Wrath's Marans

[wrathsfarm]

A few more Wrathmarans photo
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If you see all these pics again over the next few days, I stole them to use for my hatch pics?

They all look alike anyways...

 

[2ndTink]

If you see all these pics again over the next few days, I stole them to use for my hatch pics?

They all look alike anyways...

They do look alike, some just a little bigger or smaller than the others.

 

[2ndTink]

@2ndTink What was the hatch rate stats and humidity #s you ran?

Marans: set 24, 4 clears (or couldn't see any development), 4 quit. 16 hatched!

Humidity averaged in the low 30%'s but ranged between 28% and 37%, raised to 55% for hatching, some hatched fine some, struggled so I bumped it to 60%. Seeing the air cell development in the different eggs I think if I do this again I'd move eggs between 2 incubators so that I could have an even lower humidity option for the darkest eggs.

I needed to assist several chicks, a few in the pullet eggs were upside down in the egg. The darker pullet eggs didn't have as good of evaporation either, of the larger / lighter eggs I only had to assist 1 chick, the pullet eggs I probably assisted 4 or 5.

All are doing very well except for one that is struggling, I'm pretty sure it was one I had to assist, I've been getting some Nutridrench in it and hoping for the best.

Overall, after hearing so much about Marans being hard to hatch I am very happy with my 67% hatch rate

 

[wrathsfarm]

Marans: set 24, 4 clears (or couldn't see any development), 4 quit. 16 hatched!

Humidity averaged in the low 30%'s but ranged between 28% and 37%, raised to 55% for hatching, some hatched fine some, struggled so I bumped it to 60%. Seeing the air cell development in the different eggs I think if I do this again I'd move eggs between 2 incubators so that I could have an even lower humidity option for the darkest eggs.

I needed to assist several chicks, a few in the pullet eggs were upside down in the egg. The darker pullet eggs didn't have as good of evaporation either, of the larger / lighter eggs I only had to assist 1 chick, the pullet eggs I probably assisted 4 or 5.

All are doing very well except for one that is struggling, I'm pretty sure it was one I had to assist, I've been getting some Nutridrench in it and hoping for the best.

That's awesome, this information is very helpful, thanks. Hopefully your little assisted one gets stronger by the day.

Overall, after hearing so much about Marans being hard to hatch I am very happy with my 67% hatch rate

Happy you had a good hatch.

 

[2ndTink]

That's awesome, this information is very helpful, thanks. Hopefully your little assisted one gets stronger by the day.

Happy you had a good hatch.

Thanks!

 

[z3lda3]

Also let her know she cannot "lift the lid" so this means she cannot eat, drink, or poop for the next 3 days. And no moving them around either, remind her, no wiggling.

2 out of three hatched so far…I picked her up this morning to take her outside to poop, and a fluffed up chick plopped out of her wing area. Another appeared about an hour ago and I’ve got zipping going on with the last one.
I’ve used an incubator several times and using a broody is soooo much more easier! No humidity checks, or temp fluctuations. And babies just seem to appear lol. (Except picking up a broody to use the bathroom..)

 

[wrathsfarm]

2 out of three hatched so far…I picked her up this morning to take her outside to poop, and a fluffed up chick plopped out of her wing area. Another appeared about an hour ago and I’ve got zipping going on with the last one.
I’ve used an incubator several times and using a broody is soooo much more easier! No humidity checks, or temp fluctuations. And babies just seem to appear lol. (Except picking up a broody to use the bathroom..)

Not a good idea to pull her off the eggs at hatch, she'll come off the nest when she needs to.

 

[thistlewick]

Yeah I was gonna ask why you remove her "to poop"

She will do that on her own.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Status report... I think the Brinsea is a bit behind or the eggs didn't get the memo on yesterdays hatch date.
3 Ameracaunas so far and a slew of Marans I can't count as theirs 5 hatching bags in there.

I heard soft clucking going with Lil Jessie (purple), so took a quick peek and she has 1 so far of her 7 eggs.
A couple cool eggs I've gotten these past couple days.

Momma lays a slightly lighter egg so the speckles are nest to see. She layed this one yesterday after about 4 hours in the nest box, hasn't been out since...hint, hint maybe.

 

[wrathsfarm]

The first Ameraucana that hatched.