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    Tiny eggs

    I have a flock of Marans: 6 Black Coppers, 1 Black, 1 Splash , 1 white and 1 Wheaten. I also have 1 Black Isbar. Since New Years Day, the hens have laid eggs despite the cold weather here in New England. Strangely, one of the hens have been laying eggs about the size of a robin's egg and I...
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    Brinsea 20 ECO

    I have had a Brinsea 20 Eco for a number of years and it has been an excellent machine. The thermometer provide has been excellent and I had to calibrate my temperature when I received it. I run mine @ 99.5. It hatches on day 21. I usually hatch Marans eggs. It's a rock solid performer. Only...
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    Setting eggs July 6th. Need some hatching buddies. Lets have some fun!

    Wow, I started 6 White Marans on July 6 and put them into lockdown on day 18, Monday, July 23. I couldn't tell if they were developing as they are super dark eggs. Well, day 21 comes and goes and NOTHING! No pips, no movement, NOTHING! And Day 22 comes and goes and NOTHING! But I sat on my...
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    Hatching question - what do you think?

    As I have said, I have on occasion helped chicks out of their shells. Those times are usually when I am finishing a hatch and as I am discarding the eggs, I will hear a peep coming from one. In some cases, the chick has survived and thrived. I imagine many at this forum can share similar...
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    Hatching question - what do you think?

    This is very good for hatching, it helped me. https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-DryIncubation.html good luck.
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    Hatching question - what do you think?

    I have have hatched Marans pretty much exclusively. I raise my humidity to 65-75% for the last 3 days. Opening your bator could compromise the other eggs, causing your chicks to get enveloped inside the membrane, almost like shrink wrap. I have had many chicks pip and not come out for 12...
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    Setting eggs June 3rd. Need hatching buddies! Lets have some fun!

    I just finished a lockdown. 11 eggs set on day 18. 8 hatched on day 20 and the other three hatched this morning. 11 out of 11 Black Copper Marans! First home run ever. I am on day 6 with 17 Splash Marans and I am setting 12 more Black Copper Marans tomorrow. I run staggered hatched in my ECO...
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    Splash Marans

    Bought 12 got 17, you rock Cat!
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    If for some reason the eggs don't hatch that I put under my broody hen can I sneak chicks under her?

    Sometimes yes, sometimes no. When the hen does hatch some chicks, you can do that. I had a hen that hatched 4 chicks and I snuck 12 more under her over 3 days. She loved it!
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    Setting eggs June 3rd. Need hatching buddies! Lets have some fun!

    I set 17 Splash Marans on the 2nd of June and just put 11 Black Copper Marans into lockdown. Let the games begin....
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    help,, chicks with curled toes..

    what kind of chicks are they? I had a Marans hatch last winter where a number of the chicks had curled and fused toes. Some say its a genetic issue, others have told me its a "cook" issue. My temps for incubation were 100.1-100.3.. I have cut them back to 99.3 - 99.5 and have had no issues...
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    Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i had one that hatched like that last week. Bloody, wobbly and wouldn't stand or scurry around like the others. After 3 days in the brooder, it is indistinguishable from the others, all are active.
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    12 + 2 French Black Copper Marans eggs NPIP KY Jeane/Grisham Auction

    I'll bid 15$
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    12 + 2 French Black Copper Marans eggs NPIP KY Jeane/Grisham Auction

    i'll bid $12.
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    AUCTION ( ')> 10 Rumpless - Tufted - LF Araucana Eggs <(' )

    i was late. congrats to sybie
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