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    Wrath's Marans

    I know this wasn’t directed at me but I’ll share my experience. My F1 OEs all had obvious Marans faults from hatch. It might be blue feathers, green or yellow legs, pea comb, or beards but there was always something of if I looked for it. Some of my back crosses this year are starting to look a...
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    Hatch A Long - Mythology (Redo) BBS (Black/Blue/Splash)

    I’ll take Apollo 11 again. Hopefully it will be a successful mission this go around.
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    Rooster chicks

    I don’t currently have any for sale and I’m almost 300 miles from Boonville
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    BCM/OE - Hatch A Long - Mythological

    Sorry to hear that none made it. We’ve all been there. I hope you get better results on the next batch.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    He showed up last night with a new user name after a very long time away. He now goes by @Joemarans
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    Yep, ducks do the same thing. When I’m running my boat up the river I often get ducks attempting to get me to chase them. They fly real low to the water splashing around like they can’t take off.
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    We get a lot of them around here. I like watching them do their broken wing act to distract predators. This is the first time I have found the nest. They are so camouflaged in the wood mulch
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    Straub’s search for colored eggs

    I found some speckled eggs in the garden today.
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    Wrath's Marans

    There was some discussion about incubating small eggs and I mentioned my Marans have never laid above small size. Then overweight hens was suggested as one possible reason for poor laying
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    Wrath's Marans

    I managed to grab Penny out of a nest box this afternoon. She is the one that lays 2-3 small eggs a week. Her is about 5 1/2 pounds. The scale was bouncing around because she wouldn’t stand still LOL. She feels OK to me but I’m not an expert. I can definitely feel her keel bone when I hold her...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Glad to have you back! You have been missed
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    Wrath's Marans

    It’s been a while since I have really put my hands on either one. They don’t look overweight to me but I know feathers can hide a lot. They do get free access to food 24 hours a day. I feed Kalmbach flock maker 20% protein oyster shells on the side, and some kitchen scraps(mostly vegetables). I...
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    Wrath's Marans

    The color is good but 44 grams is not anywhere near breed standard. She was hatched June of 2023 so she is 1 year and 9 months old. She should be in her prime but she has never really produced well.
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    Wrath's Marans

    I forgot to attach the picture of Penny’s egg
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    Wrath's Marans

    I need to get better Marans I have 2 that are almost 2 years old the best layer (Penny) gives me 2-3 eggs a week that are pullet sized. The outer one(Betty) very rarely lays at all she might give 2 eggs one week then nothing for 2 weeks before laying another one. Her eggs aren’t even very dark.
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