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    Cuckoo Marans or Blue Cuckoo Marans?

    Ooh, I've had my eyes on Barnevelders! They're on my wish-list the next time we add to our flock. :)
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    Cuckoo Marans or Blue Cuckoo Marans?

    Mimi is a great chicken! She is super sweet and quiet but tends to hang near the bottom of the pecking order. She has laid just about every day since she started about 3 weeks ago. Her eggs, as you can see, are not chocolate brown. For that, I'd need to get a Black Copper Marans. But I will say...
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    Cuckoo Marans or Blue Cuckoo Marans?

    Yes, she is a beautiful Blue Cuckoo Marans pullet! I will grab a pic later today. :)
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    Fed Up with My Free-Loading Chickens!

    My thoughts exactly! 😁
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    Fed Up with My Free-Loading Chickens!

    Finally! Now, just need to figure out if this beauty is from our Cream Legbar or Green Queen EE. We have just shy of 12 hrs of daylight here, which obviously is enough for at least two of our girls. The other laying hen these days is our nearly-4yo Lav. Orpington.
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    Fed Up with My Free-Loading Chickens!

    I will, thanks! I checked a couple of the friendlier ones a few days ago just out of curiosity but I'll look closer again next time I go out. I was worried it could be an illness or pests, since some of the older girls had started a few weeks ago then stopped. Hoping it's just a daylight/age...
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    Fed Up with My Free-Loading Chickens!

    Thank you so much for this! I really had never thought of the "primed and ready, just need to push 'start'" concept. I always assumed squatting/egg sons/reddenning = eggs in a couple weeks, as that is pretty much how it went with our older girls. I figured that because the past couple of...
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    Fed Up with My Free-Loading Chickens!

    Here in MA, it's obviously cold and dark which I know can inhibit laying, but at the moment I haven't a single laying hen out of my 8, including 3 9-month old pullets who've been teasing me by squatting and singing egg songs for at least 2 weeks. They have nice red wattles and combs too. I had 2...
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    Comment by 'Dreammaker' in article 'Coop Cod Estate: Our Charming and Eleggant Family Coop'

    Thank you!! At this point, we have not developed plans or blue prints for sale. If we ever decide to, I will let you know, for sure! The cupola is my favorite part, too. 😊
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    Comment by 'Dreammaker' in article 'Coop Cod Estate: Our Charming and Eleggant Family Coop'

    Thank you so much! If/when my husband ever decides to draw up actual plans and instructions, I will let you know. The design and build was a very sketched-on-a-napkin sort of thing. :)
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    Cuckoo Marans or Blue Cuckoo Marans?

    Gosh, chicks grow FAST! Here "she" is at 4 weeks. Comb is still pretty small (same as if not slightly smaller than her Cream Legbar pullet of the same age). Its posture is somewhat upright, I suppose, but I'm not sure if this is just a Marans thing. I've also read Marans boys tend to show their...
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    Where your chicks after brooder and before coop?

    Like the OP, I too have babies (3 weeks) that'd I'd like to get out of my house in the next couple of weeks. I was hoping to move them out into a large dog kennel that I'll cover in hardware cloth, some sort of roofing, and place next to the run. So, to clarify, they don't need an actual "coop"...
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    Red Splotches on Easter Eggers

    Thanks. Yes, I'm being very impatient haha I'm thinking the reddish coloring I'm seeing is just part of her overall pattern, but it do find it really odd and fascinating that red coloration in certain spots can be a male trait for EEs. Is it just testosterone-related? Learning new things about...
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    Red Splotches on Easter Eggers

    Hi! I've seen a few threads here and there that discuss how random red splotches, particularly on the shoulders, indicate that an EE is male. Why is this? What causes it? Would anyone like to weigh in on whether this appears to be the case with my bird? "She" is only 3 weeks old and has some...
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    Cuckoo Marans or Blue Cuckoo Marans?

    Just for fun, I'll post pictures every few weeks. This is at 2 weeks. "She" is looking darker now that her feathers are coming in.
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