Hey all,
I went back about 15 pages and read forward. Reading a few lines on cracked eggs from this source has me a bit anxious and thinking I should have ordered an extra dozen but I've got my order in so will give a go with what's coming for Easter hatch.
For those that ordered chicks from Good Shepherd what have been your hatch rates? My personal experience with shipped eggs has been abysmal. Chalked it up to the route taken as all three shipments came up the East coast to me so am giving one last go at it from the West.
Mine started hatching this morning. I put 7 Barred Rocks and 9 Good Shepherd Cornish in for lock down. Out of those about 3 BR and 2 Cornish were marked as questionable. I didn't see any movement when candling (use a 900 lumen LED light), but did have some small movements when I float tested them.
So far, two Barred Rocks and two Cornish have made it out of their shells, with multiple other eggs pipped. As per recommendations, all the eggs were put into the bottom of cartons to stand up while hatching.
I will give a post hatch breakdown after they are all done: Probably sometime tomorrow.