Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[gilavina]

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I am not sure what you are describing...do you have photos that you can post?

The "pips" are more of an inward dent, like the egg I got from you that I taped. Quite odd, and they were not there when I put them in the bator. They are quite evident it is a pip, but inward? I'll try to get a pic without opening the bator. Here are my colorful BCM chicks that hatched. "Easter" is the big one on the far right.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/56168_chicks_1_and_2_days_old_4-26-11_003.jpg

ahhhh!! more blues!

 

[Debbi]

Ok, here is the best pic I could get of the dent pip. I had to use a flashlight on the egg, far right. Note the white spot that is the dent? The other egg looks just like this one, but it's at a bad angle for a pic.

 

[Debbi]

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The "pips" are more of an inward dent, like the egg I got from you that I taped. Quite odd, and they were not there when I put them in the bator. They are quite evident it is a pip, but inward? I'll try to get a pic without opening the bator. Here are my colorful BCM chicks that hatched. "Easter" is the big one on the far right.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/56168_chicks_1_and_2_days_old_4-26-11_003.jpg

ahhhh!! more blues!

Nope, those are black coppers!

If there is a blue in there, it would be by wishful osmossis!

 

[gilavina]

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ahhhh!! more blues!

Nope, those are black coppers!

If there is a blue in there, it would be by wishful osmossis!

I sees...regardless...they are cuuuute!! All of you guys are making me so excited for the hatch I have coming up this next weekend!

 

[Debbi]

Well I sure hope you have a better hatch than me! Gees, I can't figure out what all I am doing wrong here. Can't blame shipped eggs this time.

 

[gilavina]

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Aww that's too bad...what kind of incubator do you have? I've never had too much luck with still airs...so I gave up on those and went to a sportsman and don't regret a second of it at all. Especially with a gravity feed bucket for the water...its a set it and forget it kind of deal. I will check the temps and humidity once a day just to make sure, but it is steady as a rock for me so far

 

[Debbi]

I incubate in my plug n play, King Suro 20, then hatch out in my forced air Little Giant. I am here to constantly monitor the temps and humidity, so that's not it. I've tried the wet hatch, the dry hatch, the in the middle hatch. This time I went with 38%- 40% for the first 18 days, then bumped it up to 65%-70% for lockdown. I have noticed that they do hatch faster and much easier with the humidity being around 70%. The norm here is a slow and staggered hatch trickling out over about 4 days. It's so aggravating!

I'm either just going to break down and buy a new Sportsman or throw in the darn towel! For all the money I've spent on eggs in the last year, I could've easily bought three proven trios of grown birds!

 

[gilavina]

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I hear ya on that...I've felt that way several times when I had tried eggs from people before the set up I have now. Downright depressing. hopefully you will be able to find a great deal on a sportsman!

 

[geebs]

Debbi... the trios could die in shipment and you don't know what color eggs they hatched from.... THERE... do you feel better???

 

[Debbi]

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Well, kinda, sorta! Thanks Geebs!