I ordered hatching eggs from someone a few states over and they shipped them to me. They were packaged well and all but one made it intact - it had a hairline crack so I tossed it. I did notice when I was unwrapping them that they were sticky - I think the bubble wrap may have had an adhesive and they were wrapped with the adhesive side towards the egg..or maybe the eggs were sweating something sticky? Anyway, I put them in a carton to rest and about a day and a half later when putting them in the incubator I noticed 3 eggs smelled rotten. I threw those out and put the rest in and within a few days there was an egg with the oozing foam. I threw that out and contacted the farm I bought them from to see if they could possibly be old eggs - they assured me they were not and they have never had this problem on the eggs they hatch on their farm. So, I continued to incubate the rest - had to throw out 1 more for being rotten but the rest made it to lockdown - candled them and 0 growth. No blood rings, no anything but clear eggs. What could have happened? I did contact the farm again and the only reply was that it makes no sense. I get the feeling they think I am trying to scam them or something - I know there is no guarantee on shipped eggs but this is about the 6th or 7th batch of shipped eggs (from other farms) I have incubated this year and I usually get around 50% hatch rate. Could it be possible that they got too hot on their journey with usps? Or would you suspect contamination from before shipping?