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3/2/12 at 8:44pm
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OK folks,  I am getting tired... so if there are no more questions, I am calling it quits for tonight  frow.gif


sleep well Lisa! thanks for sharin pics! see ya tomorrow

 

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"Maybe home is not really about geography...maybe home has more to do with the work we've all done as individuals to increasingly become people we can live with. Maybe home is the desire to live soulfully, the tiny ongoing desicions we make that allow the soul room to breathe." -Linford Detweiler
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post #31412 of 45744
3/2/12 at 8:49pm
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exactly right Donna.... he.gif it is so frustrating...and even more so when its made out to not be that big of a deal. 

 


Not to mention the pinched tail of the hen...
 

 

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"Live and learn from fools and from sages" ~ Aerosmith
Black & Blue Copper Marans, and one Wheaten ~ White, Partridge & BBS Silkies
Member of:  ASBC

 

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post #31413 of 45744
3/2/12 at 9:46pm

I put two paper towels on top of the wire floors and put the eggs on the towels. They don't cover the entire wire surface but they sure make it easier to clean up. The only time I have problems with chicks getting dried is if some have piped and I open the incubator to remove chicks already hatched.
 

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Sorry for the multiple posts...

 

Anyone have any trouble hatching on the wire floors?

So far, I've had two chicks get dried as they were zipping and need help...

 

Is it the winter humidity (it was 56% at the time - higher now with more chicks hatching) or is it the fan and wire floor??

 

This is my first time hatching on the wire hatching trays!!



 

Heritage turkeys: Royal Palm, Blue Slate & Lavender, Mottled Black, and Narragansett

Chickens: Black and Blue Copper Marans, Rhode Island Red (Mohawk line), Barred Rock (Good Shepard line), New Hampshire (German line), Spangled Russian Orloffs, and red and black sex-links. A motley crew of various breeds in my mixed layer pen. Poults/chicks sold locally and shipped. I feed all organic.

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Heritage turkeys: Royal Palm, Blue Slate & Lavender, Mottled Black, and Narragansett

Chickens: Black and Blue Copper Marans, Rhode Island Red (Mohawk line), Barred Rock (Good Shepard line), New Hampshire (German line), Spangled Russian Orloffs, and red and black sex-links. A motley crew of various breeds in my mixed layer pen. Poults/chicks sold locally and shipped. I feed all organic.

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post #31414 of 45744
3/2/12 at 9:53pm
 

Wow... I am away from my computer for a day and have a novel to read when I get home!  Spicy!

 

 

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  ~ Buddha

 

My coop building thread... http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613051/my-new-breeding-pens-progress-pics

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post #31415 of 45744
3/2/12 at 9:57pm

Well this near west-coaster is still up, hopefully someone will answer this tomorrow. This has probably already been answered somewhere, but having trouble finding it. I joined APA and got my SOP book after the Black Copper Marans were admitted. How do I find/get a copy of the approved standard for the BCM?

Heritage turkeys: Royal Palm, Blue Slate & Lavender, Mottled Black, and Narragansett

Chickens: Black and Blue Copper Marans, Rhode Island Red (Mohawk line), Barred Rock (Good Shepard line), New Hampshire (German line), Spangled Russian Orloffs, and red and black sex-links. A motley crew of various breeds in my mixed layer pen. Poults/chicks sold locally and shipped. I feed all organic.

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Heritage turkeys: Royal Palm, Blue Slate & Lavender, Mottled Black, and Narragansett

Chickens: Black and Blue Copper Marans, Rhode Island Red (Mohawk line), Barred Rock (Good Shepard line), New Hampshire (German line), Spangled Russian Orloffs, and red and black sex-links. A motley crew of various breeds in my mixed layer pen. Poults/chicks sold locally and shipped. I feed all organic.

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post #31416 of 45744
3/3/12 at 3:49am
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Well this near west-coaster is still up, hopefully someone will answer this tomorrow. This has probably already been answered somewhere, but having trouble finding it. I joined APA and got my SOP book after the Black Copper Marans were admitted. How do I find/get a copy of the approved standard for the BCM?



I think they have a copy on the marans club web site....let me see if I can find the link for you.

 

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post #31417 of 45744
3/3/12 at 3:58am

Got it....Here is the link to the SOP for BCM on the marans thread...

 

http://marans.org/sop.html

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post #31418 of 45744
3/3/12 at 4:15am
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Keara ~  The hen looks black to me, but pull back her fluff feathers to see what her undercoat by the skin looks like. Is it black or blue? To me, personally, the chick looks like a black. I've had several born with that silver-looking tinge. Was the chick born of black and blue parents??  Let's see a pic of the chick in better light in a day or two, ok?



so Debbie it looks like you are right.... now that they are more dry and fluffy they are looking black.  oh well I guess just wishful thinking on my part, as I loved the size on that blue rooster that I lost.  But still, I got 6 chick so far and lots more pips!  I love hatchingjumpy.gif

 

I'll post pictures when they are done.

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3/3/12 at 5:06am



 

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I am thinking that I will just most pics this time... no cage cards   big_smile.png

 

Cock 1

 

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Hen 1

 

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Hen 2

 

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Sooooo, how did these Silver Salmon hens place?

And is that white in the wing triangle of the Silver Black Birchen? Do you happen to have another photo of this guy? If not, no biggie but I sure am curious as to the white wing triangle.

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"When the Power of Love Overcomes the Love of Power the World Will Know PEACE" -Jimi Hendrix

 

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post #31420 of 45744
3/3/12 at 5:10am

Pink... you are still reading aren't you ? ?

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