Uh, I have a grand total of...two. $180 worth of eggs for two chicks. THEY BETTER BE GIRLS. 😅 I has one internally pip but the egg was two small for external pip and zip and I didn't realize that was the issue, the other was malpositioned (upside-down) despite the eggs being incubated air cell...
It hatched! It went from pip to hatch in 2-3 hours! I thought hatching was supposed to take longer than that...I missed it. Only woke up because I heard it flopping around the incubator. Another egg has a pip.
Candled and pulled clears tonight, I think I have 10 Barnevelder eggs and 2 wyandotte eggs progressing. Pulled only two blood rings. Almost all the wyandotte eggs were clear, I'm going to open them tomorrow and check for fertility.
The wyandotte eggs were my reason for incubation, the Barnevelders were just a 'just because" but I'm not disappointed either way, it's still early.
The wyandotte eggs are large/extra large and the Barnevelder eggs are medium or smaller, so that could be it!
Both breeds were packed well.
Candled all the eggs, about half of the Barnevelder eggs appear to be progressing, only 3 or 4 of the wyandotte eggs seem to be coming along.
Oddly, the Barnevelders look about day 4/5 and the wyandotte look day 2/3. I wonder what's up with that.