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Hi all, what you up to this weekend?

Hi & welcome to the thread. Sounds a nice set up you have. I'm also a breeder of meat birds and can tell you that's there's some real good threads going on the Meat bird section.

Surly the UK can manage to be self sufficient in eggs :he But I agreed, if I didn't have my own chickens I wouldn't eat eggs.

Little white pheasant project, yes another one :rolleyes:

Yes I think your right there mate. But having more pens means more breeding groups.........and the obsession grows :lau

Just changed the leg tags in the 4 "special" Marans chicks so I can keep an eye out for a cockerel from a very dark egg and look like I will have 3 to choose from :clap There in the stable next to the Labrador pups It's all go :rolleyes: Feathering up nicely for 2 weeks old.

Yeah, I love the idea of Ducks & Geese but with Great Dane sized poo I will have to pass. Yes forecast said rain would start at 3pm today, so I had my day planned out. 11.30 the heavens opened, so never mind :confused:

Errrrrr Mmmmmm just cleaned out the brooder and it might be 9 Pullets :fl

Good for you mate :thumbsup What breed are the day olds ?

Oh no isn't that just typical. It's definitely been a cockerel year for me !! My Wyndotte bantam chicks , I have 4 cockerels & 1 Pullet!!! And my Marans are looking like about 10 cockerels and 5 Pullets :he

Tell you the truth I just leave them to get on with it. Then if after 3, 4 or 5 chicks have hatched and there is a break in the other eggs hatching I will take the hatched chicks into the brooder and leave the eggs to all start again. Although sometimes I've come down in the morning and had...

Got my fingers crossed for you but I fear they're gone!

Very nice :thumbsup Looking forward to seeing how you get on with them.

Very nice very pal :thumbsup What's the egg colour like from the a Marans?

@timon , thehatch rate was very good although fertility was only about 70%. Timing wasn't the best I got the eggs right after the hot spell so they were on/off lay a lot and half the eggs were over a week old. So given all that I'm happy :thumbsup

Look what's just hatched

To be honest I use 2 weeks as the max and it's always proved ok. Not sure about 3 weeks

Yes mine are English Cuckoo Marans. The only reason I'm buying in eggs is for a new cockerel, so it's a risky business :fl The guy breeds for big breed standard birds which I like, as well as dark eggs and his strain is half related to mine so should make for a better match. This is the colour...

i travel and pick eggs up whenever possible, I have some Marans eggs due to hatch end of the week I went to Lancashire for them. Last hatch this year for me. Although I've said that twice before :rolleyes: