Setting Eggs on 2/26 (now with pictures)

[teamsunbelt]

Locked down just now. Waiting for humidity to rise. Only had a couple eggs not go, no growth early on. I also have a broody sitting on 4 that should hatch soon.

 

[builderone]

cute chick.

I just put mine in lock down.

 

[Barbedwirecat]

WAITING. Lockdown this AM. Thank god for webcams. I keep thinking I hear peeping!

 

[mabhera]

finally hatch day. No movement or peeping or anything. I'm scared.

 

[meshellrose]

hope that everyone has a great hatch!

 

[mabhera]

Ok. results now. Out of 11 black copper marans eggs I got 7 chicks. 1 had internal pip but died and 3 never developed. So, out of the 7 I have in my brooder 2 or 3 dont look black copper....they look blue. They came out of really dark eggs but I wanted black coopers. I got the eggs at e bay but found the sellers website and found that the photo they used for selling the black copper was one of their winning blue marans eggs. Of the 7 I have one that came out a egg really dark....a 8 I suppose in the color chart. Hope that one is a girl.Still wet but looks black copper. Is still weak from the hatching but hope is going to be ok.

 

[just2rosey]

Congratulations on the 7 babies! That's really good for shipped eggs, especially when they are so dark you can't see anything when you candle. I don't know anything about Marans, so does their color genetics work like Blue/Black/Splash in other breeds? I have Ameraucana that are B/B/S and I know I can get percentages of each color depending on what colors I match up. My first batch this year was perfectly matched up to this chart, it was kind of funny.

Black x Black = 100% Black
Black x Blue= 50% Black and 50% Blue
Blue x Blue = 25% Black, 50% Blue, 25% Black
Blue x Splash =50% Splash and 50% Blue
Splash x Splash = 100% Splash

Wheaten/Blue Wheaten/Splash Wheaton work the same way in Ameraucanas. If it is like that in Marans maybe that explains why you have both colors.

I woke up to several pips, and I just went and checked because I heard lots crying, and I just had my first baby hatch!

Looks like it will be a blue roo. Hard to be sure at this point, but the comb is so wide

and it isn't dark enough to be black- I think.

 

[builderone]

I have 8-9 fuzzy butts so far and more pips. good luck guys.

 

[Barbedwirecat]

Still nothing here....waiting....waiting.

 

[kahlua]

Me too...I have 7 eggs left that I am hoping will hatch. Today is day 21...no activity yet - I hope they are okay...