Wrath's Marans

[Mwhit]

Did a quick head count and pulled some empty shells. Couldn’t get a good picture but had 9 so far. Added water and locked them back up.

Dang! Those are super dark eggs.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Dang! Those are super dark eggs.

I agree, very nice color.

 

[Kung_pao]

I think they got darker in the incubator. But some of them did look pretty good. I’m going to try to get a couple dozen more to hatch next week

 

[Kung_pao]

11out and one left, he was a little dried up so I moistened him up and put him back. 3 died right without pipping. 12 out of 15 seems ok to me.

 

[wrathsfarm]

11out and one left, he was a little dried up so I moistened him up and put him back. 3 died right without pipping. 12 out of 15 seems ok to me.

That's a great hatch... congrats.

 

[Kung_pao]

Here they are while I was vaccinating them. I used two buckets and transfers them from one to another as I went.

 

[Kung_pao]

Question of the day, how many eggs do you let them lay before you decide what color they lay? Do they start the darkest they’ll ever be and just get lighter every egg? Or do they sometimes get darker after a few eggs?

 

[Pumperkinz]

Question of the day, how many eggs do you let them lay before you decide what color they lay? Do they start the darkest they’ll ever be and just get lighter every egg? Or do they sometimes get darker after a few eggs?

Personally second break is the darkest I've seen, and sometimes the first lays ever are the darkest.

If they take a break after their first molt they will generally come back "darker". Wrath has way more hands on experience with chickens then I do, but that's my just general rule of thumb.

Some of them decide to turn of the ink jet after the firs month of printing , some will stay dark nearly the whole time lol.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

Question of the day, how many eggs do you let them lay before you decide what color they lay? Do they start the darkest they’ll ever be and just get lighter every egg? Or do they sometimes get darker after a few eggs?

Lines vary. The average of first 21 is usually the best idea, maybe ignoring those early paler ones. But other lines people have a darker second season, so the first 21 of her second season also works.

In their first week, they may being getting used to everything, so pale, splotchy or other anomalies may occur. The start of the first or second year is usually the darkest they’ll ever be.

 

[Kung_pao]

Lines vary. The average of first 21 is usually the best idea, maybe ignoring those early paler ones. But other lines people have a darker second season, so the first 21 of her second season also works.

In their first week, they may being getting used to everything, so pale, splotchy or other anomalies may occur. The start of the first or second year is usually the darkest they’ll ever be.

Ok, thank you. So they do start lighter and get darker when they first start laying?