Help! air bubbles in new eggs???

[BigOJoe]

today i received some call duck eggs i bought on e-bay. i candled them looking for cracks, etc. what i found in several were free flowing air bubbles. Not the air pocket on the fat end of the egg, but air bubbles that as i turned the egg it stayed at the top, whether on the side, small end... have am resting all the eggs at least 12 hours, i have them sitting with the large end up, hoping that it will obsorb back into the air pocket.

has anyone seen this before? are the eggs goners or is there hope?

 

[FlashPointFarm]

I'd go ahead and try them. It sounds like the membrane came detached from the shell. Most likely, they are scrambled. I have hatched eggs with detached membraines before. The hatch rate on that batch is probably going to be pretty low.

 

[debilorrah]

If everything appeared to be watery, you can blame the wonderful postal service. If that is the case, they are scrambled and won't hatch.

 

[BigOJoe]

they were watery

if I wouldn't get a visit form the Postal inspector or ATF, instead of marking a box fragile, should put "highly explosive: handle with care"

I'll try hatching them anyway, after 35 days of no hatch i gonning to mail them back in a box marked "eggs" "Fragile" handle with care, etc. oh yeah, i won't wrap them in bubble wrap and just loosely in newspaper and hope that the same PO manhandler, shakes the box busting all the rotten eggs. yeah i bet I will still get a visit from the postal inspector...

 

[chickintexas]

The USPS...my mom worked for them for awhile and she told me that with some of the employees, the worse thing you could do was mark a box "Fragile." It was like a signal to some of them to handle the package rougher than the norm. I'm not saying that all postal workers are major jerks. It just drives me mad to think that when they have something breakable in their hands, some jack*** will go out of his/her way to be just plain mean.
Crossing my fingers for you that you get at least something from your hatch.

 

[inkypinky]

same here- my ma was a mail carrier for years and persoanlly witnessed boxed marked all over with fragile stickers etc literally thrown to the ground,into the truck rolled and just all around mishandled and yes some of the carriers and sorters did it on purpose. On one occasion a full box of chicks was refused by the recipiant and they were alive chicks in there! the box was thrown out on the loading dock for two days and by the time my ma and I found it and managed to sneak some water in to the chicks all but two were dead- no regard for living things!!!!-................I raise BCM in particular and am terrifiyed to ship any eggs I think Im gonna stick with local pick up etc- such a shame there are some (*&^%$ ppl out there.