Well my official final numbers: 7 eggs made it to lockdown (2 Brahma/maran mix chicken eggs & 5 out of 11 shipped guinea eggs) and 2 of my chickens' eggs hatched on Jan 1! One Buff Brahma/maran & one Dk Brahma/maran. No luck on shipped eggs (advertised as parents fed organic feed & given supplements) so nutrition doesn't seem to be a factor! Oh well, I forgot to enter a number for the hatch contest. I did enter the beautiful egg contest! My hens just started laying, beautiful color! One was solid color pinkish tan and the other similar color with speckles! But they had some fierce competition! My favorite in the contest is (one of the winners)the unique Gold Quail egg! Brahmas mature slow. I was surprised the eggs were as big as they were and I'm so happy they hatched! I've had my standard brahmas first eggs be pickle size the first year and then get regular size the next. First time I ever had Giant Brahmas! Will be trying for 100% Giant Brahmas for the next hatch.