Jimnjay - Oh, so nice to hear from you!
First, thank you for your advice. I did actually see the photo of the drawer liner being used under newborn chicks. One source said to put cheesecloth on the hardware cloth at day 18 so that the chicks wouldn't stick to the hardware cloth?... That's why...
We're on day 11 now. We've candled all our 18 eggs (Auracana, Buff Orpington, Dekalb, Barred Rock and others). We've seen the little guys wiggling around in half of them and definitive air spaces and dark areas in the others. The only two eggs I do not clearly see development in are two of the...