Do you candles upon arrival of shipped eggs? Air cells, etc...

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NashChic

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I do. Although sometimes I wish I didn't.
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I just received 24 eggs today. They were shipped from 500 miles away, but somehow the USPS turned that into a 1300 mile trip. They sent the eggs from Northern Arkansas PAST Nashville to Atlanta... PAST Nashville again to Memphis.. then Memphis to Nashville. AARRRGGGHHHH!!!
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The box was obviously banged up. One corner was pushed all the way in several inches. I was CERTAIN eggs would be broken. To my surprise, and to the credit of the shipper, all of the eggs were intact. HOWEVER, I candled before setting them to rest up (after their hellish journey). Out of 24, all but 2 seemed to have detached airsacs.
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So what I want to know is how many of you have set eggs under similar circumstances without candling them, and then hoped for the best. And what happened?

For those who do candle, can I expect ANY of the floating air cell chicks to hatch? I read on another thread that they didn't turn the eggs for 3 days and had a pretty good hatch. Anybody else have suggestions?

I'm so bummed!!
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I had something similar to that happen today too, although not quite as bad! I had 9 silkie eggs coming, and the PO "misrouted" my package to a PO 4 towns away! Then apparently they actually tried to deliver the box to house with the same address in that other town before they figured out it was completely the wrong city.

I candled the eggs upon arrival today and 4 out of 9 had detached air sacs. After reading the posts on detached air cells yesterday, I decided to do an experiment. I put 2 of the detached eggs in egg carton trays and stuck them in the bator, big end up, and I am going to wait 3 days then put them in the turner. the other eggs I put straight in the turner.

We'll see what happens...
 
I always candle after they have sat for 24 hours. Many times, a loose air sac will 'reattach' after resting. This is why they need time to rest. Also, it is possible for eggs with detached air sacs to hatch. Doesn't happen often, but it does happen
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Okay, candling after resting is a good thought. I've been candling right away then resting, but in the future I will wait until right before I set them.

I think I'm going to try the "no-turning first 3 days" thing. I contacted the seller to let her know what the situation was. I know the USPS is at fault (her packaging was fine), but I wanted her to be aware of the situation. If she happens to offer more, I'll probably scratch these, but for now (unless I hear better ideas) I'm going to proceed as follows...

I weigh on day 1, 7, 14, & 18 to chart weight-loss (I dry hatch). I went ahead and weighed today, so they could go undisturbed into incubation tomorrow. I have a Brinsea Octagon 20, so I just took the top off and put the eggs in pretty much straight up after I weighed them. That way tomorrow I can just put the top on and plug it in. The Brinsea reaches its temp super fast and holds it like a champ.

Here are my poor damaged eggs...resting and hopefully reattaching the airsacs. The brown eggs are Black Australorps and the white ones are Blue Andalusians. They are all gorgeous large eggs. I'll be just sick if it's a flop!
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Yes, the movement of shipping will cause the air cells to be moveable many times, but letting them sit for 24 hours should help to reattach them. Also, I remember reading (think it was in the instruction manual that came with one of my bators) that you aren't supposed to turn the eggs the first day they are set. So if you set them on the counter for 24 hours without turning, then in the bator another 24 hours without turning, the air cells should stabilize. Unless of course, the air cells are broken. In that case, there will be bubbles inside the egg.
 
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I don't think a pic of a detached sac would do much good. A video would show it. It's detached when it moves around like a big air bubble in the egg instead of holding steady at the round end. If you've never candled an egg before try it with just any egg (fridge, whatever). You should be able to see the aircell at the round end. If you tilt the egg around a bit, it shouldn't move. Detached ones will move around. I hope that answers it for you. Someone else might have a better description
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I don't think a pic of a detached sac would do much good. A video would show it. It's detached when it moves around like a big air bubble in the egg instead of holding steady at the round end. If you've never candled an egg before try it with just any egg (fridge, whatever). You should be able to see the aircell at the round end. If you tilt the egg around a bit, it shouldn't move. Detached ones will move around. I hope that answers it for you. Someone else might have a better description
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That's a good description. As long as it's just moving, and not broken (lots of tiny bubbles inside the egg), there's a good chance that it will reattach.
 
Okay, good! I think only a very few of mine had any kind of bubbles. Is there a chance the yokes are ruptured and would that be obvious when candling?
 

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