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Hi All... Just getting started with Marans and definitely have a LONG way to go, so need opinions from you more veteran breeders out there. In April I received 3 BC Marans chicks (along with some other breeds). I've got a trio. The cockrel is definitely wanting as far as proper breed...

Here is my 10 1/2 week-old Marans (Black Copper...copper color just starting to develop) cockrel - Jimmy. He made a first attempt Friday, June 14 (which sounded more like he was being strangled), but as of yesterday, June 15, he was belting them out like a pro.

Doing research before purchasing an incubator. I read where the Farm Inovators Model 4200 Pro Series Circulated Air Incubator with Egg Turner was a really good incubator except for an issue with the thermometer/hygrometer that is included. It was recommended that a separate digital...

Yesterday, when checking on my 4 week-old pullets, a lone wasp entered their brooding area. I'm sure he was drawn to the birds' water container. One of the Easter Eggers spied the insect straight away and in a flash, while the wasp hovered just above the trough, snatched it with amazing...

Back in September, when ordering chicks from a well known hatcery for this spring, I included 3 Black Copper Marans chicks - 1 cockrel/2 pullets. On the morning of the hatch (4/1) I received a call from the hatchery informing me that "the Marans didn't hatch" and to please call if I was willing...

Hi All. I recently joined the BYC group and decided to check out the "Where Am I? Where Are You?" forum, but haven't seen a lot of new posts made under 'Texas'. I'm sure the Lonestar State has a lion's share of chicken folk, so I'm just sending out a holla to y'all. I'm not a native Texan...

I was just curious if anyone else has noticed that their birds of similar breeds/plumage tend to hang together. In the previous years that I kept chickens, I purchased only one type of layer chicks - Red/Gold Sex-Links. After an almost 10 year hiatus from keeping chickens (lots of life...

Yay! Just joined the Marans Chicken Club USA. No Marans yet, but I can start amassing knowledge and hopefully attend a show in the not-too-distant future. (I'm eyeing the show scheduled mid-December in Shawnee, OK - only about 2 1/2 hour drive from my home in Wichita Falls, TX.) Charlcie...

Hello BYC members! I'm not new to chickens (or other poultry types), but I am new to BYC. My first exposure to poultry came in high school when I partnered with my dad in a custom turkey operation. We raised a small flock of broad breasted white and bronze turkeys each year for the...