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    Delaware Blue Hens

    I have one Delaware blue rooster and three blue hens. I also have a 4 month old black rooster a blue hen 4 months and a splash hen 4 months. My eggs are a tannish and go large to medium size. The medium is off a young 8 month old hen. I love these birds. Mine came from a friend in Delaware. She...
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    Hatching BCM, Blue Copper Marans, Cuckoo Marans, Olive, Welsummers

    I have them seperated in egg cartons and then I use small gage wire to seperate them. You can bend it almost anyway you want and I stay right by the incubators most of the hatching time any way. I have my incubators in the house in the spare bedroom. When they hatch I already have a system of...
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    Hatching BCM, Blue Copper Marans, Cuckoo Marans, Olive, Welsummers

    What I do is put my eggs in an egg carton. I use the foam type. I cut the bottoms of the egg carton out so the air can flow all the way around the eggs. I then place the cartons in the incubator like normal. Now as far as turning the eggs go I don't actually turn the eggs. I have a pice of 2 x 6...
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    Hatching BCM, Blue Copper Marans, Cuckoo Marans, Olive, Welsummers

    Nancy: I learned a lot from you and my fellow BYC friends. I think I got my first mail order eggs from you and you gave me lots of information. P.S. My daughter got a new camera for Christmas so there will be lots of pictures of the hatch.
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    Hatching BCM, Blue Copper Marans, Cuckoo Marans, Olive, Welsummers

    Good luck to you also. To hatch the turkey eggs at the same time you have to put them in a week before the chicken eggs or do like I did and have 2 hatches going at the same time. I can put the turkey eggs in with the cooler incubator while the hovabator eggs are hatching. Then after the chicks...
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    Hatching BCM, Blue Copper Marans, Cuckoo Marans, Olive, Welsummers

    I have not been able to candle any of these eggs except for the 8 turkey eggs. To candel an egg you go to a dark room and with either a special light or strong pen flashlight put it ontothe egg and look for developement. There should be veins showing after the 7th day. I then check again on day...
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    Hatching BCM, Blue Copper Marans, Cuckoo Marans, Olive, Welsummers

    This is the hatch I started on 2-10-2011. I got the eggs from several people including sandspoultry, fowlrus and gamebirdsonly. The other eggs I got from breeders. I also have some eggs from midget white turkeys, white holland turkeys and beltsville turkeys. I almost forgot the 14 white...
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    Black Copper Maran over Welsummer Hen anyone tried it?

    They look good. What was your hatch rate?
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    Black Copper Maran over Welsummer Hen anyone tried it?

    Yea depending on the outlook of these I may try to let some grow up and mate back to a BCM rooster. I have seen where that combo makes a black sex link. Something about a white spot. I book marked the page I think. It was way early this morning when I looked it up. It was here in BYC though. I...
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    Black Copper Maran over Welsummer Hen anyone tried it?

    I got some BCM rooster over Welsummer hen eggs from gamebirdsonly. Has anyone raised any of these and if so what are they like. What do the eggs look like and how is the mix over all. I should have ask gamebirdsonly but have liked everything I ever got from him . I think it will make a great...
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    Online CRAZY EGG CHAIN lets play

    Hey monkeyingaroundfarm. sandspoultry has some turkey eggs. I got 8 from them and they are very nice. They are Holland white, Midget White and Beltsville. They are very clean and nice size. They are right here on BYC. Steve and Sharon are very nice and they pack great to work with. They also...
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    Amazing Black Copper Maran Hatching eggs.

    I just got 16 of the most amzing dark brown Black Copper Marans eggs. I got them from sandspoultry. They are right here on BYC. I was lucky enough to be close enought to pick them up from Steve and Sharon. The weather here is kinda bad but it was worth it to go and get these eggs. I bought them...
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    Online CRAZY EGG CHAIN lets play

    Okay does anyone know where we are now. What is the offer the is up Now.
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    Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

    Quote: What are you talking about. What cut off on what? Letus know don't keep us in the dark.
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    Want Color? French Marans lovers 6+ hatching eggs

    Hey I won one so I will back off on the other1 . We Carolina people should stick together. I am glad to see some of us up here though.Good luck.
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