These were super tiny day olds, 1/2 the size of my day old Marans. Not sure if this is normal for the breed or they were pullet eggs.
Just an observation. Either way I'm happy to finally have some Fibros.
Our final and 19th broody so far is a Black Australorp in Kings coop, sitting on 6 Lil Jessie eggs. This is the broody I stuck the 6th Momma little under. It's eyes were still closed and I didn't have much hope for it to survive being in with P/G so here we are. She kept it warm and gave it time...
Lil Black's hatch was Monday. She had 2 Solo and 4 Chloe (Mommas only daughter) eggs and hatched 3 of Chloes.
This is the 4th attempt and fail for Poppy x Solo. Solo is now molting, so no eggs but when she starts laying again, I'm going to collect for one final hatch. Need to figure out what's...
P/G's hatch Sunday was 5 of Momma's egg with a 6th hatching on Tuesday out of her 10 eggs. This didn't work out too well as by then, she wanted off the nest and the sixth little wasn't fully ready. I decided Wednesday to pull the little one, banded her and shoved her under another broody. More...
This thread might be useful...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/cross-breeding-cream-legbar-rooster-french-black-copper-maran-hen-for-green-eggs.1228802/