Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[chevgrl]

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Put the eggs in warm water and watch it for like 5min the egg will bob at the slightest movement in the egg.

hmmm...that's a new one on me

I could see the principal of it...still hope maybe you'll get another couple of chickers out at least.

I 2 hadn't already hatched I wouldn't be worried. But I must say the 2nd guy that hatched still had a lot of soupy stuff all over so maybe they needed alittle more time. I have a thermometer that alarms when it gets over 101f or under 99 and I have 2 hygrometers in there on oposite side... If my temp had been down I would be worried either

 

[chevgrl]

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That's is awesome!

pics please!

 

[Chinchilla2]

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The old fashioned float test. Think they have a sticky about it in the incubation section, not sure. Use water that is approximately the same temp as the incubator, place an egg gently into it and give the water a couple of seconds to settle down. If the egg keeps on awigglin' take it back out, dry a bit, and place it back in the bator cause it's just taking it's time to come on out. If the egg does not move after the water settles back down, then it's not gonna hatch. Even the beat of the chick's heart will cause some wiggle in the egg so it's not even necessary for the baby to be moving around in there. A good healthy Eggbert will start bouncing all over the place before you even let go good. Sometimes you can even feel the egg moving around in the water before you move your fingers off of it.

I do this on the second post-hatch day if I have any slow pokes. I never go 5 minutes tho, usually 30 seconds to a minute is all it takes.

 

[chevgrl]

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The old fashioned float test. Think they have a sticky about it in the incubation section, not sure. Use water that is approximately the same temp as the incubator, place an egg gently into it and give the water a couple of seconds to settle down. If the egg keeps on awigglin' take it back out, dry a bit, and place it back in the bator cause it's just taking it's time to come on out. If the egg does not move after the water settles back down, then it's not gonna hatch. Even the beat of the chick's heart will cause some wiggle in the egg so it's not even necessary for the baby to be moving around in there. A good healthy Eggbert will start bouncing all over the place before you even let go good. Sometimes you can even feel the egg moving around in the water before you move your fingers off of it.

I do this on the second post-hatch day if I have any slow pokes. I never go 5 minutes tho, usually 30 seconds to a minute is all it takes.

Man! Dang nabit... just the heart beat? I even put one of my 20 dayers in there hoping to see some movement and there was none! That means 2 of the one not due to hatch are even alive.

 

[DMRippy]

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The old fashioned float test. Think they have a sticky about it in the incubation section, not sure. Use water that is approximately the same temp as the incubator, place an egg gently into it and give the water a couple of seconds to settle down. If the egg keeps on awigglin' take it back out, dry a bit, and place it back in the bator cause it's just taking it's time to come on out. If the egg does not move after the water settles back down, then it's not gonna hatch. Even the beat of the chick's heart will cause some wiggle in the egg so it's not even necessary for the baby to be moving around in there. A good healthy Eggbert will start bouncing all over the place before you even let go good. Sometimes you can even feel the egg moving around in the water before you move your fingers off of it.

I do this on the second post-hatch day if I have any slow pokes. I never go 5 minutes tho, usually 30 seconds to a minute is all it takes.

x2 I have heard people drown them if you are not careful.

 

[gilavina]

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The old fashioned float test. Think they have a sticky about it in the incubation section, not sure. Use water that is approximately the same temp as the incubator, place an egg gently into it and give the water a couple of seconds to settle down. If the egg keeps on awigglin' take it back out, dry a bit, and place it back in the bator cause it's just taking it's time to come on out. If the egg does not move after the water settles back down, then it's not gonna hatch. Even the beat of the chick's heart will cause some wiggle in the egg so it's not even necessary for the baby to be moving around in there. A good healthy Eggbert will start bouncing all over the place before you even let go good. Sometimes you can even feel the egg moving around in the water before you move your fingers off of it.

I do this on the second post-hatch day if I have any slow pokes. I never go 5 minutes tho, usually 30 seconds to a minute is all it takes.

good to know

 

[Hens and Roos]

okay, took a picture to share:

 

[gilavina]

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awww....now I can't wait to see them when they are out and all fluffy and up and running around! haha

 

[Hens and Roos]

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awww....now I can't wait to see them when they are out and all fluffy and up and running around! haha

they are running around as it is and rolling all the other eggs around, my bator is homemade and DH put a nice big window in the top so more than one head can look at a time

 

[gilavina]

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awww....now I can't wait to see them when they are out and all fluffy and up and running around! haha

they are running around as it is and rolling all the other eggs around, my bator is homemade and DH put a nice big window in the top so more than one head can look at a time

haha chicky's version of bowling eh? And great forward thinking on a window big enough for more than one to see at a time! It should be necessary for all incubators!