UPDATE...VERY DISAPPOINTED...1st Eggs .... 2nd order arrived! YAY

[mergmet]

I too have had eggs shipped in cartons with individual wrapping, but there is always ample room around the egg for the packing, for instance a bantam size egg in a large size egg carton

I prefer the individual with bubble wrap, or that foam with the egg sized holes. but I have had eggs arrive safety using MANY different methods.

I hope you just had some bad luck and the next set comes in well!

Its very good of the seller to ship again, there is usually no guarantee, and no obligation to do so. Be sure to commend them!

Margaret

 

[WriterofWords]

I'm sorry you had that experience I just had a similar one but it was definately the Post Office that did the job on the eggs. Frank sent our eggs individually wrapped in bubble wrap, packed in cotton, just a wonderful job and the PO squashed the box. I just filed a claim and a report and took pics and everything of it because the box was just crunched. My eggs could have been in a safe and still been damaged! Better luck to you this time. If they come like that again, find someone else to deal with.
Kate

 

[Cara]

I ordered some eggs last month and they arrived pretty much the same way. Out of the 19, 10 were broken. I contacted the seller and she was very sorry, and sent out another 10 free of charge with new packaging. Only one of those broke. The strange twist is that I got 3 chicks from the first 9 eggs, and none from the second 10. I rinsed the goopy ones off with just water before I set them. When I contacted the seller to let her know the hatch rate, and ask to buy a few more eggs to keep these chicks company, she told me she would send me a dozen free of charge in 3 weeks. I can't accept that offer and will pay her for them, but my point is everyone has to make mistakes to learn.

 

[Layin Eggs]

I am certainly not upset with the seller. She had excellent feedback from her other buyers. i definately blame the Post office. i sent her the pics and she in going to file a complaint with the usps. i really believe that someone intentionally damaged the box ...maybe because of the labeling? One corner of the box was crushed in. (either stepped on or dropped is my guess). I just hope that they are handled better next time around.

 

[MaransGuy]

I guess my main point is that it appears to me that the problem was not in how the box was packed but how it was handled. The sides of that box were wrinkled and pressed in, something that indicates some serious mis-handling. I have also received several shipments of eggs that were individually bubble-wrapped and actually had more cracks that way than paper-towels in an egg carton. Does that mean that bubble-wrap is worse? No, it means that those boxes were handled worse, which is exactly my point.

Richard

 

[BantyChickMom]

I'm not downing anybody that has ever shipped eggs.
But I would like to say that I have shipped 3 batches of eggs to the west coast from the east coast. I
Individually wrapped each egg in bubblewrap, placed in egg carton, then wrapped bubblewrap around the carton, then stuffed enought shredded paper in the box that the top almost wouldn't close.

When packaging eggs for shipping, I think you need to go the extra distance for all the cushioning you can possibly fit in the box.

I am glad the seller is replacing the eggs.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

I am so sorry you got messed up eggs.
What a nasty thing for you to sort thru to find the intact ones.

Sadly, that's been my experience with a great part of the egg boxes I've rec'd that were shipped in cartons with scanty bubble-wrap.

I got tired of getting broken eggs in the mail, and 'made up' a way to package eggs so they couldn't be flocked up in shipping

Hubby and I kicked 'test' boxes all over the yard, wrapped eggs and dropped them from 5' to see if they had cracks, and even mailed 3 dozen 'roughed up' eggs back to myself from out of town to see how they might travel and hatch.

Lol, I'd say to any egg shipper, wrap and box some test-eggs. Give them the "drop and kick test' and if you have broken eggs, you need to rethink your packaging/wrapping.

I hope the rest of the eggs hatch for you.
Unless you have a seperate hatcher, you will have a problem with the different age eggs (increasing humidity on Day 18 might drown the younger eggs).

I'd let the first ones sit til the new eggs come in and set them all at the same time.
Good luck!
Lisa

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

all the eggs I got off of ebay or on BYC where wrapped individually. I think that is the best way. Maybe you can give the seller advice on what to do? give her the linkfrom here to show her the proper way to ship eggs,. That way she can save money on second batches. I to blame the post office and I would complain even though that wont help

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

HI!
Sorry to be disagreeable, but it is NOT the fault of USPS.
Poor packaging is usually the cause of broken eggs, and USPS is not responsible for poor packaging (all of the above packaging is lousy).
It's the sellers responsibility to find 'a way' to get the product from Point A to Point B INTACT.
USPS is the carrier, and I am greatly appreciative that they do such a great job moving my boxes!

Thanks,
Lisa

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

Well Like I said in my above post. she should give her the link to show her how to properly package the eggs. I never seen packaging like that. I think thats was a cheap way to pack it.