The inevitable humidity question, day before lockdown, help please!

[WVduckchick]

Yes!

I like the looks of her!

 

[aart]

I like the looks of her!

She's a beaut!

 

[WVduckchick]

Got my first BCM egg today!
The breeder warned me that they would start light and get darker in a week or so. This group is 25 weeks old

 

[KikiLeigh02]

She's beautiful! Love that egg color!

She did it!!
After a day of pacing, squawking/singing, in and out of nests, with Willie watching, she dropped the first on the board early the next AM, then another in nest later that day, then another today. Not as dark as I'd hoped, but pretty nice color.
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[KikiLeigh02]

YAY! I love your little photo bombers in the other pen!

Got my first BCM egg today!
The breeder warned me that they would start light and get darker in a week or so. This group is 25 weeks old
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[WVduckchick]

YAY! I love your little photo bombers in the other pen!

Seramas in the right pen, bantam cochins in the left. Total dwarfs compared to the BCMs next door lol

 

[aart]

Got my first BCM egg today!
The breeder warned me that they would start light and get darker in a week or so. This group is 25 weeks old
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Hmmmm....maybe.
One CCL of my younger group(CCL and two different OE crossings) laid a couple days ago at 19 wo...
...and hasn't laid again, but she's been spooked out of the nest twice once by me and once by a hen Not as blue as I'd hoped.

 

[WVduckchick]

Hmmmm....maybe.
One CCL of my younger group(CCL and two different OE crossings) laid a couple days ago at 19 wo...
...and hasn't laid again, but she's been spooked out of the nest twice once by me and once by a hen Not as blue as I'd hoped.
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Hmmm. My other breeds lay sporadic colors, so I’ve never really paid attention to shades as much, as far as whether they lighten or darken, but he said just the first few eggs are sometimes lighter colored. Then they go dark, then gradually lighten as their cycle wears on.

 

[aart]

Hmmm. My other breeds lay sporadic colors, so I’ve never really paid attention to shades as much, as far as whether they lighten or darken, but he said just the first few eggs are sometimes lighter colored. Then they go dark, then gradually lighten as their cycle wears on.

I've had a few dark layers, Wellie and Marans, darkness is pretty set by the first couple eggs IIRC...same goes with the OEs.

 

[WVduckchick]

I've had a few dark layers, Wellie and Marans, darkness is pretty set by the first couple eggs IIRC...same goes with the OEs.

I’m going to be mighty disappointed if they don’t get darker.

I’ve only once previously had a blue Marans pullet. Hers were speckled, and I think the ground color stayed about the same. The speckles were really dark.