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I like the variety of shades in olive eggers. I don't think darker is always better. My favorite olive shade is medium olive green with speckles. I'm trying different pairing for my F3s. This first batch I bred to a cream Legbar roo. Next batch I'll breed to a Marans roo.

Since the shells on my F2s are very dark olive green, I was breeding back to blue.

I just hatched 7 F3 olive eggers. Dark olive laying hens crossed with Cream Legbar roo. The chicks are all black or blue and barred (white spot on head). Looking forward to see what they lay...:)

Hillflowerranch, could you pick up 6 for me too? I live in Santa Clarita, so I could meet you anywhere in LA area to pick up :-)

Looks like 100% hatch on my Blue Marans! Last one is piping right now :D So far 4 splash, 2 blue, 1 black. SO happy!

My Blue Marans are related to George. Is she (!) a splash?

My blue marans are hatching at day 20! 4/8 out while I went to Trader Joe's. Such an easy stress free hatch. :-)

8 Blue Marans in lockdown for a Monday hatch. 8 Blue / Splash English Opingtons in my other incubator due January 28th. Hatching is SO much fun!

I have the Ecoglow 20 & love it. The chcks are absolutely adorable peeking out from under it. I'm about to order a second Ecoglow 20, since I'm doing staggered hatches. It doesn't seem cheaply made at all and I feel much safer using it inside. I've been happy with all the Brinsea products.

I'm 3/4 for my English Orpingtons that went into lockdown. 3 are out and gorgeous. The 4th I was concerned about it, since before lockdown it had no air cell visible, but was clearly alive and moving. After the 3 chicks hatched and dried, I took the last egg out to give it a quick candle and the...

Mine are Blue & Splash, pure English from UK imports. Two pips this morning...

I'm doing a staggered hatch: 4 Blue / Splash English Orpingtons on lockdown. One hatched, two pipped. Next Monday I have 8 Blue Marans due.

I have 8 Blue Marans eggs hatching right now too. Due on 1/13. 8/9 were fertile & although they're not as easy to candle as lighter eggs, I could easily eliminate the infertile one with my Ovascope.

My 2nd English Orpington has pipped! Tomorrow is the 21st & my little early bird is waiting for playmates. It's taking all my self control leaving him/her in the incubator.

My first English Orpington just hatched! day 20. Pipped last night. Now she/he is waiting for it's little buddies to pip. So exciting. The little one literally 'kicked' his/her way out.

My first chick just hatched!! Day 20. Now she/he is waiting for his friends to pip.

I have 4 blue/ splash English Orpingtons on lockdown. Due tomorrow. One is pipped & I hear peeping! I have 8 BlueMarans in my other incubator, due on the 13th. SO excited!

This is my first ever hatch. I'm using a Brinsea Mini Advance. I ended up getting 2 of those and they're incredibly easy to use. Just add water to one side of reservoir every few days. Temperature is very steady at 99.5. I started with 8 shipped eggs that arrived very carefully wrapped & packed...

I'm so excited, I have a coop builder coming to our ranch today to build my dream coop! I'm in Southern California, so our weather conditions are more mild than most, so after years of trial and error I designed a true open air coop. Here are the details & I'll post photos when we're done. 12' X...

I can't believe that I started this thread & I can't participate! On the positive side, they're filming a movie at our ranch! On the negative side, filming brings too many opportunities for power outages. I guess I'll be a week behind you guys, but I'm still going to follow along. Good luck...