I start mine on gamebird feed. I start everything on gamebird feed around here, because it's generally 28% protein, and encourages good growth. After 4 weeks with the meat birds I go down to 24%, and finish off with 20% plus all the...
Do you have a good candler? Sounds like some of them should be okay, the clears and the stinky one should be discarded. Sometimes when I can't find my good candler the eggs will appear just dark around day 11. Hope it pans out for you :)