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    Comment by 'frankdust' in item 'Marans'

    Yes, I incubate/raise my own
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    Speckledhen's Ten Commandments of Good Flock Management

    Have 5, 8 month old French Black Copper Maran's Roosters and trying to decide which 3 to keep. All 5 are beautiful roosters but 2 have solid black chest and other 3 have specks of copper on chest. Which is better solid black chest or lightly copper speckled chest for meeting standard requirements?
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    Winter water intake

    I believe like most animals they will consume same amount or more in colder weather
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    Comment by 'frankdust' in item 'Marans'

    Have 5, 8 month old French Black Copper Maran's Roosters and trying to decide which 3 to keep. All 5 are beautiful roosters but 2 have solid black chest and other 3 have specks of copper on chest. Which is better solid black chest or lightly copper speckled chest for meeting standard requirements?
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    Hens Quit Laying

    Thank u
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    Hens Quit Laying

    Started light inside coop 3wks ago and is on from 4am to 7pm
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    Hens Quit Laying

    It's been getting down into the 20's at night but heat lamp is only on at night but they quit laying 4wks before heat lamp was added. They r 10 month old black copper Maran's
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    Hens Quit Laying

    Black copper Maran's and blue copper quit laying premium feed, plenty of water, light and heat lamp in coop but all 8 hens quit laying. No eggs for 5 wks now. 7 hens are 10 months old and 1 hen 16 months old. All look very healthy but can't figure out why they all quit at same time? Any ideas?
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    Day 21 no signs of Piping or movement

    good news, chicks r starting to pick today.
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    Day 21 no signs of Piping or movement

    Will do. I wish I could or someone figures out what is going wrong. I have read so much on here and followed everything to the letter that I have read on BYC and you would think out of 48 eggs going at same time ( 4 incubators-12 eggs in each one) I would at least get 1 egg to hatch. Thank you...
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    Day 21 no signs of Piping or movement

    Yes, on first 12 eggs I lost last month, when I broke them open, 11 out of 12 were fully developed but membrane was tight around chicks
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    Day 21 no signs of Piping or movement

    On the first bact last month I lost,yes the membrane was tight. buton this one eggtosey the membrane wasn't the the chick was alive. I have 4 hygrometers and have switched them from incubator to incubator and recorded readings each time and all 4 gave same readings as one I would swap it out...
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    Day 21 no signs of Piping or movement

    Thank you for the link
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    Day 21 no signs of Piping or movement

    No, not a lot of liquid in it. Membrane was stick around it and when it opened up, chick moved around and when I picked it up legs and body jerked around, so it was alive.
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    Day 21 no signs of Piping or movement

    So can you explain to me what percent of humidity do u maintain (low-high) 1st 18 days and then what do you raise your up too last 3 days? ( I ran 45% for 18 days then 65% last 3 days0
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