I had set blue copper marans eggs - and just for giggles I threw in some barnyard mix my friend gave me. They were getting old and had been in the refrigerator for over a week but I figured what the heck. To my surprise - those refrigerated eggs popped out chicks like popcorn in a pan. My marans were taking a bit longer. I gave the barnyard mix away to my neighbors who have been admiring my chickens (don't want to be greedy now do I) and went back to hover over the bator. To my dismay, four chicks developed and then stopped before even internally pipping, one chick struggled to hatch and died a day later and the last chick pipped, zipped and apparently got turned around and died in the shell. I have precisely zero, zip, zilch.
The question my friends is not will these damaged eggs hatch, but apparently will these perfectly good eggs hatch? Excuse me now, I believe I will go hang on the neighbors fence and admire their new barnyard mix chicks!
The question my friends is not will these damaged eggs hatch, but apparently will these perfectly good eggs hatch? Excuse me now, I believe I will go hang on the neighbors fence and admire their new barnyard mix chicks!
