USPS is NOT my friend WAHHHHHH

[FrenchToast]

I sent Showgirl eggs to FL and it took 5 days to arrive. The buyer was PO'd at me !!!!!!!!!!!!!

and refused the package. Waited a day to do it mind you.
Took 4 days to get back to me in WI.
The box arrived intact. So just out of curiosity I set them. Got some nice chicks out of it.

I package mine in egg cartons with a paper napkin but it is not wrapped around it. I put the napkin in first and nestle the egg in it so when I close the lid on the carton all of the tops of the napkins add alot of cushion.

I also line all sides of the box with 3/4" styrofoam for the winter. I think I am still going to use it in Summer but maybe not quit as thick??

I have shipped eggs all over the US from here in NE WI and eggs shipped to CA made it to the persons desk within 48 hrs.

To NY during storm before Christmas took 6 days and still several hatched. Seems like going to the West Coast made it quicker then going South.

Seems like there might just be a PO down south that doesn't give a Rats butt about reading the "Handle with Care" labels.

All of my eggs have made it with no cracks or scrambled. I also use the #7 priority box. It is taller then the flat rate box.

Have you contacted the seller. Most sellers will reship for the cost of shipping.

Good luck with your hatch.

 

[NonnasBabies]

I've gotten a package pretty much packed just like that and not only did they make it fine 11 out of 14 are gonna make it to lockdown. I've also gotten a package that each egg was package in bubble wrap and had a broken egg.

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

I have shipped eggs all over the world and I never get complaints about bad hatches or broken eggs. Even dented boxes my eggs still arrived good. All I do is wrap each egg in perferated toilet paper and nestle them into Paper egg cartons. I make sure when the lid seals on carton that the eggs cant budge I then place about 3 inches of bubble wrap in the bottom of the box I am shipping. I Wrap the carton itself in bubble wrap about 2-3 times making sure to leave both ends open. Then I place the eggs in the box and Place bubble wrap all along the sides making sure the box cant be rattled around. once I have that situated i place about 3 inch thick piece on top of the box. this way the sides bottom and top have some cushion on there long hauls and still allows the eggs air. I can take some pics of proper wrapping if anyone needs me to

 

[chickintexas]

Just thought I'd let all you egg shipper/receivers in on a USPS secret since I now work for them;
The packages that are marked as fragile/eggs/etc. are not placed into a separate holding/shipping area. They are shipped together with general parcels. When we get our parcels in for the day, they are stacked super high on a pallet. Those badly crushed boxes of eggs could have been unlucky enough to end up at the bottom of that pallet load of parcels and some people seem to ship lead! If I was to ship eggs, I would use something like that solid, thick styrofoam to reinforce the top and sides of the FRB. Along with the bubble wrapping and such. I think they would have a much better chance in route.
I've heard horror stories from my mother who used to work for the USPS years ago that when a package was marked as "fragile" that it was code for "let's play kickball!" I can personally vouch for my location that that is not the case. If I have a parcel marked as "fragile" I handle it with kid gloves.

I know what it's like to get a package that been beat to heck.

 

[latebloomer]

i've ordered three different batches of hatching eggs for two separate hatches
all have been shipped usps priority mail with 2-3 day delivery

the first of the three packages got from tennesse to california two days before mine which came from tennessee to vermont, shipper said the box to california and mine to vermont were shipped at the same time.

this past week, one box sent on tuesday from florida to vermont came in two days,
the other box sent on monday from georgia came in four days

all in all i think the shippers did a good job packing the eggs, none were broken

but the lesson i've learned is to pay for insurance when shipping with the us postal service

sorry about your experience

 

[MjChickens]

I believe if they are packaged well they will arrive intact. Sorry to here that the eggs didn't make it.

 

[mykl1]

All the eggs I've received thru the mail have always been bubble wrapped, and I've never had any problems

 

[Randy]

I've had many a egg wrapped in bubble show up looking like that. I've had way better luck with eggs in cartons. You still have to do it right though. I don't think those eggs were packed tight enough in that carton. They had to have been bounching around in there to get busted on the sides like some of them are.

 

[speckledhen]

There are several good ways to pack eggs, I've found. Received five boxes of them a week ago, all packaged a bit differently and none broken. There were a few detached air cells in the box I thought was packed the best of all of them. I use bubblewrap, but the main thing is that the eggs cannot move at all and cannot touch shell to shell, period. Whether you use paper towels thickness or bubblewrap, those rules must be adhered to. In addition, no egg should be in contact with the side, bottom or top of the box. When I used to ship eggs, I paid attention to the corners, too, because those often get crunched.

The P.O. is expert at killing embryos, so packing and egg shell quality make all the difference. Thin shells will break no matter how they're packed. Sorry about that shipment. I'd be disappointed, too. Maybe something will hatch!

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I hear ya. USPS did'nt hold or call that my package was in. I was tracking it and went to office to pick it up. Was'nt there. P Master said they don't hold or call on Priority Mail only Expediated. So had him call the driver to tell me where he was and drove there to get my package. Yeah, just a fluke below freezing day with my eggs riding about in a tin truck. Not so happy with USPS about that. Though they were double bubble wraped and in peanuts that worked as a great insulator I still say Whaaaah!