Shipped eggs...rotten!

[KyBlue]

I need to vent...I received some eggs in the mail this morning that I had purchased around the 2nd week of June. When the mail carrier brought them she commented that there was an unusual smell coming from the box. I quickly opened them to see one egg that had broken and run down into the box. I'm thinking that this must be the origin of the smell, since it has been so hot. Wrong!

I purchased 12+ eggs- 14 sent. I took the eggs out and candled them. 6 were rotten! and I do mean rotten!! Completely black inside and the smell will knock you down!

They were mailed on Thursday and arrived today, so there is no way they spoiled during shipping. It was a deliberate act. How mean! I cannot believe that someone would actually try to pull such a trick. I realize that there are inherent risks with shipped eggs. I have had poor hatches from shipped eggs and excellent hatches on occasion, but this takes the cake!

Has anyone else ever had rotten eggs sent to them?

 

[pips&peeps]

Maybe they sent you eggs from the second week of June???? YUK!

 

[AkTomboy]

Thats a bummer. Its a fear of mine when I get to purchase eggs next spring being that we are so far away.

 

[silkieluver_07]

Was this a BYC ember? If so, I would leave negative feedback for the seller using the BYC Feedback System.

 

[KyBlue]

I think you're right Jean.....after they set them under their broody.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

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Yes! Please do! or if it's eBay, definately give them the proper feedback.

 

[KyBlue]

The eggs were purchased on Eggbid. Since I bought them, there have been several negative reponses left- including my own.

 

[roche477]

If you paid through Paypal, I would get a claim started immediately. Why would they even bother shipping if they were sending rotten eggs? That is vicious.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I know ignorance is not really an excuse, but maybe they don't know how to treat hatching eggs.

 

[KyBlue]

I really don't think this was ignorance because the eggs are totally rotten. They're just like eggs that have been under a broody hen for a month without hatching.