What happened???

[chicksurreal]

I have done shipped eggs twice and won't do it again. I swear "live embryos" just makes them throw it around more. I had one our of 14 the first time and a batch due to hatch Tues that look to have 1 viable of 9. I have no problem with my own eggs. From now on I will either get chicks or pick up the eggs myself.

It's driving me crazy, I swear! Lol!

Some people say, don't draw any attention to the package and others say make every effort to let them know there is something fragile in there.

I ship fragile art every day of the week in my business (glass art) and NEVER put fragile on the package. I've never had a broken piece in all the years that I have shipped these items. But, it can't compare to the extremely fragile eggs that we're talking about. I can bubble wrap my beads and pack them to be most safe, but they aren't subject to vibrations and topsy turvy tossing of packages like eggs are.

This lady really wants some eggs from my girls, and I'm willing to try again, but I would love to know what people who are very successful do to get the eggs there as safely as possible.

 

[appps]

Fragile seems to be a no no over here too. Reasoning being it just encourages any idiots to be rough and even the non idiots have made it clear to me on other occasions that the post is not designed to treat parcels differently. They throw everything, they don't read.

My brother once witnessed a delivery man drop kick his parcel to his door. At that point he started using a PO box at the post office. Was hers picked up at the post office? That could at least cut out one more throwing in a truck to get to her house.

I've just purchased eggs and had them shipped from the other side of the country (5hrs by plane + 3 hrs drive from major city). The corners copped the most damage so I would add some extra padding to all four of the carton corners before putting into it's next box. Out of 12 - 2 broke, two started but stopped and five are fully developed but waiting for hatching on day 22 as I type and the rest did nothing )

 

[appps]

And just adding was just looking at something else and saw where one BYC member marks her eggs as fragile honey because who wants to break honey and get it all over their truck lol

 

[chicksurreal]

Fragile seems to be a no no over here too. Reasoning being it just encourages any idiots to be rough and even the non idiots have made it clear to me on other occasions that the post is not designed to treat parcels differently. They throw everything, they don't read.

My brother once witnessed a delivery man drop kick his parcel to his door. At that point he started using a PO box at the post office. Was hers picked up at the post office? That could at least cut out one more throwing in a truck to get to her house.

I've just purchased eggs and had them shipped from the other side of the country (5hrs by plane + 3 hrs drive from major city). The corners copped the most damage so I would add some extra padding to all four of the carton corners before putting into it's next box. Out of 12 - 2 broke, two started but stopped and five are fully developed but waiting for hatching on day 22 as I type and the rest did nothing )

Thanks for the information! I'll reinforce the corners.

I'm thinking I'll just leave any warnings off the package at this point.

She did pick up the package at the Post Office. I instructed them to call her for pick up and they did get that part right.

I'd love to know how the five you have that developed end up!

 

[chicksurreal]

And just adding was just looking at something else and saw where one BYC member marks her eggs as fragile honey because who wants to break honey and get it all over their truck lol

Lol! Too true. Something to consider.