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Thanks for the advice and your patience! I'll try to get some better pics of him when we get a little better weather!

Also, since someone asked, yes we use this boy to improve the egg color & gold markings in our olive eggers, but also keep a pure line of 'project' marans. Their color to me means they are a project - NOT that we are mixing in any other breeds into our Maran stock.

This pic is a little blurry and his colors are bleached from the lighting but he's in a more normal pose. Is this what you mean on the topline issue?

I want to learn more about them and improve them as I go. I simply enjoy gaining new knoledge and the challenge of breeding a better bird. I know to a lot of you it seems wasted effort since this color can't be shown and most other breeders wouldn't want them. But simply it is something I enjoy...

I know most people hate the gold color and breed away from it...AND that it is not correct for Marans. That being said, we love the gold color and are working on it in our Marans and Olive Eggers. Just hatched out a few from this boy and blue/gold hens. I know he needs more leg feather -only has...

Hello all! I'm just getting started with bbs lf cochins and started from week old chicks. The breeder they came from said one was a splash and at a week old was yellow with large blue patches/sreaks through the baby fuzz. It has since feathered out to be solid white. I mean not a speck of blue...

Just wanted to share an updated pick of our Lav Orps. 6 months old so still have some growing to do but they are getting to be massive birds! I just wish they would start laying already!!

[/IMG][/IMG] Our lavs. 14 weeks old. They are chow hounds, but already as big as our mixed laying hens and deffinatly thicker!

[/IMG][/IMG] Our lavs. 14 weeks old. They are chow hounds, but already as big as our mixed laying hens and deffinatly thicker!

I'm so sorry for your loss! That is so strange that 'it' only took the lavs! Hope you figyre out what did it & put a stop to 'it' - perminently!!

Just marking this thread so I can find it again. I want to play when my purebreeds start laying! Seems like a lot of fun!:-)

A few of our newest babies. 5 Olive eggers & 3 black/birchen coper marans.

I know how hard the next few weeks/months will be for both of you but just try to stay focused on what has to be done NOW. Hospice is a wonderful and helpfull group, so dont be afraid to ask them for whatever you need. As my Dad was goimg through this, God sent us an angel in the form of his...

Thanks! We didnt even lav orps were out there untill we saw these little guys! Ive been reading as much as i can about them and just hope they are decent quality when they are grown! Either way we will be taking them back to the best black orp i can get my hands on.

Here are our baby lavenders. They are 5 weeks old & sweet little things!

Hello all! Thanks for providing such a great resource! I've been lurking and learning for a while and just love this site! We started our chicken adventure last year with one hen and three little chicks that we traded a neighbor for. Last week we brought home 8 chicks that brought our total up...