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    Looking for help identifying Marans

    Hello Everyone, I bought some BC maran eggs off ebay and had two odd balls hatch out. One male and one female. They both have litely feathered shanks. I emailed the person that I bought them from and he said they would turn out to be either Black tailed Buff or Wheaton Sport. Im looking for...
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    What type of Marans are They? Can anyone tell me? Pics Attached

    Hello Everyone, I bought some BC maran eggs off ebay and had two odd balls hatch out. One male and one female. They both have litely feathered shanks. I emailed the person that I bought them from and he said they would turn out to be either Black tailed Buff or Wheaton Sport. Im looking for...
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    Hatching in egg cartons or not. Pros and Cons

    Hello everyone, I have 50 eggs that I just locked down about 15 minutes ago. I have never tried hatching in egg cartons but this time Im going to give it a go. I have always had good luck with just lying my eggs in the bottom of the hatching tray. So what does everyone think. Whats your...
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    What are They? Pic Attached - Updated Current Pics Attached!!

    Ok, I bought some BC Maran eggs off ebay and this is one of two odd ball chicks that hatched out. The others look like BCM chicks with feathered shanks except one has extremely heavy feathered shanks. Here is a pic of what the two odd balls look like. WHAT ARE THEY?
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    Any way to color sex BC Maran chicks?

    Hi everyone, I hatched a few black copper maran chicks about a week ago and some have brown feathers starting to come in on their wings and some have all black wing feathers started. Is this a sign of male and female and if so can anyone tell me which would be which? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
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    My Morst Hatch Evvvvvver in 12 years!!

    Well 23 days ago I set 20 BC Maran eggs that i bought from Ebay. The gentleman I bought them from has been very helpful with his suggestions as I have never hatched any Marans in my past 12 years of incubating duck, turkey and chickens. Well on day 18 14 made it to lock down. On the 16th we had...
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    naked chickens. Need some advice

    Ok here goes. I have about 20 hens that we use for egg production. When I say egg production I mean I buy all of the feed and collect the eggs and the kids sell the eggs and get the money. Im in central IL so the winters are pretty cold here. During the cold spells I shut the doors on the barn...
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    Breech Hatching?

    I have been hatching eggs for about 10 years but have never seen this before. I have 2 Black Copper Maran eggs that are pipping on the small end of th egg. Both are still alive but have not made any more progress than a small hole. I know this isnt good but was wondering if anyone else have...
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    Help with hatching Black coppper Maran eggs

    Hi everyone, I just purchased 20 French Black Copper Maran eggs and need a little help. I have hatched hundreds of turkeys, ducks, and other chickens in the past but have never hatched the BCM's. The person I bought the eggs from tells me that he dry incubates for the first 18 days and then...
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