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    Marans and Back-crossed OE Breeding Project.

    I get what you mean. From what I’ve experienced it’s been about 7-8 months before my olives or marans start to lay, so that adds even more time.
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    Marans and Back-crossed OE Breeding Project.

    That’s really interesting-it looks like Christy’s eggs inherited most of the minty color from the EE. Christy x Kong pullets would be way cool. I’d imagine you’d get a real nice dark green out of that? I forgot you had the Ayam Cemanis from your broody too. Too many possibilities haha
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    Marans and Back-crossed OE Breeding Project.

    Cool! I’d love to see what colors they end up laying. I think everyone wants the really dark marans eggs (myself included). I haven’t seen anyone trying to sell back-crossed olives in my area, so eventually I want to get a good line going for that.
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    Marans and Back-crossed OE Breeding Project.

    It’s a cross of a marans rooster and F1 olive egger pullet. The marans rooster came from a #4 or #5 shade red like the one I just posted, and the olive egger was a tractor supply pullet. I have 2 that hatched from this cross. One lays the cool speckled eggs and the other lays a really nice...
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    Marans and Back-crossed OE Breeding Project.

    Nice! Do you plan on crossing your olive rooster to any marans? Or breeding back to your olive egger pullets?
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    Marans and Back-crossed OE Breeding Project.

    No, but I’d love to cross my BC olives back to a Marans rooster to make a 2nd back cross. That was the plan until my rooster died. Those birds look great. Are they all back crossed olive eggers or first gen?
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    Marans and Back-crossed OE Breeding Project.

    My pullet from the same line Ferdinand was from started to lay. I found these in the same secret spot my BC olive lays at.
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    Chamber vs Vacuum Sealer

    Thanks, I’ll look in to those.
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    Chamber vs Vacuum Sealer

    Thanks I’ll check it out
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    Chamber vs Vacuum Sealer

    I think I may give them a try next batch of birds I raise. Any preferred brands?
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    Wrath's Marans

    Dang! Those are super dark eggs.
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    Chamber vs Vacuum Sealer

    I’ll look in to the shrink bags. How do they hold up in the freezer compared to vac sealing?
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    Chamber vs Vacuum Sealer

    Has anyone used a chamber sealer before? I forked over the money for a nicer vacuum sealer for my meat birds, but I’m still not impressed. A little bit of liquid can screw things up quickly with the vacuum sealer.
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    Wrath's Marans

    Nice bloom on the raven pullet egg
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    They were American Bresse I bought off Craigslist. From Greenfire Farms stock. I didn’t finish them the French way, just with meatbird feed. The meat was pretty comparable to other DP breeds. My favorite so far has been New Hampshire’s.
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