I also have Maticoopx and am happy with my first ever hatch rate of 75 ish percent (bad at math!) 2 eggs out of 15 not fertile because lazy boy rooster! And 2 developed but didn’t pip or hatch. I wrap the bottom and sides in a fleece jacket making sure not to cover vent holes because the room...
I buy some and soak/ ferment them, they double in size and more nutrients are available. Also I am hoping the grains will grow greens in the grazing grid (2 by 4 square with hardware cloth attached over the top in which I plant greens for forage , so they can’t tear all the roots out. )
I had a single Aurucana growing up that my mum rescued from a school hatching, she laid green eggs and was best friends with our guineapig. Now I am a grown up (allegedly), I have learned that neither animal should have been a loner! Now I live in the wild mountains of NC and not in the south of...