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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Hi, wanted to share my favorite picture of our Marans.
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    how long will a broody set.

    After she has hatched her eggs you can put more chicks under her at night. We had one mama who raised 21 chicks. Nine she hatched and 12 we added.
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    Red sex-link with black feathers - 10 weeks old

    Why? If we can't trust what the breeder told us then we have thirteen of questionable gender. Why isn't anyone asking what color they were at hatching? To my eye some of the others look more like cockerels than this one. These are bred to be seriously stout chickens. This link shows...
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    Red sex-link with black feathers - 10 weeks old

    I should have said New Hampshire crossed with Sussex. But maybe not, it was a long time ago and the guy was a wealth of information. Information overload, didn't all sink in. I called the breeder, he doesn't remember that batch. So for now it is anybody's guess. Time will tell. Links to...
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    Red sex-link with black feathers - 10 weeks old

    The breeder is a very knowledgeable guy and I understood that we had red sex-links and few black. Maybe a New Hampshire and Sussex cross but that is really stretching to try to remember. I am going to call him to see if he remembers this batch. Looking at other pictures on the web I still...
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    Red sex-link with black feathers - 10 weeks old

    Hi, I have someone telling me that this is a picture of a rooster. What do you think?
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    Mixing Broody-Hen-Hatched chicks with Incubated chicks?

    This is exactly what we have been doing. We have our second batch of chicks with a broody and a third broody setting eggs now. The first time around we made every mistake in the book and invented a few new ones. The second broody hatched six out of eight eggs last week. We added incubator...
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    What age for brood to move into new home?

    Big Buff, our second broody, hatched six out of eight eggs. We think they are three Buffs, an araucana, coronation sussex, and a speckled sussex. Is that what you see in the picture? We will add eight more chicks to the brood. First hatched Sunday night. Today, Tuesday, she took the six...
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    most common chickens

    Just the way they look and act, reminds me of eagles. They are not aggressive or predatory. We have an americana who is the sweetest chicken anyone could ever ask for. I got lucky and drove a boat for ornithologists one time on an eagle counting trip.
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    How many chicks can a broody

    I read somewhere to estimate on the short side. She rotates eggs so at some point they are all on the outside and if they are not warm enough on the outside you can lose a lot of eggs. After they hatch you can add chicks. Our latest broody, Big Buff, set eight eggs and hatched six. You don't...
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    Basic needs of Broody hens so they can raise their chicks well

    http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/broody-hens-1.html This links to a set of articles about working with broodies. It should answer many of your questions. My second broody just hatched and I am looking for fertile eggs for my third broody. We are putting our broodies at ground level...
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    Gave 2 chicks to our broody hen...one died...can I replace it with a new one?

    I would go for it. Broody chickens want babies. We put 12 under our Cochin and she accepted those. They are two months old now. We are planning on putting six or eight under our Buf. She has six hatchlings and two more eggs yet to hatch.
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    most common chickens

    After about six months of chicken obsession I would pick Buff Orpingtons if I had to pick one breed. Americaunas give you blue/green eggs and act like eagle chickens. Marans are a tight package and give you dark brown eggs. Cochins are really cute, happy, friendly and make good broodies.
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