Please don't end the comb contest. LOL, my camera needs charging...my tomatoes still need to be canned...but I really want to enter my rooster. I even let them out early hoping I could get a shot in front of the garden.
From what I'm reading, I guess Marans can lay a variety of colors. The url below shows I nice layout of various shades that all come from the same breed.
http://marans-club.chez-alice.fr/echllang.htm#echelle
Awe shoot,
I bought some Marans last spring, but they're not laying yet. I was hoping for a picture comparing them to the usual brown egg. I'm curious how dark their going to be. My customers really like the mixture of colors we have so far (white, light brown, medium brown, and green), so...
Oh wow! I'm cutting myself short. LOL I'm only selling mine for $1.50 a dozen. And I actually get complaints from that amount!
"I can buy them cheaper in the store", they've said.
My only response was, " I bet those hens never see daylight either, so they have to be fed antibiotics. Oh...
Oh hey, I've actually had that same problem, and so did my best friend. I found one thing that seemed to help though. It's made by Merrick's Inc out of Wisconsin. It's called a Blue Ribbon Poultry Electrolyte Pack. It contains electrolytes, nutrients, and direct-fed microbials.
Those...