I've gotten several shipments of eggs so far.. I always candle the eggs as soon as I receive them then let the seller know what kind of condition they were in when i received them (detached air cells.. scrambled.. hairline cracks.. and whatever else may have come up).. I also readily admit that the post office is HORRIBLE with any package.. especially if it's marked fragile.. I have never mentioned a seller's name to anyone .. to me that's between me and the seller.. so if someone sends me old eggs with enormous air cells.. i know that wasnt caused by shipping.. I will tell the seller that they are probably not going to hatch.. however I won't tell anyone else who they came from..
as for the post office handling.. I know that the seller is NOT responsible for what happens to the eggs once they leave their hands.. in this last batch of chicken eggs all of the eggs had badly detached air cells.. several were also scrambled.. I candled the eggs after they had been through the first part of incubation and saw that only one was viable.. so I notified the seller to let them know.. again I did not place any blame on the seller.. they offered to send me replacement eggs in a few weeks.. so I offered to pay for shipping.. I do NOT expect them to supply me with free eggs and have them pick up the tab for shipping as well.. I thought their offer of replacements was more than fair since the eggs were damaged in transit from rough handling and from excessive heat and not the fault of the seller
I also placed some "control eggs" from my birds in this batch since the shipped eggs were in such sad shape when they arrived.. all of my "control eggs" show plenty of veins.. so that proves to me that the shipped eggs were damaged in transit
as for the post office handling.. I know that the seller is NOT responsible for what happens to the eggs once they leave their hands.. in this last batch of chicken eggs all of the eggs had badly detached air cells.. several were also scrambled.. I candled the eggs after they had been through the first part of incubation and saw that only one was viable.. so I notified the seller to let them know.. again I did not place any blame on the seller.. they offered to send me replacement eggs in a few weeks.. so I offered to pay for shipping.. I do NOT expect them to supply me with free eggs and have them pick up the tab for shipping as well.. I thought their offer of replacements was more than fair since the eggs were damaged in transit from rough handling and from excessive heat and not the fault of the seller
I also placed some "control eggs" from my birds in this batch since the shipped eggs were in such sad shape when they arrived.. all of my "control eggs" show plenty of veins.. so that proves to me that the shipped eggs were damaged in transit