All Black Flock

[RoosterML]

Not sure if you are aware of this but when incubating dark eggs your humidity should be roughly 30-35% particularly for Marans as that is what I have experience with. Keep it in mind with any other hatches you may take on.

 

[Kajoda929]

Not sure if you are aware of this but when incubating dark eggs your humidity should be roughly 30-35% particularly for Marans as that is what I have experience with. Keep it in mind with any other hatches you may take on.

I'm not incubating at all at this point, but thank you

 

[Kajoda929]

Not sure if you are aware of this but when incubating dark eggs your humidity should be roughly 30-35% particularly for Marans as that is what I have experience with. Keep it in mind with any other hatches you may take on.

I actually just looked up more info on this and a lot of people had the same issue hatching darker eggs...I'm now curious if this is whybi really had more difficulty hatching my Penedesenca. The breeder kept telling me it was temperature related, but everything was correct, even with a separate thermometer. From what I just read, he should have known humidity was the issue, but never told me hatching them was different...

 

[RoosterML]

I actually just looked up more info on this and a lot of people had the same issue hatching darker eggs...I'm now curious if this is whybi really had more difficulty hatching my Penedesenca. The breeder kept telling me it was temperature related, but everything was correct, even with a separate thermometer. From what I just read, he should have known humidity was the issue, but never told me hatching them was different...

Yes same rules will apply to most dark eggs. 30-35% humidity. No don’t ask me why cause I have no clue.

 

[Kajoda929]

Yes same rules will apply to most dark eggs. 30-35% humidity. No don’t ask me why cause I have no clue.

I haven't found a real reason online either Lmao

 

[Nigel27]

I think the eggs are just less porous so they don’t loose moisture as fast

 

[Kajoda929]

I think the eggs are just less porous so they don’t loose moisture as fast

That actually makes sense...Someone said they filed the sides of their dark eggs down with an memory board, but I was under the impression doing that would cause long term damage to the growing chick

 

[RoosterML]

That actually makes sense...Someone said they filed the sides of their dark eggs down with an memory board, but I was under the impression doing that would cause long term damage to the growing chick

I would never do something to remove the bloom off of the egg. No need to file just keep humidity low.

 

[Kajoda929]

I would never do something to remove the bloom off of the egg. No need to file just keep humidity low.

That was my thought as well. I understood it to be that it could cause respiratory issues for those that survive