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I'd leave the water empty until stop day, and then set it at 60%. That's just me...

I wouldn't say Marans eggs are thicker. In general, they appear to be the same thickness as all of my other breeds' eggs. I would agree that the pigment on the outside is the difference, and in my opinion, it is this pigment that makes the eggs evaporate less during incubation. When eggs don't...

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Ah- here we go- I sent this to a customer back when I had my French Cuckoo Marans. I just get past the color, then I mist the egg with Betadine water mixed to be like a dark iced tea- this replaces the bloom that just got sanded off... Pop them into the incubator and there you have it...

I'm going to throw a can of worms out in the middle of this conversation... I SAND some of the coloring off of mine (only when shipped) and add NO water until day 19, then I go to 60 or 65% for the hatch. I have consistently found that when I do this I get great hatches. When I don't, the egg...