Marans Madness March Hatch Along.....

[lisal124]

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This is my first hatch and the humidity issue has also confused me. The first week the humidity was 20-25%...then after reading more of these posts, I upped it to 35 -45%. I think when I go into lockdown, I will also run at 65%. I also purchased my eggs on ebay so I hope mine hatch too! Congratulations on the sweet chicks...and good luck on the rest!

 

[cthrash1]

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If I'm too stubborn to candle, then I use my sniffer... Just do a quick run over... you'd know if theres a bad one in the bunch.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

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If I'm too stubborn to candle, then I use my sniffer... Just do a quick run over... you'd know if theres a bad one in the bunch.

I've only had the misfortune of smelling this once and, I tell ya whut, that was the most putrid thing I've ever smelled. I threw up a little in my mouth.

 

[aceschix]

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What did you mark your eggs with? That is easy to read!

 

[pinkchick]

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This is my first hatch and the humidity issue has also confused me. The first week the humidity was 20-25%...then after reading more of these posts, I upped it to 35 -45%. I think when I go into lockdown, I will also run at 65%. I also purchased my eggs on ebay so I hope mine hatch too! Congratulations on the sweet chicks...and good luck on the rest!

I run my bators at 35%-40% humidity from day 1 thru day 18 then up it to around 60%. I am very happy with the hatch results.

 

[pinkchick]

Congratulations to everyone who had an early March hatch!!!!! WooooWhooooo!

 

[lisal124]

THIS IS SOOOO MUCH FUN! My first time!! Candled today and could actually see a difference from last week!! I'm soooo excited!! Can you tell??

 

[kathyinmo]

I'm just going to lurk, and enjoy. My beautiful Blue Marans have just started laying, and I think I had better wait awhile before I start incubating them.

I will be a cheerleader for you all, though!

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

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What did you mark your eggs with? That is easy to read!

Sharpie

 

[Bravo]

WAAAAA!!!!

I had 6 BCM's in the bator but had to remove them at day 10 because 3 were clear and 3 were quitters......

Now I am going to have to covet all of your gorgeous eggs and live vicariously through all of you