I have won two more auctions of eggs, quite by accident. Both from the same seller and both for large Cochins, just different colors.
Hmmmm. I wonder how that happened?
I have a chick in one of the MiniAdvance 'bators from eggs I thought wouldn't hatch because, while my week long house guest was here, I just didn't pay much attention to it (because the 'bator is so efficient, handling temp and humidity for me). One of the eggs cracked and leaked (no development, just egg insides) but got cooked into the turner, so it couldn't turn for a few days! I fixed it 3 days ago, having to do major work to clean the thing and reset the eggs without the turner because it was time for lockdown. But without much hope for the eggs.
And yet there is a chick which has hatched! Amazing.