BCM's?

[GaryDean26]

Ya...I can always tell when a hen is getting ready to go broody. She will lay a full clutch (6-10 eggs) with out missing a day then she sits of the nest and won't get off (which always result in a week of no eggs to balance the week of every-day eggs). When they aren't trying to go broody they seem to lay more consistently (2 days on 1 day off).

 

[coolcanoechic]

Do BCM's go broody a lot?

 

[GaryDean26]

The Marans aren't as broody as my 25%Silky/25%Cochin/%50WhiteLeghorn who when brood two weeks after she started laying and hasn't laid for more than about 3 weeks at a time since. Some of my Marans have never gone broody and other will go broody every couple of months. I haven't let any of them sit on eggs, but talked to someone that had 4 Marans sit on eggs this year. She said that 3 of them made good monthers, but one abandoned the chicks.

 

[coolcanoechic]

So far, mine are not broody, but they just started laying. Some of the eggs have been whoppers with two yolks. I'm not sure the color is correct though, because they do not look the same as the ones I see on this site all of the time. Mine seem to have some reddish color to them. Not chocolate like. Here is one I got this morning. Michelle layed early.

 

[yorklady]

So far, mine are not broody, but they just started laying. Some of the eggs have been whoppers with two yolks. I'm not sure the color is correct though, because they do not look the same as the ones I see on this site all of the time. Mine seem to have some reddish color to them. Not chocolate like. Here is one I got this morning. Michelle layed early.

That is a beautiful egg! I can't wait til my BCM Sammi lays her first egg!

 

[coolcanoechic]

I have one girl who lays a smooth brown egg.
I took this picture this morning. The two on the left were layed by my biggest BCM Michelle, the next one is from Marion, then Maggie. She's the runt, but what a nice egg. The one to the far right is from my Buff Orpington.

 

[coolcanoechic]

That is a beautiful egg! I can't wait til my BCM Sammi lays her first egg!

How old is she?

 

[GaryDean26]

The egg color IS correct. The mid-range colors for the Marans breed are a russet color. Your eggs show a very respectable color. Below in the rage of colors I have seen as color fades between moults (white eggs for comparison).

Note: The eggs are reddest when fresh and get darker brown after about a week's time. The one on the left was closer to your egg color when fresh.