Shipped Egg Massacre Survivors

[Pyxis]

About a week ago, I ordered some light brahma hatching eggs from some nice stock to start up a brahma flock. The seller was close, only one state over, so the eggs wouldn't have to go far. I excitedly checked the tracking daily and when they finally came in, I eagerly went to grab them off my porch.

Then I saw the box and my heart sank.

The box looked like an accordion. It couldn't even sit flat on the ground. As if its appearance wasn't enough, the smell of rotten eggs was emanating from it. It also bore this sticker.

I knew things were not going to be good. I set it on the floor and got to opening it. The smell was awful, even from having it inside for just a few minutes. The inner box was in bad shape as well and smelled horribly. You can probably see why.

Needless to say I was not surprised to open it up to see this carnage.

Some of the eggs were so badly crushed they were smashed as flat as pancakes. I was devastated. I messaged the seller to let them know what happened and also put in a claim with the post office yesterday. I snapped pictures for that as fast as I could and rushed this box back outside, because it was already smelling up the whole house. The post office, I would like to let you all know, has denied this claim. They said a letter detailing why has been sent. Can't wait to see that.

Miraculously enough, a few eggs survived this ordeal. However, they were all covered in rotting egg yolk. Since the post office has denied the claim, I decided to wash them off and try incubating them. We will see if these survivors do anything.

 

[SilksterTN]

OMG such a horrible thing to happen! There is no excuse the PO can give for this condition. None. It looks like it was stuck into a trash compactor. Why in heaven's name didn't they just stop this box along the way and report it as crushed? Well at least the carrier had to smell it all the way to your house....hopefully the seller will reship and you will have a MUCH better result!!
I'd probably drive to the breeder after this LOL

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Good luck with the eggs that weren't crushed.

I have had rotten eggs explode under broodies, coating the balance of the eggs, and gotten healthy chicks.

I have had to wash fecal covered breeder eggs, purchased sight unseen (won't do that again). I set the washed eggs under a broody (hardly sterile environment) fearing the worst for the eggs as they no longer had their bloom. Turns out the washing made no difference in hatch. The unwashed eggs that I put under (for a test) didn't hatch, but the washed did.

I'm sensing the seller could also have done a better job of packing? Was that also part of the problem?

Boo on the postal service.

LofMc

 

[Pyxis]

OMG such a horrible thing to happen! There is no excuse the PO can give for this condition. None. It looks like it was stuck into a trash compactor. Why in heaven's name didn't they just stop this box along the way and report it as crushed? Well at least the carrier had to smell it all the way to your house....hopefully the seller will reship and you will have a MUCH better result!!

Actually, the seller has said they will ship some more eggs as soon as they have them available, which will be the end of this month. So at least there's that! I just can't get over how this is apparently acceptable to them because they won't pay out on the claim.

I'm sensing the seller could also have done a better job of packing? Was that also part of the problem?

The packaging was actually great. The eggs were all individually bubble wrapped, then placed in the inner box and surrounded by packing peanuts, then the inner box was sealed, placed in the outer box, and that was filled with packing peanuts. The box itself was squished down to maybe 2/3 of its normal length. It's like they put it in a press or something.

I've washed really muddy eggs too and they've done well, I'm just worried because I have no idea how long they were covered in rotting egg yolk. Hopefully the bloom kept bacteria out. We'll see in a few days They're in the incubator not touching anything else, just to be safe.

 

[SilksterTN]

So glad the seller has more eggs for you! What a horror story. Yea just looking at that box it wouldn't have mattered how it was packed, it was crushed. Like a trash compactor, someone sat on it, or it got seriously trapped in a conveyor somewhere.

 

[Pyxis]

It's really too bad, because the air cells on these eggs are in excellent shape, some of the best I've ever seen. I agree, I think they got it stuck in machinery. The lady at my PO also suggested somewhere along the line a worker may have tossed another flat rate box filled with something heavy on it. I just don't think that would have caused this much damage, though.

 

[SilksterTN]

It's really too bad, because the air cells on these eggs are in excellent shape, some of the best I've ever seen. I agree, I think they got it stuck in machinery. The lady at my PO also suggested somewhere along the line a worker may have tossed another flat rate box filled with something heavy on it. I just don't think that would have caused this much damage, though.

That occurred to me, but if that were the case the entire box would be an accordion. I mean what was in the alleged box? Bricks? lol

 

[Pyxis]

I can't believe it, but at this point it looks like four survivors are developing.

 

[SilksterTN]

That's wonderful!!

 

[DyingPhoenix]

Wow, I can't believe they'd even continue shipping if it was in such shape. They had to have smelled it. How ridiculous!