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While I am waiting for a French Wheaten Marans Roo to mature, I have left a Lavender Araucana Rooster in with my French Wheaten Marans hens. As some of my other hens have gone broody I have given them some of the Marans eggs to hatch. The first lot of chicks all look the same except one. 5...

Would love know what others think of my roo Whammy. He is about a year old and is a great breeder, I think he looks pretty special but would appreciate the thoughts of more experienced Marans breeders. He usually has good shank feathering but recently suffered a bout of leg mites so is missing...

I have a hygrometer - i have tried dry hatching, 40% humidity, 50% humidity and everything in between, still not happy. Have found with the dry hatch the air cells seem to look more like the picture you've posted, and the hygrometer has always read 25-35% humidity which is obviously the...

Hi all, I've never really been happy with the humidity and the way the chicks hatch in my incubator, so thought i would get scientific and weigh some eggs throughout my next hatch to monitor their weight loss and adjust my humidity accordingly. So I am just wondering if anyone can tell me how...

My Marans hens have been laying for a few months now and the roo is doing his job as a broody hen hatched out some of their eggs. Now I'm tired of waiting for more of my hens to go broody so want to incubate my Marans eggs. Problem is they are so round I seriously cant tell the pointy end from...

Thanks everyone - he is 5 months old. I would like to sell him, and I know he is a purebred, so would one be comfortable advertising him as an Orp? Should I mention the very slight chance he could be a Lorp? I wont be selling him for much although I think he is a good quality roo.

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