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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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    Black Copper Marans Hatch - Fused toe issue

    I have had 3 Black Copper Hatches over the last month. The first 18 days, all the eggs were incubated in a Brinsea Eco 20 at a temperature of 100.5 and 35% humidity. They were than hatched in a Hovabator at 100.5 degrees and 65% humidity. The chicks have hatched on the Day 20 in all cases...
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    HAtching eggs are "sweating"

    Hey BYCers, I have a strange issue that hopefully one of you can set me straight. I recently set some eggs in my ECO20 'bator. They were clean (I didn't wash them, but their was no dirt or residue on them) and were sound with no visable cracks. After 24-48 hours, 2 out of 15 eggs starting...
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    BEST WAY TO PACK EGGS: Do shipped eggs need to breath?

    There is a thread going on about hatch percentages from shipped eggs. One question that has come up is do shipped eggs need to breath? Excellent question!!! One person says no, they don't need to breath until incubation begins. Another says yes, they are living embryos, they need to breath...
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    pullet stopped laying

    My wheatie marans pullet, age 8 months, started laying at 28 weeks and continued to lay nice brown eggs until 2 week ago. She is big and beautiful and has a huge fluffy butt. She doesn't appear in distress and I felt her to see if there are eggs stuck in her. I am inclined to think with the...
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    HATCHING DISASTER STORIES! What I learned!

    Ovey! What a hatch I just completed. I bought 10 Wheaten Marans Eggs on eBay in early July and received 12 beauties! BoY was I psyched! So, I let them sit for 12 hours and then put them in my ECO20 with the auto turner. Sometime around day 7, the power went off in the ECO20 but the auto...
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    SUMMER SOLSTICE HATCH JUNE 21!- Blue Marans Hatch

    Yep, it is time for my final hatch of the year. This year was my first year hatching and my success rate was pretty good once I figured it out. But I am sure their is more to know! I got 20 Blue Marans eggs goiung into the bator tonight I got from Peachick today. I got 11 out of 14 with my...
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    Getting Mama to lay eggs again

    My wheatie marans had chicks over a month ago. She is in the coop with another egg laying hen and one of her babies. The baby is know fully feathered. how to I get Mama back laying agin? thanks!
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    HELP! Day 21 and i am in a panic!

    Hi, Last night as day 21 started, I had 6 pips and chirping. When I awoke this morning, no hatched chicks and no chirps. By lunch, 3 had hatched, but only 2 from last nights pips. So, I have 4 that pipped last night and no further action. Should I continue to sit on my hands and not open the...
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    Broody as a hatcher?

    I have a wheaten marans that is super broody! She's been barking like mad for a week but really wants to be a mom. I am thinking of giving her 6 eggs that are in the bator and due in 7 days. Save the hassle of hatching and brooding them indoors. Do you think this is cool, in light that...
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    Broody Hen questions- What a great mom!

    My wheaten maran hen just had 3 yellow chicks. Cute as a button. I wonder, I have a bunch of chicks hatching this week, can I just put them all together with a heat lamp with the broody? . She is a gentle and nice mom and I want to reward her for her work. But I am selling the chicks...
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    Broody Hen questions

    one of my wheaten marans hens went broody on me. I moved her to the "suite" and put 3 marans eggs and a couple silkie eggs under her. She hasn't moved off the nest in a week. I leave water and food on her perch and she eats while seated, but has move to take a poop. What should I do ? anyother...
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    CONJUGAL VISIT- died and gone to heaven?

    I hope this is the right place to place this............. My Wheaten Marans Hens have been living in relative peace and quiet for the last 6 months. They started laying eggs in January and now are laying 6-7 eggs a day of pretty decent color (5-6 consistently after starting w/6-7's). I did...
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    HATCHER advise-help!

    I have been offered a Little Giant still air incubator for 30 bucks, brand new. I have a ECO 20 and I want to get a hatcher. Should I go with this one or hold out for one with a fan? Help!
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    Candling

    well 4 dys in I had a low humidity so i had to open my bator and add some H2O. i rearranged some eggs that had been moved in the turning (I have an ECO w/ an auto turner) i candled a few eggs using a mag light flashlight (2 c batterys) and couldn't see nothing. is it too early or my eyes stink?
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    Hatchers

    I like the idea of a hatcher so you can stagger your egg hatches in the incubator. A friend has offered me a still air bator, very basic. Is it necessary to install a fan? The bator is locked down for the final countdown. Just wondering. thanks
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    Eco 20 question

    I am getting one of the Eco 20's. What kind of thermometer/hydrometer should I get for it? Any other tips? thanks
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    Jumbo

    My Marans just staring laying eggs in mid January. Most the eggs weigh an average of 65 grams, but I got a whopper at 84 grams today. Is this a double yoke?
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    Frozen Eggs

    I found a egg outside under the henhouse this morning and it was frozen. Can i still eat it? Since it was in an area of wood shaving and poop, am I taking a risk eating it? It's cold here in CT, 16 degreesF and the wind is strong. Feels like O.
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    Introducing a rooster

    I won a Bantam Buff Cochin rooster at a show this weekend. I have two small flocks housed in separate coops, 8 Wheaten Marans Hens and 4 different bantam hens (2 WCBP, a Light Braham and a Buff Cochin.) Which flock would be easiest to intergrate him into? Is it possible for him to go with...
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