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I have had many years of successful hatching of Black Copper Marans eggs thanks to this article. So much info, and clear direction on how to make decisions about the humidity level throughout incubation in this tricky-to-hatch breed. Healthy chicks = happy chicken folks. Love the old-timers...

I can't believe it but for the first time all 24 of my lovely Marans eggs look good-to-go on lock-down. Great, right? But... the eggs are so big that I can't lay them on their side for the hatch because there is no room. Just now I had to put 3 eggs on top of the rest to get them all on their...

Yes, I think it has to be the high altitude. Maybe you can create a small environment that is very humid and then within that the prince he can get more humid? That is an issue. Good luck!

Sounds like spring is definitely happening at your place! I am working to get my little 2 week olds outside with a light, because they are making us all crazy inside. They need ROOOOM! Hooray for chicks! :) Linda

Very cool I had one little guy with a pasty butt today oh my goodness when he finally pooped it must have been a full teaspoon. Thought I was going to lose him, just standing there in screeching after I cleaned him up, but in about a half an hour he pooped, started eating, drinking and looks...

21 healthy little chicks. Hooray! Of the 24, two were infertile and one was fully formed, did in the Shell. Pretty good hatch. Everybody else is healthy and strong. Now if I could just quit watching them and get to bed before midnight! They are so fragile when there's newborn and so cute.

Today is hatch day, and at least 10 of the 22 little peepers are out and healthy. I went into lockdown one day early, and raised the humidity. I will see if this helps the last few to hatch. In previous hatches some of them have been sticky and too dry.

So, so cool! I never get tired of hearing totally closed eggs start chirping. Amazing they hatched in the night! Mine are due to hatch next Sunday, but they are sometimes a bit later, maybe a day or so. I try to start the bator on Friday night so that if they are late I am still home for the...

Hi Gabe, my house is moving along. I candle the last weekend and it looks like for sure 21 are developing, and maybe one or two of the three questionable ones, but maybe not. that is so exciting that you have Pippin going on! It seems like mine sleep in the night and then finish up in the...

Hi Gabe.Linda on Guemes here. Best of luck with those eggs in the Bator. I put eggs in on Sunday morning, and they were a bit porous, too. I will give more oyster shell... :)

I only have French Black Copper Marans, so cannot help with the Cuckoo's. I have noticed though that our local feed store had Cuckoo chicks, and so maybe it might be worth looking at your local feed store to. I am in the Mount Vernon Burlington area. I have also seen pictures that show you how...

thanks for your thoughts! yes, both lines of fcbm are with feathered legs, so that is great advice to check the legs for feathers. I will watch as they grow.

All of these 2 day old chicks are from eggs that were supposed to be Black Copper Marans. could they possibly all be Black Copper Marans? They all look so different! a different marans variety? And Welsummer cross? 15 are chicks from my own hens and roosters. all I have is Black Copper Marans...

I wound up looking and looking on Craigslist and finally finding not so tiny chicks in Kelso, WA and they have been great. It seemed like summer was flying by... and I am not an experienced chick incubator supervisor. As I started reading more and more about what can go wrong if the temp or...

Hi there! Did you have any luck finding BCM chicks? I am also in WA (Anacortes) and am looking for chicks somewhere in Northwest Washington. Any info owuld be helpful about breeders, etc. :) Linda