International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Thomas Bright]

I've hatched somewhere around 300 marans, I'll have to re check my tally marks! I've slowed down on hatching them as I have to sell enough chicks to pay all the feed bills for the adults and chicks, otherwise dear husband gets upset with me.

If you find a way for them to pay your feed bill let me know. I have sold hens for $30.00 each. A trio for $100. and eggs for $4.00 a dozen. I do not think I break even at that. I am not NPIP and I do not ship so that is a problem. I do not want to jump through all the hoops. I will continue to raise BCM's even if I do not make money. TOM

 

[Bantambird]

Yeah NPIP is annoying...
I sell chicks for 10$ each and I advertise all over town and built a website, I do break even in the end, though, but I'm always out there marketing and keeping track of lots of strings.. if it weren't for all the farm ventures covering each other I probably would not break even!

 

[chickengr]

If you find a way for them to pay your feed bill let me know. I have sold hens for $30.00 each. A trio for $100. and eggs for $4.00 a dozen. I do not think I break even at that. I am not NPIP and I do not ship so that is a problem. I do not want to jump through all the hoops. I will continue to raise BCM's even if I do not make money. TOM

do you sell eggs to eat? the cheapest maran's hatching eggs here cost $21,64 .

 

[MandaRae]

I am currently hatching my First Marans!
I ordered eggs from ebay saying
Blue & or splash Copper Marans (yellow carton)

Then a friend of a friend sent Blue Maran eggs (Blue carton)

I am super excited for Dark eggs

 

[Chooks man]

5 years of breeding Black Copper Marans. Hope to have a dozen hens that lay this color!

you have done great my dear friend . your marans and they eggs are all Class .Bravo . quality better than quantity .
all the best .hope you get the dozen dark eggs layer marans hens .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I am currently hatching my First Marans!
I ordered eggs from ebay saying
Blue & or splash Copper Marans (yellow carton)

Then a friend of a friend sent Blue Maran eggs (Blue carton)

I am super excited for Dark eggs

welcome to the thread .
wishing you happy and great hatch .
nice looking eggs .
chooks man

 

[CoopsNPoops]

I need to rename Idiot, something appropriate for the fool he is. Now the ladies have eaten his feathers off his neck down to his chest and have started back on his comb. It is not a protein thing as I feed them 20% all flock, it is more of, "Hey he let me do it, so why not, it was fun."

Actually the more he is around, the more I dislike him. I have eggs with him as sire in the incubator, due to hatch on May 4th, hopefully they have more than 2 brain cells to rub together.

Sid (Syd sp?).. The dumb/clueless sloth off of Ice Age. Can't get no better than that, lol. Except maybe Elliott from Open Season..

 

[Thomas Bright]

do you sell eggs to eat? the cheapest maran's hatching eggs here cost $21,64 .

Yes I sell non fertile eggs for $4.00 a dozen.

 

[Minky]

Hi everyone...
I''ve been away for a week or two trying to do some spring clean up.
Hope all is well. Welcome new people! It has certainly been a rough year + for all, but especially health care professionals. I hope a break is on the horizon.

So, its day 21 over here..... If you recall, I had a really hard time finding marans eggs to hatch out- well... I found some. Less than an hour drive (2 hr round trip) and they are beautiful.. 7/8 colour I think. She also gave me two very dark olive eggs, which was super nice.

So- in my incubator (little Giant) is 2 olive eggs, 15 Red Laced Blue Wyandotte eggs and 15 marans eggs.

Incubation went well, no issues or power outages.etc...
Today is day 21. (set on a Sunday, hatch on a Sunday)
13 of my 15 wyandotte eggs have pipped and hatched. In fact they started on Friday night, and the last one came out this morning (I dont think the last 2 will hatch).
One of my olive eggs hatched this afternoon. It was from the same lady as the marans eggs.
None of the marans have even pipped. I pulled 5 out and tapped on them, no chirping.
They are large (75-80 g) and maybe they just need one extra day???!!!! She said she has 100% fertility since there are 3 roosters in with about 20 hens. She really did seem like she knew her chickens. They were all fresh, laid that day or the day before. I treated them well, tried to candle a few, but it was hopeless, so never touched them for 3 weeks...

Should I sand them down a bit? I heard the grit and sand and dirt from being under a broody helps with Marans.

I'm just worried, becauseand I dont want them to all die in the shell.
The lady who sold them to me said " they are real buggers to hatch"." "I always go in and crack them all the way around on day 21".

Should I do this? Tell me what to do. Going to bed now. When I wake up it will be day 22...still no one has pipped.

 

[MandaRae]

welcome to the thread .
wishing you happy and great hatch .
nice looking eggs .
chooks man

Thank You! I've been wanting to add Marans for ages!!! I'm super excited!