My shipped eggs have weird air sacs with stray air bubbles...

[lexgold]

Just got pheasant eggs in mail.
Set one of my own eggs (actually the first one of the season!) alongside them.
Just candled after three days to have a quick look and my home grown egg is veining and has a normal air sac.
The shipped eggs have air bubbles around the air sac. I only candled a couple as I didn't want to disturb them...one had veining...
So did they get damaged in shipping or or this normal?

 

[gamebirdsonly]

if the air sac moves then they were damaged as far as bubbles around the air sac could be damage from shippng but if their veining then wouldn't worry about it.

 

[GreenGoddess]

I had one egg that had a damaged air cell (shipped eggs).. I set it and then candle it.. It was growing and then when I candled it on day 13, I didn't see any veining and looked as if it had the beginning of a blood ring.. Well, because I wasn't sure, I went ahead and put it back in the incubator.. I kept that one egg in a carton cup "just incase" but i didn't hold out much hope.. Well, lo and behold, on day 20, it got knocked over by one of the other hatched chicks and a few hours later it pipped!! I can honestly say that the one I was going to cull from the incubator hatched out a very healthy little chick and I am so glad I gave it a chance! Go ahead and keep it in there.. If the air cell is damaged, put it in an egg carton cup so that it stays upright.. You just never know...

Goddess

 

[millejn3]

A few years ago I order rio grand turkey eggs and after about 20 days I could see that the air cell was forming on the side of the egg instead of the end. I lost everyone of them because they broke through the air cell about 3 days later. My thought was it was due to the eggs being shipped laying on thier sides instead of in the correct position. Dont get me wrong, I dont think it was the only reason. I think it just contributed to the loss of them and the USPS was also part to blame for giving them a rough ride to me. Just saying them laying on thier sides didint help at all. Any time eggs are sent through the mail you are taking a big gamble.

 

[lexgold]

Thanks for the replies..I have them upright in a turner so that's a plus. They're tiny little fragile eggs. Peach golden pheasant eggs. My solitary red golden egg from my backyard seems much more normal!