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I hope you keep him. marans roos are not as loud as some other breeds. especially if there is no other roo around to compete with.

too young for marans to choose from. they keep changing.

yes, that is autosomal red. keep that one.

not an expert either but I think her feet are not over feathered. the good thing she has no feathers on the middle toes. I had marans with over feathered feet and they looked a lot different.

she is good. I can't believe she is a hatchery bird. front and rear pics would be helpful for a complete judging.

2 different things. the second post is talking about some bcm lines carrying wheaten bc of some intercrossing in the past. that's why many roos have a halo. we do not cull those birds because of that intercrossing as we got them from bcm.

you must check them early in the morning. when I went to check my bantam broody at 7 am she was trying to kill the previous night slipped chick. it was hatched by another broody who was sitting on more eggs. age difference was 3 days only.

x 2. she might get up.

anything tall and slim is cull even at 6 weeks. they can be sold as dark eggers, not breeders.

remember that broodies must get up every day. dust bath is important too. if they poop on eggs they don't hatch.

wrong. broody must get up. feeder and waterer should be slightly away from the nest to encourage her to get up.

get her off. some hens can be stubborn and die. also check your broodies for lice and mites.

@Chooks man is not someone that would come and go. there must be a serious reason for his absence. he disappeared in the middle of the hatching season.

I don't crack precious eggs. I candle them on day 3-4 and discard if not fertile.

crack her egg, peel off the membrane and check if shell is blue inside. if it is blue both outside and inside it means she has 2 copies of blue gene and will pass it to all her progeny. if it is white inside then she has just 1 copy of the blue gene and will pass it to some of her progeny.

true.

never bred OE but read somewhere here that the roo should be dark egger and hen blue/green egger in order to get nice olive colour.

I don't care about coulour of the eggs I eat. but I do care not to have to feed too many birds, lol.

if they don't molt out there is always a layer's pen.

they are still young.