Posts by smarsh2

this is squeekblack copper mix16 weeks

Maxinemutt (black copper maran/ game/ plus)16 weeks

you are surely getting some eggs from these well combed pullets, all pullets

the comb indicates she is getting ready to lay. You can always tell, even in older hens, the ones that are laying or about to lay. As for the noise, I guess the layers may talk more, but I have found some just make more noise than...

i have a stick!where's man on the list?

if the access hole isn't evident, then it isn't likely a bird of prey. it has to be something squeezing in a space that doesn't look large enough or closes behind them. what surprises me is the time lapse between killings. usually easy...

he appears to have one yellow leg and one more whitish. He kind of looks like a speckeld sussex without the speckles.

these are pictures of my mean mixed maran chickens. the first picture is their parents. I don't know how pure the hens were, and have no idea what the roo is. Most of the 12 chickens, pictured at 12 and 14 weeks old, are on the small...

Quote:Originally Posted by Debbi It can depend on the breeding and the raising, but there are bad apples in every breed. I only have Marans and Silkies, but the Silkies are still in the brooder, so...Anyway, out of the 8 roos I have...

Do maran roosters tend to be mean? I had 12 chicks from a mostly maran flock with a father whose genetics are a mystery; he was very nicely orange barred with a single black tail feather. About half the chicks have a few feathers on...