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I just noticed something -- In the ebay ad, she says "THESE EGGS ARE FROM THE SAME HENS THAT LAID THE SUPER DARK ONES IN THE PICS ABOVE." But in her response to you, she said: Quote: She is contradicting herself.

Quote: Just a note, so that nobody gets confused -- The MOAC is **not** helping to get Marans recognized by the APA. The **only** club that is working to gain APA recognition is the Marans Chicken Club USA.

Quote: Well, that kinda depends on your definition of "active". The Marans Chicken Club is the only one actively working on getting Marans recognized by the APA, and the only one whose members are actively showing their birds. Marans Breeders of America is just a yahoogroups list so far as I...

Quote: How many different Marans Clubs are there in US & what are their names? There have been bunches of groups, some calling themselves clubs and some not. Most are defunct. The ones I can think of at the moment -- Marans Chicken Club USA (obviously my personal favorite) Marans Breeders...

Quote: This is a good place to remind folks that there are several "clubs" out there, some dues-collecting and some not. Be sure you get the initials right when you are investigating the different groups.

Quote: Speaking of which, I CAN attest from personal experience that dark wheaten eggs have thicker, tougher shells from the several other breeds I've hatched. I'm a real softie when it comes to opening up the shells of chicks that have trouble hatching, and I've definitely noticed that dark...

The general idea is that very dark eggs have more pigment laid down on the egg surface, and that this decreases oxygen exchange. Therefore, supposedly, decreasing humidity in the incubator and/or sanding off a patch of pigment over the air cell is supposed to help with hatching. I have hatched...

Well, yes and no. The woman who uses that user name is indeed VP of the Marans of America Club, and those are definitely pretty eggs. OTOH, the ribbon she's boasting about is a "showmanship" ribbon -- which means that most likely the bird wasn't judged on its conformation at all, but rather...