I lost my last home-raised rooster from my Bayhorsebonne line Black Coppers. Looking for a new rooster for my flock. I am looking for a roo or two who will have very nice dark egg genes and be from the same bloodline or close. I am in Northern California and will pick up.
This is a wanted ad so...
I lost my last home-raised rooster from my Bayhorse Bonnie line Black Coppers. I am heartbroken. My hens will be lost without him. Looking for a new rooster for my flock. I can't bear to wake up in the morning without my crowing roo.So I am looking for a roo or two who will have very nice dark...
I occasionally have some chicks and young adults for pick up or drop off in Northern California that will be looking for good and caring homes. These birds are not for food, so they will not be free. They are dark brown egg layers and pets for farm or back yard. They will all come from very...
...Pullet 23 Weeks
Excerps from the Description of the Brown-red Marans from the Marans Club of France:
Description of the Brown-red Marans
* - the cock must be "black with copper finery, the lancets of the hackle and of the small of the back which are widely copper-red edged, and a black...
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Ok, so I told Joe I would re-post this formula. And in reading it again, I realize I screwed up in my recollection of it
Resolutions formula is a little more complex than what I remembered.
Here is his post on backcrossing:
Per Resolution, link...
Hi there,
What medicine man is saying is that with Marans, crossing two unrelated birds from dark eggs and dark egg laying lines will often not produce offspring which lay the same dark eggs. It often causes you to lose the dark color in your flock rather than preserve it. It doesn't always...
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Yes of course, milk products make sense because they're mammals. I guess that is what Whey is. I'm just saying that pelleted or processed foods designed for equines might not be suitable for any avian species unless the manufacturer specifically states it.
Eggs huh? ahahhaha My...
I will say though that there are some really popular pelleted feeds that are specifically marked for use with several species. Like Calf Manna. Manna pro states that Calf Manna can be fed to horses, cattle, rabbits, goats, poultry, swine, and deer.
And I have heard a lot of people mention they...
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Well, some people feed animal based protein and meat to chickens and you would never feed any animal-based food to a horse.
Actually I was thinking more in terms of pelleted and processed feeds, because some minerals and supplements that would be great for horses in a certain...
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oohhhhh...sure, I see! You lurk in the "other thread" my dear friend but you don't pop in and say HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't noticed blood spots in my Marans eggs but I have noticed them from time to time in my light brown egg layers eggs, but I don't eat that many of my eggs as...
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Ah, thank you Geebs
Hmmm, I wonder if they could eat Natural Glo? That's a stablized rice bran product for horses. It makes their coats shiny.
I suppose it's probably not such a great idea to feed the same food to different species.
Anyone ever fed their Chickens Natural Glo?
I've got a question for anyone who knows anything about blood spots. I understand they are more common in dark brown eggs and some of my hens eggs eggs have them. I am wondering if there is anything to be concerned about. I know they are perfectly harmless in terms of eating the eggs. But I was...
Well, my pullets started back up laying in the last week or two. Finally, they are laying nice round, good sized eggs. Their first eggs in the fall were real nice and dark, but the puniest eggs I've ever gotten from my pullets.
So they started back up and color looks fine and they are a great...