? for those who have incubated maran eggs

[mothersin2ition]

Could you see veins by the 7th day? Mine are all really dark shelled, of course, but I feel like I should be seeing *something* by now. Did you have to use a special candler to be able to see anything?

 

[SkyWarrior]

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I tried to see something, but dang, it was really dark in there. So, to answer your question: no. I didn't see anything and just hoped for a hatch. I got 4 chicks out of this hatch, 3 were marans, out of 12 eggs.

 

[featherz]

I have really dark maran eggs -could not see a thing and bought a 115 lumen coleman max flashlight at walmart. I'm on day 11 and I definitely saw the veining before day 7.

 

[Surehatch]

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I tried to see something, but dang, it was really dark in there. So, to answer your question: no. I didn't see anything and just hoped for a hatch. I got 4 chicks out of this hatch, 3 were marans, out of 12 eggs.

I always struggle with Marans' keep us posted on how it goes

 

[SkyWarrior]

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I tried to see something, but dang, it was really dark in there. So, to answer your question: no. I didn't see anything and just hoped for a hatch. I got 4 chicks out of this hatch, 3 were marans, out of 12 eggs.

I always struggle with Marans' keep us posted on how it goes

Are Marans hard to hatch? Just curious.

 

[jacyjones]

I tried 6 from Ebay so they had travelled before I put them in the incubator. I could see nothing when I candled all the way through and only 1 hatched. Of course it was a roo!!

 

[puredelite]

Hey jacyjones, Don't feel too bad as I put 14 BCM eggs in the incubator and only hatched 1 chick. It was a rooster also! Trying again with 14 more only this time have them under two broody hens and they are due to hatch this comming weekend. I don't have much success candling such dark eggs so I have just left them under the hens and so far they have not rolled any out of the nest. BTW, these are also E-bay shipped eggs so guess time will tell...

 

[newlyweds]

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I have to second this flashlight, it is extremely bright, and I can see veining and the air cell perfectly. They are still much harder to see through than any other lighter color, but at least I could see something. Best of luck to you. I have 20 maran eggs due to hatch tomorrow.

 

[sequoiacyclist]

I wait until mine are 14 days old and then I candle them with a high-powered pen light. If the entire egg glows orange at this point chances are high that there is nothing in there. If only a little bit at the small/large end of the egg glows and the rest is dark chances are there is a chick inside. So far this method has proved to be quite effective to me, but when in doubt just put them back in the incubator. Hope this helps!

 

[WVchick71]

With mine...some you could see the veins in but others I could not. So, I just let mine go 23 days and what I get is what I get. I have had 2 hatches recently of BCM and the first did really well. (Hatching 8 of 11 eggs) The second hatch was not so good ( 4 of 12). Neither of these were shipped eggs just from my own flock. Good luck with yours! hatching is so exciting!