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I thought about getting some hatching bags. Might be a good idea. Just got this egg.

Thanks! I have 2 BCM hens. 1 has darker eggs than the other. 1 has a dark ends and some speckles and the others lighter with fine reticulations. I bought some tiny rubber bands to tag at hatch. Some of the mixed eggs have some marans lineage also. Its gonna be hard to distinguish the chicks...

This will be my third hatch from the incubator. I’m a little unsure what to do with all the chicks. 9 chicks has been my biggest hatch so far and I’m expecting 25 this time.

My hens don’t have copper hackles. Just a little bit of color.

I got a nice speckled one today similar to yours.

I was impressed with the different pink/purple/lavender blooms she has. I haven’t really seen those available anywhere. She also gets some that are straight up gray looking. Almost like a potato. I’ll have to ask her about the different genetics involved in getting those blooms. I know there...

Yes, I started collecting eggs the day I culled the BCM rooster. I’ve got a dozen now. The true blue rooster has been covering the BCM hens all week. So I guess they could be pure BCM or olive eggers. Chicken math says since I’m incubating 12 of my eggs, I might as well get 12 from someone else...

Now that I only have one whiting true blue rooster, I’ve kept him with the 2 older marans hens and things are going smoothly. He’s been calm and respectful around them. I’ve collected 12 marans eggs in the last 7 days and plan on incubating them tomorrow. The color of the eggs is stunning in the...

Not really, he has attacked my kids and wife too. I’ve been casually trying to find a home for him. I like that the pullets are laying eggs now, I’m thinking I will cull him soon once I have a dozen or so fertile eggs. I was warned that hand raising chicks would lead to aggressive roosters. I...

Good looking rooster. Here’s mine today. I think he’s 23 weeks old. He doesn’t have much color in his saddle feathers like yours.

I found 2 eggs hidden in the true blue’s coop and 1 in the nest box today.

The pullets have started laying. We’ve gotten 3 eggs in 4 days. The latest one is lighter colored. Yesterday’s dark one is a beauty. The roll away nest boxes are working. And they laid the last 2 in the nest box.

Thanks! She was right at 22 weeks and 2 days from hatch. Of course she laid it on the ground instead of in the nest boxes. For an hour or two before she was squawking her head off.

Thanks. I think the 2 hens I have are beauties. I might have to lock them up soon and see if they will lay in the nest boxes. I really wanted to keep the rooster with them so I could hatch some purebred Marans pullets, but I don’t think I can keep him much longer in my urban backyard. He’s...

What is everybody’s experience with pullets starting to lay? Mine are at 21 weeks from hatch and have had vibrant red combs for awhile now.

Just this one right now. The other one jumped on my little girl so he got the chop. This one jumped on my wife the other day, so his days are numbered.

This big guy is 20 weeks now and has found his voice.

I think the hybrid names help people know what the genetics are. The name Mars Bar tells me infinitely more about the birds than calling them barnyard mix. When I was searching for hatching eggs to buy online, many times I would have to ask the seller what the genetics were of their olive...