Conveyor device for eggs , comprising: - a conveyor belt having i. at least one individual compartment for receiving at least one egg, ii. an upwardly directed conveyor belt strand and iii. a downwardly directed conveyor belt strand , - an upper deflection device for deflecting the conveyor belt from the upwardly directed conveyor belt strand into the downwardly directed conveyor belt strand, - where the individual compartment is delimited by i. a first support surface for supporting an egg deposited therein during upward conveying, ii. a second support surface for supporting an egg deposited therein during downward conveying, and iii. a bottom surface for supporting the egg during movement of the conveyor belt over the upper deflection device, - wherein the conveyor belt is composed of a plurality of conveyor belt members coupled to one another so as to be pivotable about an axis lying transversely to the conveying direction, and each conveyor belt member has a bottom wall portion of an individual compartment forming the bottom surface and a wall portion extending approximately perpendicularly to the conveying direction, which wall portion forms the first or second support surface of the individual compartment and the second or first support surface of an individual compartment of an adjacently coupled conveyor belt member, characterized in that each conveyor belt member comprises the bottom surface of an individual compartment and the bottom surface of the individual compartment at least as it passes through the upper deflection device, has a curvature which is opposite to the conveyor belt path in the deflector, and the curvature is so shaped that an egg deposited in said individual compartment is guided from said first support surface to said second support surface as it passes through said upper deflection device such that an impact force between said egg and said second support surface occurs which is not critical to said egg. - a conveyor belt having i. at least one individual compartment for receiving at least one egg, ii. an upwardly directed conveyor belt strand and iii. a downwardly directed conveyor belt strand , i. at least one individual compartment for receiving at least one egg, ii. an upwardly directed conveyor belt strand and iii. a downwardly directed conveyor belt strand , - an upper deflection device for deflecting the conveyor belt from the upwardly directed conveyor belt strand into the downwardly directed conveyor belt strand, - where the individual compartment is delimited by i. a first support surface for supporting an egg deposited therein during upward conveying, ii. a second support surface for supporting an egg deposited therein during downward conveying, and iii. a bottom surface for supporting the egg during movement of the conveyor belt over the upper deflection device, i. a first support surface for supporting an egg deposited therein during upward conveying, ii. a second support surface for supporting an egg deposited therein during downward conveying, and iii. a bottom surface for supporting the egg during movement of the conveyor belt over the upper deflection device, - wherein the conveyor belt is composed of a plurality of conveyor belt members coupled to one another so as to be pivotable about an axis lying transversely to the conveying direction, and each conveyor belt member has a bottom wall portion of an individual compartment forming the bottom surface and a wall portion extending approximately perpendicularly to the conveying direction, which wall portion forms the first or second support surface of the individual compartment and the second or first support surface of an individual compartment of an adjacently coupled conveyor belt member, <EOS>