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I have 4 young (3 months) Maran roosters.. I personally would not consider them breeder quality as I have hatched better!! would be great for the backyard breeder looking to add egg color to there flock they are black copper and blue copper.. price is right at FREE ;-) local pickup ONLY..

Quote: I feel like that OFTEN

thanks louieandthecrew!! love the wellies Hi Pink.. yep you neeeeeed to send a couple of those speckles egg layers this way, will have to post a photo of our eggs they are dark but no speckles I want some of your eggs!! we have the opposite problem with egg production here, the marans are...

I got him from an 80+ year young lady in La Cleade Idaho who got him from Kummers, she raised wellies for a long long time and just retired last fall.. he is about 6 months now, 3 of the hens i got from her also have this leg color it is my fav part of the wellies Nice eggs but I prefer the...

haha.. not sure i would want to eat there corn I have posted him before but love this guys leg color.. Denna

Quote: I have to sell him because the only hens that I have for him (as of March) will be 15 Buff Orpington hens and my one Red Sex Link Nate - Don't know what line he came from. I bought him at the Tractor Supply Co. twenty minutes from our house Oh, ok. So he is from hatchery...

Quote: I've got ameraucanas! Just outside of the valley. I don't suppose you plan on having chicks to rehome in mid-February? As long as they're healthy...lol. My current plan is to get some Araucanas (I figure they're really EE's) from Aslin-Finch, but they don't plan on having any before...

Quote: Very Very vivid colors and so pretty.. NICE roo ;-)

thanks EweSheep.. I just love the orange legs.. all the hens but one has that dark orange the other is orange but lighter.. other than the speckled eggs the legs are my fav body part on these guys...

HI everyone and Merry Christmas.. finally got some time off to "ketch up on the posts" here is our 6 month old boy, the lady we got them from in N Idaho said they were "kummer" stock..? Do not plan on showing, We got them for the great egg color ;-) whatcha think of our boy? and one of the...

I do not feel so bad either, out of 30 laying hens we are getting 8 a day () all from the columbian wyandottes and the wheaten marans.. wellies, cochins and other marans on strike.. BUT we have a heated barn.. so no excuses allowed for these girls

this is awful cheap it is a 220 volt power.. said he would throw in a transformer.. anyhoo http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320622770672&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT if anyone is looking..... edited to add.. i do NOT know this person.. just wanted to let folks know this is going...

by saturday spokane is supposed to get 5" to 9" in the valley floor.. and over a foot for us higher elev.. OUCH is it spring yet

pips&peeps : All my outside birds made it through the night. I just got in from moving the ones in that I could. I have two special breeding quads outside and about 30-40 growing cockerels. Took hours to get them fed and watered this morning. After I got everyone in that I could I went back...

Quote: We have always done the same thing, metal bucket and we mix the ashes with the DE.. works great for creepies..