Belgian Malines Have Arrived!!!

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Time for some pics! My flock is made up of 3 different ages of Malines plus one black star hen who brooded some of them & one buff orpington hen.

Here's little Bert, my youngest cockerel who is going to a new home in trade for another rare breed of hatching eggs. ;)
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Here's Boris with the gals.
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Big Bertha
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Boris again
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Boris on the left & Bruce to the right with their harem.
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Here's the next generation on day 11 of the incubation process. 25 eggs with a few being Malines X Buff Orpington. Those will be meat birds for sure. Hatch day is Feb. 26 :D
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May I make a comment about this breed? Let me say first off, my hats off to the Canadians who wholeheartedly are working on the regrowth and efforts to bring this breed back not only in numbers but also how they are handling it. Very professional approach following breeding guidelines as this breed starts to multiply. If you ever wanted a quality meat bird both docile with the ability to give you large eggs, this is the breed to take a serious look at. Following this thread is but a small example of what is really taking place! Quite beautiful Shelley! Thankyou for sharing with us! Stunning work.
 
Can you please tell me how you like your Belgian Malines, now that you have had them for a while? Thanks very much.
If other people have these birds, and would like to comment, I would appreciate that as well. Thanks
 
Well, I have a couple of stragglers left and the rest died off. Of 28 hatching eggs I purchased, only 6 lived. I ended up with 5 to work with as one died within first week. 2 roosters had heart attacks within first year and died also. The second season hatching was more promising but I continued to have more deaths with no explanation. I couldn't acquire another bloodline so things started to go south. The U.S. cannot exchange birds over international borders without a paper trail of regulations attached, so acquiring another bloodline ( which is gravely needed) is up in the air and not coming down anytime soon. Would be a great bird if it had some fresh blood. You would have to line breed these birds for longevity and they would still be from the same bloodline mostly.
 
Our Roost said:
Well, I have a couple of stragglers left and the rest died off. Of 28 hatching eggs I purchased, only 6 lived. I ended up with 5 to work with as one died within first week. 2 roosters had heart attacks within first year and died also. The second season hatching was more promising but I continued to have more deaths with no explanation. I couldn't acquire another bloodline so things started to go south. The U.S. cannot exchange birds over international borders without a paper trail of regulations attached, so acquiring another bloodline ( which is gravely needed) is up in the air and not coming down anytime soon. Would be a great bird if it had some fresh blood. You would have to line breed these birds for longevity and they would still be from the same bloodline mostly.
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I experienced a lot death as well, including sudden heart attack around 20 weeks. They were also incredibly slow to feather.....like around 12 weeks
 

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