Wrath's Marans

[wrathsfarm]

Gorgeous eggs!

Thanks...

If they darken up over the next 20+ eggs I'm going to be super excited.

 

[2ndTink]

And on the 1st episode of the season premiere of 'Breaking Bad- chicken edition'
Angel goes to jail !!View attachment 3911913

She looks just as pleased as the two I put in broody jail this evening too

 

[2ndTink]

Thanks...

If they darken up over the next 20+ eggs I'm going to be super excited.

They'll get darker!?!

 

[wrathsfarm]

They'll get darker!?!

I've been seeing this with my pullets and even some of the hens after their molts.
This is a progression of Angels first 18 eggs. Back row left is her first egg dated 11/27/23 and took the pic 12/25 so roughly a month of her lay cycle. They got fairly consistent by the second row for color. I believe each row started left to right.

These are Betty's starting back after her last molt. Same start back row left ending front right. Shes not a darker egg layer, once in awhile she throws me one like that front left, but she's 3 now so they've lightened up with her age also a tad.

I posted these a couple weeks ago, just cause she lays pretty eggs..but these again have lightened up as she's in the midst of her lay cycle.

 

[2ndTink]

I've been seeing this with my pullets and even some of the hens after their molts.
This is a progression of Angels first 18 eggs. Back row left is her first egg dated 11/27/23 and took the pic 12/25 so roughly a month of her lay cycle. They got fairly consistent by the second row for color. I believe each row started left to right. View attachment 3912235

These are Betty's starting back after her last molt. Same start back row left ending front right. Shes not a darker egg layer, once in awhile she throws me one like that front left, but she's 3 now so they've lightened up with her age also a tad.View attachment 3912244


I posted these a couple weeks ago, just cause she lays pretty eggs..but these again have lightened up as she's in the midst of her lay cycle.
View attachment 3912251View attachment 3912252

That is super cool! How is it I still don't have a Marans maybe I'll get one next year!

From the lightest to the darkest, they are all beautiful and would look awesome in a dozen carton of eggs

 

[Auntiejessi3]

And on the 1st episode of the season premiere of 'Breaking Bad- chicken edition'
Angel goes to jail !!View attachment 3911913

You're cracking me up I'm waiting for the "dun dun" from Law and Order to play

 

[wrathsfarm]

She looks just as pleased as the two I put in broody jail this evening too

Do you keep them locked up or let them out? I've been letting her out 4-5 times a day and then catch her before she tries to get back in a nest box. I've heard to lockup for 48 hrs continuous to begin with, but I don't want to prolong this any if I'm doing it wrong.
I figure if shes out, she's getting more nourishment, more cooling down to the belly and still interacting with the flock.

When she's caged she just roosts on that 4x4 the whole time, and it seems that'll keep her belly heated. There is a fan above her.

 

[2ndTink]

Do you keep them locked up or let them out? I've been letting her out 4-5 times a day and then catch her before she tries to get back in a nest box. I've heard to lockup for 48 hrs continuous to begin with, but I don't want to prolong this any if I'm doing it wrong.
I figure if shes out, she's getting more nourishment, more cooling down to the belly and still interacting with the flock.

When she's caged she just roosts on that 4x4 the whole time, and it seems that'll keep her belly heated. There is a fan above her.

Mine are in full lockdown until they stop puffing up at me and broody-velociraptor screaming at me. I have cages that have small hole wire on the bottom, they don't get a roost and the coop fan blows on them. It still takes days!

I had a very stubborn BA broody before I uad the cages set up, I tried all sorts of stuff, every time I thought she was broke, nope, broody. She went broody three times the one year. Finally the nesting pad had gotten dirty so I swapped it out for a new one, going from brown to grey upset her so much she's never been broody since

 

[The Coop Crew]

Did that pullet lay the smaller egg???

 

[wrathsfarm]

Did that pullet lay the smaller egg???

Yes that was hers.