get 72 eggs in a box and about 260 in the bag.
 
I shipped out a box at a po I dont' usually use, and asked about the eggs going separate-- well marked as LIVE ANIMALS-- nope go in with all the other priority boxes!! So different than my usual PO. ARGGGGG.
 
I have a question. I have to fly to Phoenix in two weeks, and was thinking of offering to transport eggs either direction, but I have no idea if that's even legal/possible. Is it?
 
Pozees said:
I have a question. I have to fly to Phoenix in two weeks, and was thinking of offering to transport eggs either direction, but I have no idea if that's even legal/possible. Is it?
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its completely ok with TSA. allow a few extra minutes for a manual search of your carry on. i finf the best method is foam cut outs as they can safely inspect eggs.


 
ozexpat said:
its completely ok with TSA. allow a few extra minutes for a manual search of your carry on. i finf the best method is foam cut outs as they can safely inspect eggs.


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Doh! Of COURSE you would know this!!! Okay, so foam cutouts that are made specifically for eggs, that you buy somewhere? I have heard of foam made for this but never looked for it, and then I assume you also cushion with bubble wrap or more foam that's solid? Thanks, Oz :)
 
Pozees said:
Doh! Of COURSE you would know this!!! Okay, so foam cutouts that are made specifically for eggs, that you buy somewhere? I have heard of foam made for this but never looked for it, and then I assume you also cushion with bubble wrap or more foam that's solid? Thanks, Oz :)
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ebay has some but i bought mine from texaspoultry.com

i will sell you used foam if you like as i have a lot.
 
I wasn't really planning on it, but I may be able to be talked into it........
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