International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[atakiowa]

LOL...I have the Styrofoam one that is sitting on top...does well for me...hatches great...I'm just small time...he he

 

[KF0002]

I am clearly not hatching on a level with some of you, but I do like my little Hovabator still air incubator.  I put a 6W reptile heating pad under the water tray that I plug in when I am hand turning eggs and it helps it get back up to temp much more quickly.  You just HAVE to remember to unplug it when you're done.

I started out with a little styrofoam hovabator and it did its job. I had to hand turn in mine as well. With it being still air I did have occasional temp spikes but nothing that harmed my hatches. You can easily install a fan to make it forced air if you ever take a notion to tinker with it. I think you can use an old computer fan.. I saw a youtube video on it once. Nothing wrong with styrofoam incubators. I was very fond of mine.

 

[KF0002]

LOL...I have the Styrofoam one that is sitting on top...does well for me...hatches great...I'm just small time...he he

Lol I love my little styrofoam Genesis. It works very well as a hatcher during lockdown and it keeps all that fuzzy chick dust out of my Sportsman. The temp stays right on the money.

We set and hatch weekly, sometimes as freqently as every four days during hatching season to keep breeds separate so our clutches arent huge and the Genesis works very well for that purpose. But I have set and hatched the whole 21 days in it before and my hatch rates are pretty close to the Sportsman in it.

 

[atakiowa]

Lol I love my little styrofoam Genesis. It works very well as a hatcher during lockdown and it keeps all that fuzzy chick dust out of my Sportsman. The temp stays right on the money.

We set and hatch weekly, sometimes as freqently as every four days during hatching season to keep breeds separate so our clutches arent huge and the Genesis works very well for that purpose. But I have set and hatched the whole 21 days in it before and my hatch rates are pretty close to the Sportsman in it.

That's fantastic....I have some eggs going for a friend atm...pretty easy to use for a novice such as myself...

 

[Chooks man]

here some photos of the progress of the coop Building .

this coop and run are for the Birchen group . ,so they run is the next to the Black coppers .
building they coop ,started yesterday .
it is 180 cm long X 85 cm wide and 90 cm high ( feet not included .
feet 50 cm . shelter for them when does run and where I ll put they feed and water out of reach of the wild birds .





the front of it is facing North ( nice and worm . it is going to be wired with a chooks mesh .the side and the back going to be Zinc sheet like the roof.

open front style . in the winter I ll put plastic cover over it during the night time .

they are going to love it .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

her a photos of the Black copper . better shot this time .
the cockerel start to trust me now . he is not flighty any more .

they are loving it . they are the luckiest and the happiest variety for the moment .

one day all of them will have they outdoor pens . great life is waiting for them .


I m so pleased with them ,my best pen for the moment . peace and harmony in this pen.

chooks are jungle fowl . they feel home .
i never seen them that happy before .
chooks like a trees .,make them feel safe .

chooks man

 

[Braxton Brigade]

Eye color.

He's only around 3 weeks old but he looks like he might be the best of the 3 boys. Since he's young there is not much to see. I just wanted to share the little guy with all of you.

 

[Chooks man]

Eye color.



He's only around 3 weeks old but he looks like he might be the best of the 3 boys. Since he's young there is not much to see. I just wanted to share the little guy with all of you.

eye color look good greenish blue. . will have a nice orange red eye when adult .

beak look good shape and color too .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

yesterday one of my wheaten hen from the layers pen went broody , well happy about it .

I always leave some eggs in the nest to promote broodiness .

I gave her today some Aras and Wheaten marans eggs to incubate for me .

let see how she is going to do .

chooks man

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I checked my little BCM baby this morning. She/he is roughly 3 weeks old now and looks mossy. Oh well. I need to get some better stock. Eventually lol