Well, I put my most recent 41 eggs into a brand new hovabator this afternoon. The eggs are all production from the last 5 days, so should be fresh...and hopefully fertilized. My layers are all "Frey's Special Dual Purpose", or what look like a Red Sexlink. The rooster is this awesome BCM I was given last fall. This is my first step towards creating my own strain of BCM. Meanwhile, I got another 12 layers (2 yrs old) that appear to have some BCM in them as their eggs are way darker than my originals...so my next batch for the incubator will be based on egg shell color.
I really feel like I am taking a huge leap here...;-]