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    Pics Of My Birds 1

    This is a page for all my photos of my chickens as well as pics of any eggs I get. My new Cuckoo Marans hens. These girls are not to great in the marking department from some suggestions say they may be crossed with birchen I just hope that I get some fun speckled eggs...
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    So I started my first hatch on July 5th they started piping on July 24 late in the evening by 9:00 the next morning we had our first chick and my 2 oldest kids got to see it all! We now have 3 mix layers and 1 silkie I think he's going to be black but he's still wet. 1 more silkie almost out...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Merry christmas to you too!!
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    My new Cuckoo Marans opinions please!!

    @ Illia: thank you for your honest reply. I was already thinking they didn't look as good as some pics I had seen of other Cuckoos so I'm not surprised. Crossed with Birchen is not very pleasing but as mentioned before I have mostly cross/Hinz57s anyway. I knew from the get go that they are...
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    My new Cuckoo Marans opinions please!!

    Thank you for your Replies. I'm slowly trying to collect all 12 colours of marans. This is a hard feat to do here in Canada. I do have a Blue Copper and Wheaten roos but no girls for them. These hens will be placed with the layer flock and the blue copper roo. I'll be hatching out what eggs I...
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    My new Cuckoo Marans opinions please!!

    frow all you Marans Lovers I just bought myself 4 Cuckoo Marans Hens and I would like some responses of how they look. I'm new to this breed and any input would be well received. I haven't had an egg yet from them ( Just got them last night) so I don't know about egg colour yet. I think the...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    all you Marans Lovers I just bought myself 4 Cuckoo Marans Hens and I would like some responses of how they look. I'm new to this breed and any input would be well received. I haven't had an egg yet from them ( Just got them last night) so I don't know about egg colour yet. I think the girls...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks all back to the study board I guess I just love all the colours though. Sorry for the dumb questions
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: Ok I have a question about breeding crosses. When ever I think of breeding pure I think you would need to start with pure. Is it ok to cross the colors as long as it's still a Marans. When it comes to his off spring since you need the feathered shanks would you only keep/breed the ones...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thank you all for the info and encouragement it brought my hopes back up that I'm still on the right track all though have much to learn. So I may not post for a bit but I'll be lurking in the back ground until I have something to ask or say. The perch I will fix for sure, I was wondering why no...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: It indicative of Penedesenca blood in the mix, right? Nothing wrong with having a flock of awesome dark layers with every fault imaginable though. Ok Like I said I'm really new to the Marans breed so can I get an explanation on the "Penedesenca blood" thing please ??I really have...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Hi all It says that pics are welcome and I'm new to Marans I would love to get every colour of this breed I just love them and there dark eggs so much. I only have 2 roosters A wheaten and a Blue Copper and only the blue is of breeding age right now. I have some Black copper hens on the way and...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Snow tomorrow for our area I have way to much to do still
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    Wry neck or head injury 3rd chick with issues what am I doing wrong???

    I wrote a few months back about my first silkie chick with wry neck I nursed him for 3 weeks with no improvement and eventually had to cull him. I had another shortly after. I was told to stop feeding the medicated feed and to give extra vitamins which I did to all the silkies. well I have...
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    How To Get Rich Orange Yolks, Without Freerange

    Hubby and I had just been talking about this because we have a few hens not free ranging and at breakfast the eggs were a pale yellow. We really like the orange yokes so I'll be trying all this to keep them going in winter. thank you for this post.
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