I was sure this was a hen until very recently.. All of my roosters have big combs and wattles. But this "hen" is looking suspicious to me.. Thoughts?
4 months old. It's the only one of the chickens with messed up tail feathers. Any possibility this is a hen?
Thanks in advance!
I've been raising a group from a blue copper hatch.. There seems to be a lot of variation in the blues.. Is this really light one still a blue? (not a lavender?)
The light blue again and two splash:
(the other Marans in the picture are a mystery as well, if anyone has any clues! Buff...
Hatched 5/9. I bought two groups.. One from Blue Copper lines and another group the breeder was calling "Lemon Cuckoo"..
The first rooster is black (or maybe dark blue??). The other two are from the Lemon cuckoo line. I would take $10 each for any of these guys pictured.
I also have a...
Wondering what color these guys are considered. (They are both roosters, right? lol- I'd love to hear otherwise!) Hatched 5/9. I bought them as day olds, Lemon Cuckoo and Blue Copper.. I feel like the blue is more lavender.. He sure is pretty though..
Then there's this guy.. Also in the...
I'm looking for a very simple design for a small coop that can easily be built and be moved easily. I haven't built anything like this myself..
This will house 2-3 chickens and will be multi purpose.. I intend for it to temporarily house the chickens, and I hope they will dig up the ground for...
Hi Don, Just to clarify, are you saying that wheaten Marans in general are better quality? or that the wheaten will be better quality if not diluted by blue?
I guess the genetics confuses me a little on this.. I would think of blue as being Bb.. has to carry recessive.. two little bb is splash...
I'm so happy I found a thread on Wheaten Marans! This is a question that may have been asked already, but going through the 88 pages is a little daunting for the time being :-)...
Is it ok to combine the genetics of the wheaten and blue wheatens? What I mean is, would it be desirable/undesirable...
It's been a couple years since I gave up my flock because I moved to the city.. I'm getting a little place in the country and I'm interested in Blue/Splash Marans.. Does anyone have a list of sources? I also like the wheatens alot (I had a couple mystery chicks from a black copper line that...
I have a Little Giant Incubator and Egg Turner for sale. I used it once and they've been cleaned out and are in orginal boxes with instructions. $70 for both.
Pick up in southwest Missouri
Since I'm moving soon, I need to sell my chickens. I have 12 Marans in many colors.. I put my backyard flock together from various sources including a background of lines from Wade Jeane, Krebs, Valentine, and others I can't remember... I picked lines that would lay dark eggs. The 12 Marans...
I started my flock focusing on blue feathered chickens and I have some really pretty ones. There are two EE hens that have been laying awhile- one is blue, the other is a gorgeous light blue. The rest are four month olds that I raised. One is an Olive Egger I created by crossing a Marans hen...
I actually just listed him on craigslist and explained his oddities.. Another person who saw his picture sent an email a suggested the turken possibility... I don't really know anything about turkens to know if this could be probable... He is loosing more neck feathers- he had them when he was...