It has been a good year for me so far. In the first pic the chicks are several days old. Today I got 8 to hatch out of 10 eggs(got my fingers crossed for the other 2) they were due today. Anyways, I got 4 Opal and 4 Purple from today hatch. My Opal hen did not lay 1 single egg last year(she was 2 years old), but my 2 year old Purple hen laid several eggs on her second season...but my Opal hen has redeemed herself now...LOL
If just amazes me those little chicks hatch with wings ready to take off ...