Wrath's Marans

[Kung_pao]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3173794129...V4PriceAware_BP&tu=01KCD8SH27V37DVDV459PRQK3B

Hopefully I did that right

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

What’s the average price for six Marans hatching eggs in the US? Because the price this link is saying for me seems way higher than the average in the UK.

 

[Kung_pao]

For eggs like that $65 a dozen seems to be the normal in my area.

 

[Kung_pao]

I figure it’s better to start with dark eggs and ok birds than great birds with light eggs. The rooster he has over these hens is from a super dark egg. So hopefully these birds will lay darker eggs than the ones I’m setting.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

For eggs like that $65 a dozen seems to be the normal in my area.

I think eBay may be telling me higher prices due to tariffs and tax etc. It said $120 for six to me!

I’m used to charging £40-50 a dozen max, which I think is around that $65 mark.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

I figure it’s better to start with dark eggs and ok birds than great birds with light eggs. The rooster he has over these hens is from a super dark egg. So hopefully these birds will lay darker eggs than the ones I’m setting.

Feel free to ask me and the other guys here if you want help picking the best cockerels etc. Dark eggs grab people’s attention, so I understand your logic with prioritising egg colour.

You could always share pictures on the international Black Copper Marans Thread.

 

[Kung_pao]

Feel free to ask me and the other guys here if you want help picking the best cockerels etc. Dark eggs grab people’s attention, so I understand your logic with prioritising egg colour.

You could always share pictures on the international Black Copper Marans Thread.

I’ll definitely ask lots of questions. I’ll post later tonight with some of my questions

 

[Tstraub]

I bought my Marans eggs off a local guy I found on Craigslist for $1 an egg. I spent 2 years trying to breed them and never got a chick to hatch from the Marans hens. The rooster did sire several barn yard mix and olive egger chicks but never a full. Marans. Eventually I gave up and culled the hens to make room for more productive hens.

I started an American Breese flock because I found a source on them but haven’t gotten around to replacing the Marans yet. If all goes to plan I’ll get some Marans from @wrathsfarm this spring. I live close enough to him that I could drive there but far enough away that I haven’t planned the trip yet. I wish I would’ve paid for better quality stock the first time. I’m sure it would have saved money over feed hens that turned out to be duds. I guess I learned a valuable lesson.

 

[Mwhit]

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Congrats. Those look like a great start.

 

[Kung_pao]

I think eBay may be telling me higher prices due to tariffs and tax etc. It said $120 for six to me!

I’m used to charging £40-50 a dozen max, which I think is around that $65 mark.

He had them marked up thinking no one would buy them during the holidays. He said it’s a hassle to remove them from eBay so he just ups the price until January. I don’t know how eBay works but that’s what he told me.Normally he asks 100 per dozen I think. I’m local and it’s the holidays so I got a discount lol.