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My first ever hatch is over. 6/19: 5 Marans; 1 SFH. Dry incubation is good for Marans, not so great for SFH or Cream Legbar. Marans looks like 2black, 2 blue and a blue splash maybe-? The one SFH is feisty as all get out! Behold the cuteness…

I opened them and they were dead. One looks to have quit before lockdown (green egg) and was very wet. Total hatched was 6 so I’m counting those blessings.

Thank you. This is the article I used as a guide. I’m just nervous about waiting another 18 hours after placing the safety hole. 😊

It’s day 22. I had a BC1 OE pip half down on the egg- I didn’t put a safety hole but should have. Opened air cell and it was dead, fully formed. I think it suffocated while zipping. I put safety holes in 4 remaining eggs with internal pips at 10:00 AM est, only one had movement beforehand when...

I had a stuck chick that pipped at the wrong end. After no progress for 30 hours chirping stopped. 🥺 I removed part of shell and small flap of membrane over the beak, and oiled it up with coconut oil. An all night vigil and lil baby hatched early today. 🥹The lil chick had a few companions, too...

We have babies!!!! :wee 2 BBS Marans hatched overnight. Looks like one is a Blue :D They are lively and playing bocce with the 9 unhatched eggs, now pushed to the edges. No ext pips on others atm

External pip!!! I noted my humidity spike to 72 and bam! There’s a Marans with a hole

Hatch-cam. I shared my cam link with family for a watch party from UP Michigan to Knoxville, TN and Brownsville, TX- all eyes on these littles 🥰

I hear one chirping but still no external pips. Tomorrow is day 21.

That’s an awesome photo! I hope you can enter that in the hatching fowl contest.

It’s lockdown day for my first ever hatch. I have 11 viable going in lockdown. This is a dry incubation, RH ave 25-35. Even so, two Marans have 14 day air cells- nothing I can do about that. The BC Olive, Swedish Flowers and Opal/Cream Legbars look great! I bumped humidity to 65-70% Is that...

I am really interested to see what your Isbar mix will look like- and eventually lay. I have one Bielefelder roo over Isbar (black Silverudds Blue) hen from my flock incubating with my purchased eggs (BBS Marans, Swedish Flower, Opal Cream Legbar and F1 MarsBar (Marans-Legbar).

Getting closer. :wee Quick question though. I will pick up my eggs on Friday evening. ( they’ll be collected during this week by the breeder) It’s a one hour drive back from the farm, so do you all think letting them rest for just 16 hours before setting will be ok?

I’m picking my eggs up on the 8th instead of the 9th—perfect timing! I’m so happy :wee

Hello!!! The stars have aligned and I am able to join the Hatch along this year!! :wee I found a reputable small farm breeder with fertile BBS Marans and Swedish Flower Hen eggs. I pick them up March 9– how lucky is that!?!?! Time to invest in a better candler for dark eggs. 😊 I’m looking...