I raise labs and if the nose is a true black then the pads should be black as well! At this time I dont have a Yellow to show you. You can go check it out at the AKC website.
Would you all kindly take a look at My BCM Roo he is 8 months old and hatched from a #8 egg. I just test hatched 18 eggs and 17 out of 19 had featherd shanks! I really like this guy just looking for some feed back! Thanks:cool:
The white spot on his side is not a white feather i went out and...
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Quailladyoffortmyers in your earlier post you said Not likely Wade jean lines! Now you are saying Wade jean lines, Im not sure what the chick in queston is however you alone know what your breeder birds are and if they are seperated we can only call it from what we see. There are a...
He is off feed and seems weak as he is holding his head about half way down. He sniffs and nibbles the hay but is not eating as normal. I am feeding Purina Show goat feed and coastal hay and alfalfa hay every so often. This buck is always the first to feed untill yesterday. He also gets a...
There is a fellow BYC'er from Fort Smith Ark. im sorry i dont have there name just do a search or look in the Marans thread in this section.
Keith
Olive Farms
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Pasofino, Those are some great looking Marans chicks you have there, If you dont have any place to put them just call and ill pick them up from you, LOL
By the way, those white wing tips are standard on most all of the chicks I have hatched from your eggs and most all of the lines...
I posted a few pictures of BCM eggs with odd coloration and I also had one that was almost white untill it was washed then it looked normal until it was dry again anyway here is a picture of one.
And here is a progressive darkening from my Wheaten hen after taking two months off. The smaller...
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May I have permission to save your photo and use it at some point for education about egg color changes?
Yes, you may use the picture where ever it fits.
Keith
Olive Farms
Marans
Angora Goats
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Chicky Tocks and others here is an example of light to darker over a period of 7 days. The egg to the left was laid by my Wheaten Hen 7 days ago and the egg to the right was laid this AM, I add an egg from my BC pullett just for size example as I am getting a double yolker from this...
Here are a couple of eggs my BCM hens laid today. The first two pictures are the same egg one side is swirled and the other is solid. I really like the second egg with the speckeled finish!
What causes this swirl finish?
Keith
It was our first poultry show to attend now that our feet are wet we will be bringing birds to the one next year. Looked great from our perspective! There was a lot of breeds represented today.
Go Marans Go!!!
Keith
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That's great. Do you know who placed in the Egg show? That's weird, I thought April was organizing a Marans Chicken Club show. Were there two shows this weekend?
Anyway, they are posting pictures at the MCC site and the eggs look great. And, the ribbons and trophies looked really nice...
we are just back from the Blue Bonnett classic poultry show in College Station,Tx. There was over 1000 birds entered and 40 marans. They were not great however i think this was awesome for a small show to have 40 entries for the marans breed. i did not show any as mine arent ready I did meet...
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blue and splash marans are true and pure marans. they are still capable of laying the same dark egg. my blue and splash marans lay a very nice dark egg.
Yes they are the real Mccoy... (What Pink Chick said)...
Keith
Olive Farms
Marans
Angora Goats