So I'm a little late in starting for NYD hatch thanks to the general antics of USPS. Oh well, just NYDing for funsies anyways. BUT I am having some trouble already!!! This is my very first hatch ever of any breed and my first shipped eggs so I'm still working on the sea legs. I have a couple questions for you guys. I already posted in hatching and incubating and e-mailed Castle Delight (where I got my eggs from) but figured it can't hurt to ask you guys too since many of you are Serama hatching experts
I picked up the eggs from the post office today! Supposedly they rang my doorbell yesterday but I was home all day just waiting for them and they never rang SQUAT! Anywho they left a note on the door that they could be picked up today so I ran right over and got em! USPS is so frustrating sometimes.
I candled to see if I could find the air pockets and they were pretty mobile (from shipping correct?). There were also a lot of little spots inside the eggs, no bigger then the point of a pen. Are those also little air bubbles from being tossed around in the mail?
As soon as I got them I put them pointy end down in an egg carton to let their air bubbles stabilize and when I went to candle them this evening to check it out tonight there was a strange sticky substance on all of their shells. It looks like small sap dropplets. It is clear and almost completely hard. I went to remove one egg from the carton and it stuck to it at one of the little sapplet points. I chipped two eggs trying to get them out, one just straight gentle pulling and another trying to wash the egg from the carton. Is this normal? Should I toss the eggs I chipped? I haven't moved the others for fear of more damage. help
I'm sure you were excited to hatch! Was it for the NYD hatchalong? That would make it double bummer. I really hope next time you have more luck. 
