I cut the eggs with quail egg scissors and gently just drop them in soup. Boil them for 3-4 mins and they stay intact asView attachment 1539171 egg balls. Stunningly easy and amazingly nice.
I think there are folks in the Show Off Your Yum photo thread that would like your pics. We'd love to see you there, here's a link
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/show-off-your-yum-food-photography-thread.1205417/page-1017
Hope to see you there!