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I would pm her back and ask her what you are supposed to do with the eggs? It seems most people on here that have marans won't even try to hatch eggs that color, so you're supposed to hatch them, then wait 6 months until they start laying? Just to see if they will lay very dark eggs? I'm glad I...

That's fine, I was just mainly curious if it was possible for eggs to be as dark as they were in the OP pic! Chat away, lots of good info here

Quote: With proper Marans eggs they shouldn't ever look like "normal" brown eggs. Eggs from some hens get lighter than others over time, possibly/probably due to average egg numbers per particular bird. Most of my darkest egg layers lay every other day & hardly get any lighter at all. Others...

Quote: That does not bode well. If they've just about stopped laying, more than likely it is only one, maybe two birds, laying & the chances of getting full brother & sister are increased, also some of the eggs are probably older than one would hope, if one considers time spent going though...

Are these for real? http://cgi.ebay.com/6-FRENCH-BLACK-COPPER-MARANS-HATCHING-EGGS-BLUE-RIBBON_W0QQitemZ220489254781QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item33562f077d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 They are super super dark, I've never seen any like them!