Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Mountain Mel 22]

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Yep, that's an egg alright!

It seemed that my marans eggs got a little darker after the birds had layed for a couple of weeks. Time will tell with yours.
Congradulations!

 

[SD_Paulo]

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Bummer about your kids being down. Breaks my heart when they catch a bug. Hope they feel better soon. Dont forget the Vit C, Echinachea and lots of CHICKEN SOUP (made from whole chicken).

 

[chevgrl]

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Bummer about your kids being down. Breaks my heart when they catch a bug. Hope they feel better soon. Dont forget the Vit C, Echinachea and lots of CHICKEN SOUP (made from whole chicken).

Oh yea just so happens that I put some homeade chicken noodles last week and it freezes really well!
Eating chicken and watching chicks...I don't know what better lol


I got 2 out both blacks looks to be

 

[chevgrl]

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Eggs are looking about 50% in the hovabator - which DOES please mean given their travels and circumstances. Things are growing.

Just got a new Brinsea Octagon 20 with humidity pump because I'm hoping for a better hatch. (I drowned a good number in my hovabator last hatch. Would like to avoid that this time if at all possible!!!!) But I can't seem to get the humidity pump working properly.

University courses may sooth my mind but they don't necessarily mean I have a brain!!!!

I've read and re-read instructions and replaced all the hoses but I can't seem to get the humidity above 34% which means water isn't reaching the incubator ....

I've been doing dry hatching the last couple years and I swear by it! It up'd my hatch rate to 90% from 70% on day 18 I make sure humidity is above 60%

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Just goes to prove that university degrees mean NOTHING! At least, in my case. Paperwork with the Octagon 20 doesn't say my humidity pump is a gravity feed but I put it on the shelf above the incubator just for grins because of what you said and guess what????? Humidity came right up! (Who was it that said they were about to sign up for some science courses??? Maybe a bit overdue .... )

If humidity is still holding steady in the morning - eggs may be moved ....

 

[Spitman]

Hey guy's its been a while , well these are the 2 Blue copper Boys that I have posted before they are 6 months what do ya think of them . Don't worry , give it to me are they worthy to breed !! ? thanks for looking at them.

. The one on the left has a more dark blue laceing on his brest . the other one I thingk may have to much light coppering in his chest . ?

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[chevgrl]

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Pretty boys. I don't know much...I'm learning here but they appear to have a lot of red on their chests

 

[Spitman]

thanks for looking , ya the one on the right has alot of color in his chest , but the other guys got dark blue lacing

 

[gilavina]

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Just goes to prove that university degrees mean NOTHING! At least, in my case. Paperwork with the Octagon 20 doesn't say my humidity pump is a gravity feed but I put it on the shelf above the incubator just for grins because of what you said and guess what????? Humidity came right up! (Who was it that said they were about to sign up for some science courses??? Maybe a bit overdue .... )

If humidity is still holding steady in the morning - eggs may be moved ....

sweet! I was hoping it would be something simple like that so it would be easy enough to jog a new thought on what to do!! Yay! I love those kind of "ah ha" moments...even if I feel like a dummy after I realize what I did haha. I really hope it helps so you can get those eggies over there.

 

[Hens and Roos]

We have 3 blue marans eggs pipped and 1 lt brown batam leghorn chick running around the bator- we are at day 20, the leghorn came out last night