Not happy with this round of shipped eggs

[lswatson111304]

Oh gosh, I didn't even think about shipping and the holidays. I had eggs shipped a few weeks ago and all came with busted and detached air cells. I had a lot of development but slowly they are all dying. I'm down to 1 egg in lockdown. It's heartbreaking. I'm supposed to order more eggs tomorrow and now I'm freaking out. These are coming from a lot closer, just the next state over but I don't want to drop another huge chunk of money on eggs that will be handled badly in the mail.

 

[LeasureChix]

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You would be safest to have them sent express mail. They are handled differently than priority. Make sure the box is marked "LIVE HATCHING EGGS" and "FRAGILE". Seriously, express mail will likely have the eggs to you next day, 2 days at the most. You have a much better chance of the very best possible handling.

Good luck!

 

[Mandymooligan]

I ordered 20 silkie eggs off Ebay last week, none had broken air cells, 19 are developing. I have had eggs I ordered from here come with 100% broken air cells and very pourous thin shells and got no chicks. You can't blame Ebay, it is up to the individual person you are buying from to send fresh healthy eggs and package them well. Even then they still have to go through the postal service. A lot of people from here also sell on Ebay.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

I feel sorry for you and hope you get at least one chick.

Sadly my experience with posted eggs was horrible. I forked out $50 for them, they arrived filthy dirty and terribly porous, one cracked, all had detached air cells, only had development in a few eggs and only one made it to lockdown and nothing hatched.

First and last time I bought shipped eggs.

 

[ILOVELEGHORNS]

Wow, I am new to buying eggs off from ebay and am haveing the best luck ever with all my shipments. I highly commend those sellers I purchased the eggs from, because they have gone the extra mile with the packaging and many even go beyond that and give you extra eggs. I guess I have delt with all the right people. I have almost full fertility in all my eggs I have recieved so far. I would blame the postal service for the treatment of the eggs. Sure, I have recieved eggs with tremulous aircells, thank God they are not broken cells! They just move from between the membrane and shell. No free floating bubbles. When we had a cold snap the other week, I recieved a dozen Exchequer leghorn eggs nearly frozen, but surprisingly, I only lost one and was PD. All are alive and kicking, getting big and fast! Tomorrow will be my fourth shipment im recieving, but have had wonderful luck so far, recieved only one egg broken, but was repairable because the membrane under the shell wasnt broken, and even that one is developing, (one of my Sultan eggs). I bought six of those and recieved 12!

 

[OldChurchEggery1]

I think that where you live plays a role in how your shipped eggs are handled nearly as much as how they are posted (Priority, Express, etc.). I live in a relatively rural county and our Post Office has always taken great care of eggs I've had shipped. Our mail lady knows a lot of my family (we live on the same route) and she's called me to say if I wasn't home, she could drop off the eggs at my parents' or aunt & uncle's house so they wouldn't be left on the porch in the heat or cold. Perhaps if you live in a larger city where the volume of mail is generally higher, that kind of careful attention to handling isn't possible given how much mail there is to distribute.

 

[MamaMarcy]

I'm not blaming ebay. I sell eggs there too. I made that comment because I know eggs are for sale here on BYC lol.

I'm upset with the shipper, to be honest. she shipped late, and I suspect the eggs sat for too long. I had a bad feeling from the get-go.