I have to make a correction to my original post, after talking to my sweetie this morning: It was the last eggs we got from Bobbi Porto. We got these from Maria Hall, sorry about that! As for the post office, we have to keep in mind that it isn't necessarily some mean-spirited person that can damage the packages. Actually the odds are much more likely that the folks handling the individual boxes probably treated them gently, and the damage comes from the mechanized aspects in the shipping process, or even wind shear or turbulence while being flown to various destinations.
It still 'hurts' a bit when we don't get the eggs in good shape, but hey . . . sometimes "stuff" happens', as they say. Probably best to just grin and bear it, and be thankful that any hatch. Essentially, our single hatchling from the last round cost us nearly 200 bucks, heheh. We now expect her to be able to lay at least 5 eggs a day to cover her cost when she starts laying!
It still 'hurts' a bit when we don't get the eggs in good shape, but hey . . . sometimes "stuff" happens', as they say. Probably best to just grin and bear it, and be thankful that any hatch. Essentially, our single hatchling from the last round cost us nearly 200 bucks, heheh. We now expect her to be able to lay at least 5 eggs a day to cover her cost when she starts laying!