Wrath's Marans

[NorthwoodsChick]

With my eggs I'm fairly close to your markers. 25-30 and not over 50 at lockdown. With much darker eggs I've read that lower humidity than that is needed. The harder shells and darker pigment retains more moisture thereby not needing the higher humidity.
I've got 22 of my eggs in my NR360 around day 10 and I've put no water in it and hovering at 23%. I may test this run completely dry straight thru lockdown just to test the theory.

Alot of people swear by dry hatching Marans eggs.

I did a dry hatch last yr with Marans, Marsbar, and olive eggers. Only the Marans hatched- the rest lost too much moisture. N360.

Thanks for the info- can’t wait to see how your run turns out.

 

[wrathsfarm]

I did a dry hatch last yr with Marans, Marsbar, and olive eggers. Only the Marans hatched- the rest lost too much moisture. N360.

Thanks for the info- can’t wait to see how your run turns out.

Thanks... My plan so far is the 360 will be freed up to get the OEs separated by lockdown and that will help if I need to increase humidity on them.
I'm kind of winging it here, not an expert by any means.
I'd much rather let my broody's handle it.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Copper makes broody #4 in the Marans camp. I gave her some temporary eggs to keep her away from the lower ranking broodys and will load her up in the next couple days.

 

[2ndTink]

Copper makes broody #4 in the Marans camp. I gave her some temporary eggs to keep her away from the lower ranking broodys and will load her up in the next couple days.
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Once she's loaded up, how many eggs are being incubated in total on your farm?

 

[wrathsfarm]

Once she's loaded up, how many eggs are being incubated in total on your farm?

NR-360 =22 BCMs
Brinsea =56 (39 BCM/17 OE)

Broody BA= 8 OE
Broody BCM= 10 Solo (BCM x BSM)
Broody BCM= 6 Solo (BCM x BSM)
Broody BCM= 6 BCM
Broody BCM= ?

108 + whatever I have available for Copper. I won't put more than 10 under her.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

NR-360 =22 BCMs
Brinsea =56 (39 BCM/17 OE)

Broody BA= 8 OE
Broody BCM= 10 Solo (BCM x BSM)
Broody BCM= 6 Solo (BCM x BSM)
Broody BCM= 6 BCM
Broody BCM= ?

108 + whatever I have available for Copper. I won't put more than 10 under her.

And I thought I was a baller with 40 + 3 grow outs + a broody with 3

 

[wrathsfarm]

And I thought I was a baller with 40 + 3 grow outs + a broody with 3

 

[2ndTink]

NR-360 =22 BCMs
Brinsea =56 (39 BCM/17 OE)

Broody BA= 8 OE
Broody BCM= 10 Solo (BCM x BSM)
Broody BCM= 6 Solo (BCM x BSM)
Broody BCM= 6 BCM
Broody BCM= ?

108 + whatever I have available for Copper. I won't put more than 10 under her.

I may use this to show my husband things aren't so bad over here. I only have 50-ish incubating! (The already hatched chicks don't count do they?)

 

[wrathsfarm]

I may use this to show my husband things aren't so bad over here. I only have 50-ish incubating! (The already hatched chicks don't count do they?)

No..there is a clear difference in definition in chicken math.
I may have 108 incubating but I can't count my chickens so that's ZERO!!

How many have hatched so far?

 

[2ndTink]

No..there is a clear difference in definition in chicken math.
I may have 108 incubating but I can't count my chickens so that's ZERO!!

How many have hatched so far?

Over 60