Marans Thread for Posting Pics of Your Eggs, Chicks and Chickens

[tberggren]

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Congratulations!! Eggs at 18 weeks WOW!! My Orpingtons were like 28 weeks before they started laying.

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

I thought it would take longer..But they prove me wrong..I popped it in the bator curious if anything will hatch...

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

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Good Luck

Birthday eggs would be a real Treat..

 

[ChickBond 007]

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Reporting back. I have 7 chicks so far. 3 BCM and 4 Wheaten Marans. I only assisted one. It was an unusually large egg, and turned out to be an unusually large chick as well. Time will tell if helping was the best choice, but he is chirping, walking, flopping like the others now. It appears that his bottom is 'oversized' in comparison to the others. He's almost bottom heavy. Unusual?

 

[lostsoulhelpmejebus]

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If you are using 55% humidity at hatch what are you keeping it at from day 1 to day 18? I have been told from a couple of sources that Marans require less humidity during incubation...just trying to find out what works best for you so I might use that info on my next batch of eggs.

 

[GracefulBantams]

I've got a Cuckoo Marans egg from okcarla hatching

 

[shabbyfarm]

I hatched these from shipped eggs ?? Do they resemble Marans ?? They are three weeks old .

 

[onthespot]

That one facing forward perched on the board sorta looks like it has a pea comb. Might it be an olive egger? The others look like marans for now, the egg is the real test.

 

[old mill poultry]

I'm fairly new to marans, learning a lot from this thread though taking my time to get through all the posts. Hopefully Right now have some davis blue marans in the hatcher now that have just started peeping.

 

[pbjmaker]

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Reporting back. I have 7 chicks so far. 3 BCM and 4 Wheaten Marans. I only assisted one. It was an unusually large egg, and turned out to be an unusually large chick as well. Time will tell if helping was the best choice, but he is chirping, walking, flopping like the others now. It appears that his bottom is 'oversized' in comparison to the others. He's almost bottom heavy. Unusual?

Bring me a couple of those BC chicks when we meet...

My big guy wants some big women. The silkies and banty cochins run and scream in terror when they see him coming.