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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    If you are looking for some good quality lavenders Cedar Hills line looks pretty good. Though his egg color is pretty light. Interesting looking forward to seeing how this all turns out!
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I know my splash has similar leg coloring, so it's probably the slate/blue coloration. Do you just have him over other recessive whites? Tbh it makes sense with the slate legs that he produces blue girls because the TYR gene that causes the double white basically is just the lack of melanin...
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    Announcement BYC Recognition Medals

    Awe thanks guys! Look forward to helping in the future!
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    Sebastopol hatching conflicting advice

    If you are having issues with it you can always toss dry rice in the bottom in a bowl. if it's a cabinet 2/3 cups is more than enough. Table tops maybe just 1 cup or so in a pinch if you are worried about the water not wicking off quick enough just as an fyi.
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    Sebastopol hatching conflicting advice

    The humidity people have said 40-50%, I personally go on how the air cell is looking. If it's not losing enough water I do not mind letting it go down to 20% to let it lose weight. Pete said in one his posts he suggested anywhere from 13-15% weight loss from initial egg lay to lockdown. If they...
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    May Madness - May 1st (Marans & Eggers) - Space Theme

    Hi friends, I am doing a large hatch out for this seasons swap in upstate NY! Marans - Blue, Black, Splash Coppers. Olive Eggers - Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Americanas x A (Blue/Black/Splash Marans Rooster). 130ish eggs call your numbers I cannot possibly fathom writing a list lol...
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    Call Ducks - Convince Me Not To

    First week 28/52 are still going. On mostly fertile eggs besides some frozen eggs, and early stops. Albeit everyone sits around 40% for a lot of breeders as far as viability if they are fertile for non-transported or mailed eggs. I know my mailed eggs I sent out recently im waiting to...
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    Sebastopol hatching conflicting advice

    I personally start rotating on day one. I had 3/5 hatch, and rotated end to end as well had it on auto turn in my GQF cabinet. If you watch hens they move the eggs from day one till they get ready to hatch out. It also is bad to not rotate them because the embryos can die if they get attached...
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    Sebastopol hatching conflicting advice

    That would be an early death, fertile but dead cause of either random bacteria or handling can cause this.
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    Call Ducks - Convince Me Not To

    Also calls are not off the table... they are just delayed till the full barn is done. LMAO
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    Call Ducks - Convince Me Not To

    I keep being given and them i have five magical hens that were not supposed to be hens. But yes i'm uh making a pen for all the different color varieties so this is going to be a fun time next year. Also I'm selling some to a lot of families.
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    Call Ducks - Convince Me Not To

    No.. but i have bigger issue. I have 52 sebastopol eggs in an incubator...
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    Gender of two geese

    Hmm my nine month old and even six month ganders are adamant on mating even me and my wife if we turn our backs lol. So you might have two ladies. Some girls take a bit to get started.
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    GQF 1250

    So the newer ones and the older ones haven't changed too much. If it has a manual thermostat it could be going out. I keep a thermoeter/hygrometer (govees w/ bluetooth) on every tray I have eggs in. I've noticed in the newer ones there is about a half degree difference from top shelf to...
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    Gender of two geese

    I just started getting eggs last week from mine, the knob on the one doesn't give me gander but I could be wrong lol. Have you seen them mating at all? Normally when I fill up pools on warm days I can tell whos a male and whos a female personally. It's very easy to see lol.
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