International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Tstraub]

@wrathsfarm Did you get another green egg from Esther to add to the clutch?

 

[TexasBlues]

How was the hatch rates for both?

Well the Marans were 5 out 6 hatched. The 1 bad one was undeveloped/possibly unfertilized.
The WTB eggs were shipped and I got 9 chicks out 16 eggs. 1 of the bad wtb eggs had a partially developed chick.

 

[wrathsfarm]

@wrathsfarm Did you get another green egg from Esther to add to the clutch?

I didn't but if she lays today it shouldn't be a problem adding it I would think.
I won't add any more than her one today.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Well the Marans were 5 out 6 hatched. The 1 bad one was undeveloped/possibly unfertilized.
The WTB eggs were shipped and I got 9 chicks out 16 eggs. 1 of the bad wtb eggs had a partially developed chick.

Very good Marans hatch. Shipped I hear are always iffy, too many variables with someone else handling eggs so there's that.

 

[wrathsfarm]

@wrathsfarm Did you get another green egg from Esther to add to the clutch?

Speaking of the she-devil...

Edit... Apparently she's for sale also.

 

[Tstraub]

Speaking of the she-devil...
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Edit... Apparently she's for sale also.

Is that the secret to get them to lay? Maybe I should put a for sale sign in my nesting boxes to motivate them to pay up

 

[TexasBlues]

Very good Marans hatch. Shipped I hear are always iffy, too many variables with someone else handling eggs so there's that.

I’m excited to one day hatch eggs from my own chickens and see what kind of hatch rates I can get from them. That will be a ways off though. The BCMs are about 3 months old now. I hear people recommend not hatching eggs from young hens, so maybe I’ll wait til they’re a year old to start incubating them.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Is that the secret to get them to lay? Maybe I should put a for sale sign in my nesting boxes to motivate them to pay up

That's funny

 

[wrathsfarm]

I’m excited to one day hatch eggs from my own chickens and see what kind of hatch rates I can get from them. That will be a ways off though. The BCMs are about 3 months old now. I hear people recommend not hatching eggs from young hens, so maybe I’ll wait til they’re a year old to start incubating them.

I've heard 8 months is recommended minimum. I've read some breeders wait 1-2 yrs. @Chooks man said here in the thread somewhere about it, but basically stunts their growth when hatching too early from a pullet.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Esther finally laid. So got that one in the oven also. No more going in.
Baker's dozen of Ravens. 3 MMM's and 2 OE, I'm not expecting any but Ravens to hatch so we'll see how it plays out, but if I get a few of Ravens babies I'll be tickled pink. Anything else will be a bonus for a rushed hatch.
Now I gotta put the brooder back together in barn. Tore it apart expanding the Marans coop.