Well this was really just an exercise to learn how to use an incubator. I really want to get Ameraucana eggs from Peachick and I do not want to spend $$$ on eggs and have no idea how to hatch them. My daughter's preschool would have taken them if they'd hatched (they have a farm) but it doesn't...
I had 6 eggs I bought at the farmers market that were supposed to be fertile. One smelled bad at 7 days so I chucked it. The others I've left in the incubator. I candled them at 7 days, but only saw a dark shadow that moved as I turned the egg -the dark spot always ended up on the top of the egg...