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I was extremely gentle when candling so did not turn the eggs upside down but air cells looked completely detached on a few of them. We will see. Day 2 over here. I will candle at day 4 to check what things look like but at this point I’m thinking of a once or twice a day rotation after that...

Can I ask how your hatch turned out?

I have received a very squashed box of hatching eggs yesterday - due to the amazing job of internal packing by the breeder no eggs were broken - with scrambled eggs (a bit of an exaggeration). All but 3 (which have a partial/saddle attachment) air cells are completely detached. I let the eggs...

I have just found this thread. I’ve been hatching my own eggs for around 10 years so my recent shipping experience has me a little nervous (my eggs got lost in the post and 8 days later have arrived. I am going to give them 12 hours. I will take pics of air sacs and keep this thread updated with...

Good morning all. I lost my very precious Marans Rooster last night to a raccoon that got into my cage!!!! So mad!!! Does anyone have an adult Marans that is looking for a home? Based in South Florida near Sarasota, FL

LORDY!!!! I hate autotext - what the frik is that "╔╦╦╦═╦╗╔═╦═╦══╦═╗ ║║║║╩╣╚╣═╣║║║║║╩╣ ╚══╩═╩═╩═╩═╩╩╩╩═╝" .... you see it just did it again. I literally can't type W E L C O M E (I had to put a space between each letter) without it doing that crazy stuff!!!! :barnie

╔╦╦╦═╦╗╔═╦═╦══╦═╗ ║║║║╩╣╚╣═╣║║║║║╩╣ ╚══╩═╩═╩═╩═╩╩╩╩═╝! I'm a stalker on this thread at the moment .... I will bet setting more eggs in a week or so, what you hatching?

Hey @gimmie birdies and @Scott214 stalking this thread for some little chick pics :pop

Who lays a grey egg like that?

:frow Hey guys!!!!! So this is where ya'll are hanging out!!! "The Hatching" Part 2 :gig

@gimmie birdies Do you feel like trading some of your grey colored eggs for some BCM or selling me some? I LOVE those grey colored eggs of yours :drool

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34618-d3652988-Reviews-The_Celery_Fields-Sarasota_Florida.html OMG!!! That is sooooooo cute!!!! :love

Nooooo - you have to post a pic of it

Hellllllo my lovelies!!!! Oh my word between editing wedding photo's, hatching baby chicks (with issues) and all of the other of life shenanigans I have not had a mo to get on here. Sooooooo here's the skinny : All of the OE's did GREAT, with only one needing assisting. Out of my 5 Marans...

:thumbsup Good luck!!!!