Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[bardies]

Super dark room, let your eyes adjust, and you'll be able to see the aircell with a good candling light.

Between feeling them with the hand, and the led flashlight in a completely dark room...got all of them but one.... Thanks!

 

[Wynette]

bardies, that's great that the eggs are spherical in shape; that's more the ideal shape we are looking for in a Marans eggs. Another hint - when I have the ones that are quite round like that, I go ahead & pop them in the incubator & candle at 5 days; by then, the air cell has developed a bit more, and then I simply turn them to the proper orientation. It doens't hurt them a bit.

 

[DMRippy]

bardies, that's great that the eggs are spherical in shape; that's more the ideal shape we are looking for in a Marans eggs. Another hint - when I have the ones that are quite round like that, I go ahead & pop them in the incubator & candle at 5 days; by then, the air cell has developed a bit more, and then I simply turn them to the proper orientation. It doens't hurt them a bit.

I do that too.... I just didn't know if it was a good thing or not

 

[Wynette]

I do that too.... I just didn't know if it was a good thing or not

Well, when you think about it, a hen will roll eggs around several times a day. So, in my view, it's not unlike what a hen would be doing naturally anyway.

 

[DMRippy]

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I tell myself the SAME THING when I turn eggs over like that

4 degrees tonight....

is this EVER GOING TO END?????

 

[Wynette]

I'm pretty sure it's not going to end..........ever.......I stuck my car in a snow drift this morning. Nice.

 

[DMRippy]

I'm pretty sure it's not going to end..........ever.......I stuck my car in a snow drift this morning. Nice.

Oh no! You ok? The car ok?

We have avoided snow and ice.... we may have had snow once but didn't stick to the roads.

 

[Wynette]

Oh no! You ok? The car ok?

We have avoided snow and ice.... we may have had snow once but didn't stick to the roads.

I'm fine, it was a dumb response on my part to a very tall snowdrift that a truck had passed through already; figured I could just right through in the path of the previous tries, but apparently it was quite a TALL truck. Much taller than I was able to push through. Haven't looked at the car...didn't want to. DH dug me out and took me to work in our 4WD dually. Sigh.

 

[carriebain]

I tell myself the SAME THING when I turn eggs over like that

4 degrees tonight.... is this EVER GOING TO END????? 

I guess I shouldn't tell anyone about the weather in California......we desperately need rain

 

[bigshawn]

I guess I shouldn't tell anyone about the weather in California......we desperately need rain

We could send you a couple tons of snow if that would help