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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I'm asking $10 per chick
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Not Foxfire, although I do have Cream Legbar and Mosaics from them. The rooster and three of the hens have either one or two Greenfire Farms BCM grandparents (they are from the other pen, which sadly has no rooster this spring). The splash hens are from Cedar Hills and the BCM hens are from HB...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Same, I only go on facebook at times like this when I'm trying to sell or give something away :) I will PM.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I'm partial to marans, but a lot of new chicken keepers aren't familiar, and the idea of straight-run chicks is daunting. I've been through four people looking for "2 guaranteed female chicks" already and had to discuss how a small farm doesn't sex chicks. That said.... I'm pretty sure I could...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Just finished vaccinating 19 chicks. Whew! We had a great hatch of mixed color Marans chicks this weekend. I'm wiped out. My next job is finding them all homes, which I thought would be easy, as it has been in past years? But so far I'm striking out. I'm kind of excited to see how they...
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    Getting no peck purple off humans?

    So I've just used that purple no-peck goop. Apparently it had been long enough since the last use that I forgot how much I hate it. Rooster with the bleeding comb and picked neck decided he also hates it, shook his head vigorously during application. My son and I are covered in purple...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    After an aerial attack two years ago (lost one young rooster who was struck dead but not carried off) I had luck criss-crossing their moveable yard with some shiny tape. The theory is that it makes it too hard for the bird flying over to be sure it can make it back up. Big birds need a big...
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    selecting splash Marans to keep

    I have a hatch of 10 Splash Marans chicks from shipped eggs. Can anyone tell me what things I should be looking for as I select which birds to keep/breed? I also have Black Copper Marans and I'm assuming I'm looking for all the same body shape and temperament things. But I'm not sure about...
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    April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

    I worried way too early. Hatching continued from my early Thursday chick right through to this morning when I found a very full incubator with 14 chicks. 4 of my Mosaic x Cream Legbars and 10 Splash Marans from 14 shipped eggs. I actually disposed of two eggs the first day when I dropped the...
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    April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

    Happily two more have hatched this morning and there is progress on another three. I always worry too soon I guess :) It's day 22 ish.
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    April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

    I'm a little sad this morning. The splash marans chick from yesterday is still doing well, and three of my mosaic cross chicks from my flock have hatched to join it.... but the majority of the shipped splash marans eggs are sitting with no progress. Two that were pipped yesterday look the...
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    April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

    I've just had a first pip! These guys are not waiting. I'm super happy that at least someone is alive in there. I just got confirmation that my next batch of eggs is shipping in the next few days, so we will be swapping from splash marans hatch to black copper marans by middle of next week :)...
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    April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

    I've just gone into lockdown with these shipped eggs (same eggs, different lighting). Splash Marans. I added in a handful of cream legbar x mosaic crosses as well. Candling was quite the joke. The one egg I could see into was a straight cream legbar, and sadly empty. Everything else was...
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    April 2023 Hatch-A-Long

    Just joining the hatch-along, but you are talking about some issues I'm also experiencing. I do really like my Brinsea. I get better turning results if I increase the turning time for more seconds. Ones that are dragging will eventually start to turn that way. I do fiddle a lot with initial...
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    February 2023 hatch-a-long

    The early pip discovered during lockdown... hatched overnight :) Now to wait until actual hatch day and resist pulling her out early.
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