I've been working with this breed for 3 yrs now and have been really pleased with them. Good layers of extremely dark eggs and good temperament . here's a picture of eggs from today. The one green egg is from a f6 olive egger
I was gathering my chicken eggs and I have 3 peafowl free ranging, and noticed 3 eggs in an old chicken nest in the loft of my barn, 2 hrs later there was 4. Can't decide whether to leave them and let the hen set or to grab them and stick them in the incubator. Hopefully she'll lay several more
I ordered some black tailed red marans from Cackle hatchery last spring and have been really impressed with the breed. Great looking bird and really dark eggs. Just hatched out a dozen eggs, 4 of the BTRM and 7 f4 olive egger and one BCM. Hot 44 more eggs in the bator now
Ive got 3 green pied that are about 8 months old and one java green that is 9mths old. My java is a cock im pretty sure but the 3 pied i still haven't figured out. Any help would be appreciated
I got some eggs that are fixing to go in the incubator that are from a Spalding peacock over a Spalding hen, Spalding pied hen and white hen. What are the possibilities of colors. Thanks
I have 3 peachicks that are 7 weeks old, one of the 3 has obvious barring on his feathers more so than the other 2. And this afternoon the one with barring was strutting around in the brooder. Do you guys think that I have one cock and 2 hens? I took them out in the light so it would hopefully...
I bought 4 purple black shoulder eggs from someone in South Carolina and to my surprise (shipped eggs) they all 4 made it to lockdown. And today 3 of the 4 hatched. Hopefully all goes well
I just purchased 3 peachicks from a guy that said they were IB × Black shoulder. I haven't raised any peafowl in many years. Was just wondering if these chicks are normal color for this cross. They are 4 weeks old. Thanks in advance
I set 22 eggs in my 360 of which 12 were f2 and f3 Gen olive eggers and 10 Black copper marans. By day 10 I was down to 15 eggs and out of those 13 hatched. 11 olive eggers and 2 BCM. Man I got a rainbow of colors in these chicks
I usually raise my own chicks , and I have already hatched twice and have some in the incubator now. But I wanted a different breed so I ordered 8 black tailed red marans from Cackle hatchery and they arrived this morning. Healthy as always and included a couple extra. Does anyone else have...
I hatched some eggs from my Rhode island reds hens this past summer that were with a Black Copper Marans roo and the pullets came out very pretty and are now laying daily at 6 months. And to my surprise their eggs are as dark as my full BCM hens. I'll definitely do some more of this cross