Shipping Eggs or Embryos

[Tbucks]

I live in the USA and am planning to help a friend and send him some eggs. What would be the best way to do it send fresh eggs or to send incubated eggs to be finished in the PI.

IF sending Fresh eggs is the answer does anyone have any surefire method for packing the eggs to insure their safety.

If sending the incubated eggs is the best way then what is the best way to do this? What is the best day to stop incubation? WHat is the best way to package the eggs.

Just out of curiosity what is the best month for hatching and raising young fowl in the PI?

Thanks for your help?

[Camarines]

I'm sure there are some good answers to these questions.

I've seen a guy selling fertile eggs by mail. He wraps the individual egg with half of a paper napkin and placed it on an egg carton. Either wrap the whole egg carton with newspaper or bubble wrap inside the box and ship them by mail.

[Mike Everett]

I live in the USA and am planning to help a friend and send him some eggs. What would be the best way to do it send fresh eggs or to send incubated eggs to be finished in the PI.

IF sending Fresh eggs is the answer does anyone have any surefire method for packing the eggs to insure their safety.

If sending the incubated eggs is the best way then what is the best way to do this? What is the best day to stop incubation? WHat is the best way to package the eggs.

Just out of curiosity what is the best month for hatching and raising young fowl in the PI?

Thanks for your help?
Just do a Google on shipping hatching eggs there are several good ideas. I've heard of incubating eggs until the 17-18 th day and shipping next day mail. This seems reasonable, because I stop turning the eggs on the 19th day and place in hatcher. Never have tried it thou..you might try it, PI may be a little far...

[EuroF1]

This is what we normally do. The eggs should be fresh at least a week old. Placed it in the tray with the pointed down. Wrap it, then place in the middle your baggage.
Once you arrived your destination, let the eggs rest for at least 24 hours before you hatch 'em. At least 75% to 80% of the eggs will be hatch.
My 2 cents

[DSA Farm]

EuroF1
Thank you for your advice brod.ADVANCE PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS..

[Hawaiian Breed]

I have also heard of shipping eggs, but they were always un-incubated. When they get to P.I. they are then incubated. The problem with sending partically incubated eggs is, what if it takes 18 to 24 hours by plane. You may run in to problems if you have a early hatch. I have seen eggs hatch anywhere from 19 to 22 days even thou 21 is the day. If you take them out early to ship you may not maintain the right temp and could loose alot.

Just my 2 cents

HB

[High Noon]

I have shipped hatching eggs as far away as Guam and South America from Kentucky, USA with good success. The secret to shipping eggs is mostly in the individual wrapping of the eggs and in the packing.

The way I do it is to cut strips of bubble wrap about 18" long and about 6" wide. Place an egg in the center of one end of the strip and slowly roll it while tucking the edges of the wrap inward. Make sure to place the bubble side up when rolling so that the bubble side is in contact with the egg. The idea is to make a bubble wrap cocoon for the egg. Tape the ends of the wrap securely once the egg is secured inside so that the bubble wrap will not come undone.

I use a meduim size flat rate USPS priority mail box for shipping. I use crumpled newspaper for packing material. Just tear out single pages of newspaper and crumple it in your hand and tuck it in between and around each egg. Use plenty of newspaper for packing as you don't want the eggs to move around inside the box during shipment. I can fit about 15 eggs into a medium size priority mail flat rate box using this method of wrapping and packing. Eggs should be less than 4 days old when shipped. I do not mark the outside of the box with the words "hatching eggs" or "fragile" when shipping outside the continental US.

Hatching rates will depend on factors beyond my control of course, but I have had reports of as high as a 60% hatch rate and have never had a broken egg with this method of packing and shipping.

[CALVIN2]

A friend told me to wrap each egg in aluminum foil to protect against the x-ray ,can cause blindness in new born ,if this is true I do not know have never shipped any,just what I was told ..

[Aviator505]

Sir EuroF1, i was sending eggs to PI too but i was told to place the eggs pointed UP and my hatching rate was 50-60% or less, next time pointed down....Thanks

This is what we normally do. The eggs should be fresh at least a week old. Placed it in the tray with the pointed down. Wrap it, then place in the middle your baggage.
Once you arrived your destination, let the eggs rest for at least 24 hours before you hatch 'em. At least 75% to 80% of the eggs will be hatch.
My 2 cents

[rbb]

Are there any rules or questions for egg shipment in the airport, I mean, because of the birds flu do they need to quarantine the egg or do we need to show some veterinary documents.

[Matt Dunne]

Tony
Some guys do ship but do it by courier not US Postal. Jerry gifted my a few doz eggs about 4 yrs ago and he sent them via US Postal. they took 3 months to arrive.

Cheers Mate
Matt

[PasaIII]

Just do a Google on shipping hatching eggs there are several good ideas. I've heard of incubating eggs until the 17-18 th day and shipping next day mail. This seems reasonable, because I stop turning the eggs on the 19th day and place in hatcher. Never have tried it thou..you might try it, PI may be a little far...


I've done that a few times I incubated the eggs for 18 days then packed and sent them to the P.I. from Hawaii. The only difference is it was carried on the plane by my brother not shipped. The eggs where out of the incubator for about 2 days, He would land in Manilla then drive 8 hours to Isabella. Then he would let the eggs settle for a few hours then put them into the hatcher with a 98% hatch rate.

[5SAINTS]

I've ordered eggs from state to state for years now and it's a good and cheaper way for alot of us if you get from a good breeder but even those eggs are 50/ 50 never know what you going to get....Never count your chicks until they hatch heeheehee....

NEVER mail eggs to PI unless you can guarentee they be in your recievers hands in 24 hrs.....

Imagine 3 days you collect eggs, then a day to package and mail, then if lucky 24 hrs guarentee shipment which will be 5 to 7 days if they can..Then deliver to your reciever, then must have eggs settle at home in room temp for a day then , move to a hen or hatchery hopefuly in manila....Now eggs are no longer fresh and hatch rate goes down.. now you waisted time and money.....So mailing international is out for me..Hatch rate would be very low...you can try and if you are ever lucky then hey you were lucky...

But your other alternative is if someone goes home and they carry with them you got a better chance...My uncle hand carry or put in his extra boxes the eggs everytime and had good hatch rate...Eggs leaves farm here we pack same day , then reach manila like 16 hours, then we let eggs settle for a day then we take to hatchery in manila or place under a ready hen if lucky, then we got some island imports hehehe...Eggs 7 days old at the most...Those hatch rate around 80 to 90 percent...

I seen guys incubate and carry on too and thats good if they got a hatcher or hen ready on the otherside...they got good hatch rate too but if the eggs got too cold they can die or if moisture is not right they can not pep out...

So all in all eggs is cheap to get but you never know until they hatch to see what you got...