Shipping Eggs Question

[RossAcres]

Good morning!

I am planning on shipping eggs this hatching season. I used to do it about 8 years ago, but I have pretty much forgotten the tips and tricks. I'd love to hear y'alls tips on packaging eggs for shipping. I have recieved quail hatching eggs before. They came in a small box that had a closed foam piece with holes for the quail eggs. I would buy some of those, but I'm still very small scale and it would cut into my profit. I just wanted to see if anyone had more affordable yet effective methods.

Thank you!

 

[Debbie292d]

What I did was get a deal on two giant rolls of tiny bubble wrap. I found the right size to double wrap each egg. Take three short pieces of scott tape (get a dispenser if you don't have one) to secure the ends and side. I put them all in a medium priority mail shipping box with about 5 layers of that bubble wrap in the bottom and all four sides. I stick some pieces in any holes between the eggs so they're tight in there. Then cover them with about 5 more layers of bubble wrap, seal it and off I go to the USPS and say a prayer.

What I've seen in buying shipped eggs many times is a couple have used those hot water foam insulators. You'd have probably take an egg or the measurement with you to the hardware store to get the right size. They cut those so they are about 1/2 inch taller than the egg so the egg sits on the foam, and the next one goes next to it and so forth. If you would put a second row in, I'd use a couple of layers of bubble wrap.

I've also seen they make bubble wrap bags that an egg would fit in. Someone sent me her eggs in those, but those are pretty flimsy so she'd surrounded each egg with paper shredding.

 

[RossAcres]

What I did was get a deal on two giant rolls of tiny bubble wrap. I found the right size to double wrap each egg. Take three short pieces of scott tape (get a dispenser if you don't have one) to secure the ends and side. I put them all in a medium priority mail shipping box with about 5 layers of that bubble wrap in the bottom and all four sides. I stick some pieces in any holes between the eggs so they're tight in there. Then cover them with about 5 more layers of bubble wrap, seal it and off I go to the USPS and say a prayer.

So, LOTS of bubble wrap is what I'm hearing lol.

 

[Debbie292d]

So, LOTS of bubble wrap is what I'm hearing lol.

Just be sure it's the small bubbles, not those big ones.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Make sure you put it in a solid box too! Someone sent me quail eggs wrapped in 3 bubble wrap mailers, a thin piece of cardboard and a plastic egg carton. 5/15 were smashed and it took 8 days to get here, strangely 6/8 hatched (2 infertile). There’s also a box in a box method: place eggs in snug carton and place in larger box, fill in space with shavings. Some people buy foam mattress toppers and cut holes in them, I’m trying to figure out how to do that without a fancy drill, maybe a leather hollow punch? I should breed peacock pheasants, their eggs might actually be worth all this effort to pack and ship!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Good morning!

I am planning on shipping eggs this hatching season. I used to do it about 8 years ago, but I have pretty much forgotten the tips and tricks. I'd love to hear y'alls tips on packaging eggs for shipping. I have recieved quail hatching eggs before. They came in a small box that had a closed foam piece with holes for the quail eggs. I would buy some of those, but I'm still very small scale and it would cut into my profit. I just wanted to see if anyone had more affordable yet effective methods.

Thank you!

Some of the eggs I got shipped would come individually wrapped in newspaper and bubble wrap and laid flat with sawdust to keep them all pretty tucked into their spots.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Some of the eggs I got shipped would come individually wrapped in newspaper and bubble wrap and laid flat with sawdust to keep them all pretty tucked into their spots.

I can sketch it out on my break, I don't think I still have the photos though

 

[NatJ]

I've never personally shipped or received eggs, but I once read of someone that used disposable diapers to wrap the eggs: they found a good/cheap source on the smallest size diapers and used one per egg, then put all the wrapped eggs in a box. I wouldn't expect it to be much better or worse than other kinds of padding, mostly just a different price and different availability. Although I suppose if an egg did break, that might soak it up to let the other eggs stay clean.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

 

[Slothinc]

Hello! I just made a post about my favorite shipped eggs packaging. In case you are still interested in learning other methods!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-great-method-for-shipping-hatching-eggs.1646627/