Tips for hatching Marans eggs?

read your post 6/14 backyard chickens reguarding hatching Marans (dark eggs) I had an issue with eggs from my own bcms hens and roo. that I had a question about. Set 15 dark eggs, 13 hatched, 1 was slow and died after a few hours. To weak I guess as it just seemed to lay quietly resting for some time. The 2 in question didn't pip after 22 days. I candled as best as you can and could see a small beak in the air sack. Left them for another day then then give up and cracked the shell on the air sack. Nothing to indicate a live chick, so opened them up and found a (seemed) fully formed chick dead.

These are my own eggs not shipped. I am using a 1588 incubator, Had it not been for the 3 loses I would have had a 100% hatch. After some research it seems the darker eggs have some trouble hatching in a incubator.

However I had 5 eggs from the same pairing under a hen and they all hatched successfully, so I guess mother hen must know when to help.

Also checked the site you suggested. very good info. thank you
 
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Has anyone tried putting shipped eggs under a broody hen? I have one, and right now she is sitting on some ceramic eggs just to keep her in the mood. I was going to order some BCM and olive eggs, but after reading all of these posts I wonder if it's worth it.
 
Hi,

I have some special Marans eggs on their way. Does anyone have some tips for incubating Marans eggs? I bought some from ebay a few months ago, with bad luck.

One egg hatched, with a healthy and vigorous baby. When I cracked the other 10 eggs open on day 25, one had developed until about day ten, and the other nine all had scrambled and rotting yolks. Thanks for your help, Faith D.

p.s. I have a Brinsea Eco 20.
I am dealing with the same issue. Marans are harder to hatch than any other eggs i have ever hatched. Ive been hatcing them for a while and they seem pretty temperamental. I seen a video on hatching shipped eggs on YouTube and it helped me hatch some that shouldn't have because of air pockets being messed up. Good luck.
 

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