International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

I saw you posted about taking notes a few days ago. That’s partly what inspired me to start taking better notes. I’m using an app that I downloaded a while back to keep track of egg production over time. Since the option is in the app and my phone is always in my pocket I figured it would be an easy way to do it.

I do have a couple pictures of the hatching eggs but never took the time to mark anything so now I don’t know who goes with any of the eggs. I plan to record that information in future hatches. I have been trying to take a couple pictures every time I go out to check on my birds so I can compare how things change over time. They sure grow fast.

it is better to use paper. phone can get lost or damaged. just happened to a friend of mine. she lost all the photos and videos of her marriage.

 

[Tstraub]

it is better to use paper. phone can get lost or damaged. just happened to a friend of mine. she lost all the photos and videos of her marriage.

I believe my phone is all backed up to iCloud. A couple years ago I had a phone sent in for repair. The Apple Store gave me a loaner phone. They restored the loaner from my iCloud account and it operated exactly like my old one. The only issue was that the backup was from a couple weeks prior so I lost the most recent pictures and text messages then when I returned the loaner they restored the information from the loaner to my repaired one and wiped the loaner back to factory settings

 

[NanaK]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

 

[wrathsfarm]

Happy Thanksgiving to All!!!
Safe travels for those on the roads today.

 

[Tstraub]

Happy thanksgiving

 

[wrathsfarm]

Dark Angel squatted for me yesterday. All 3 have been investigating the nest boxes. I'm hoping to see eggs soon maybe, leg bands were getting tight so they've all been re-banded (double bands left leg)
Horrible pic

 

[Tstraub]

Dark Angel squatted for me yesterday. All 3 have been investigating the nest boxes. I'm hoping to see eggs soon maybe, leg bands were getting tight so they've all been re-banded (double bands left leg)
Horrible pic
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Wow she looks so much more mature than my pullets. Mine will officially be 5 months old tomorrow. I believe yours were only a couple weeks older. I hope you see eggs soon.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Wow she looks so much more mature than my pullets. Mine will officially be 5 months old tomorrow. I believe yours were only a couple weeks older. I hope you see eggs soon.

23 weeks today. Hatch was Saturday June 17.
I'll try to get some decent pics today. I know I say that then get busy doing other crap then the day ends.
We got snow coming 2maro and everyone is freaking out. 70% chance of around an inch...
#facepalm

 

[wrathsfarm]

48 eggs incubator breeding method; Need 2 minimum

Breeding flock ; BCM strain = 3 Rooster . Bello Claude and Antonio.
Hens = 6 Gabby etc....

6 different tagging colors are needed . each color is for each hen Roosters don t need color they are marked by the side of the tagged leg . Right. Left .or Both

example . Gabby Red color tag X Bello = hatch 1= all they progeny will be tagged . Red color Right leg
Gabby X Claude = hatch 2= Red color Left leg .
Gabby X Antonio = hatch 3 = Red color Both legs

hatching every 2or 3 weeks on the Stage 1=
pens needed = 3 small pens enough for a trio = 2 hens, the rooster is going to be with then for 24 hours every 3 day s and moved to the other pen every day for 3 weeks duration .Plus 2 big pens ( you all ready have) for the layer and the other 2 roosters.
do not use the eggs from the first week . only use the ones from week 2 and 3.

each hen should give you 16 fertile eggs in the 3 weeks period of breeding with one rooster.( Bello = Right tagged leg )
fist 8 of each hen will go to the bator . than a week after another 8 will go into the second bator.
both bator are full now . time to swap the Rooster ( Rooster 2 = Claude = Left tagged leg ).

run him with a lady 24 hours in each pen ( with a 2 hens) Do not use the eggs from week one. only week 2 and 3.
Do a same thing with Claude as you did with Bello .

than do it with Antonio.
3 month of selective breeding . well organized hatching , easy way of tagging and comparing the progeny. that all what you need .
you can extended if you want and work with just one 48 eggs incubator and do 1 hatch every month.

you can play with this method and tune it to your need and timing

Sorry too much Bla Bla.

choks man

In my free time I've been re-reading the thread and screen shotting all the info to my notebooks. I found this and wondered if this would apply to what I need to do.
I don't have the Bator capacity and would need to scale it down to just the one roo.

 

[wrathsfarm]

In my free time I've been re-reading the thread and screen shotting all the info to my notebooks. I found this and wondered if this would apply to what I need to do.
I don't have the Bator capacity and would need to scale it down to just the one roo.

Or this... All so confusing right now.
This is from page 90-91 if anyone interested in the info.