My hen has laid over 20 eggs and possibly still laying more! I don't think chickens are supposed to wait until all eggs are deposited then 'set'...... if they did that, 20 + days will probably leave a few of the early ones dead which makes no sense in the laws of nature and preserving one's...
It's not her fault that the eggs arrived late, but then you didn't pay for 8 day old eggs either...... there have been a discussion similar to this topic before, who's responsible for lost eggs through the mail. I think it was split down the middle 50/50, if I remember........ half of them have...