Are Speckled eggs harder to hatch?

Egzermalda

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Jan 26, 2023
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Are speckled eggs harder to hatch? I have Orpingtons. The Blue and Splash eggs are smooth and hatch readily. The Black Laced Silver have various levels of speckling and I do not get as good a hatch rate with them. And the more heavily speckled ones (from one hen) develop but never seem to pip. The center egg in the last pic is a Red Sex-link. But the rest are the Orpington eggs in question.
 

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ive never noticed the coloration to be a factor, but definitely porous looking shells rarely hatch for me, shine a light at it and the pores light up .. i dont try to incubate those anymore ..
 

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