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Oh, chickencanoe, its so scary! Blkjak, does that make any difference to when I stop turning? I believe that I should turn off the autoturn at day 18.

Thank you! I ended having to send for more eggs, which arrived today, as the first lot never got here. I am leaving them to settle down for 24 hours. I tried to candle them but they are almost impossible to see through because of the colour and thickness of the shell. Does it get any clearer as...

Well done! They look really cute. I am so glad that you got so many. :)

What humidity do you use. The external humidity here in Scotland is around 85 to 90 percent just now but I don't know if that will affect the eggs as they will be in the enclosed space of the incubator.

So exciting! Please let me know what you get!

Oh, good luck - hope your eggs all hatch and be all pullets (assuming that is what you are after). I am tempted to keep humidity low as the eggs (should arrive tomorrow) are supposed to be very dark. I will be interested to hear your results, what kind of incubator are you using? I will also be...

I have also seen posts that say to incubate dry until just before hatching, what is your opinion?

Thank you, I am keeping my fingers crossed! I had read a post, somewhere on here I think, that described sanding the dark colour off to allow for better transpiration.

Hi there, I am going to try hatching some eggs this coming week. 6 black copper marans and 6 wheaten marans eggs. I will be using a Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance Incubator with Autoturn Cradle (AD222A). I have heard that marans eggs can be difficult to hatch, do I need to do anything special, or do...