Chooks Man,
thank you for your input! I would have kept the wrong one! Please tell me what is not right about #3 so I know what I should be looking for. 2 and 3 do both have more straw color feathers and all have some white in the fluff under their feathering. I'm hoping as they mature it will...
Help! I hope these photos are better. I need to decide which cockerel to keep. Too many males and I need to make room for the pullets from my second hatch.
#1, photos 1-3. His feathering is pretty consistent reddish copper.
#2 photos 4-6, more difficult to photograph, he would not...
I am new to Marans but really enjoying them. I do have way too many cockerels. Can you all help me choose which one to keep for breeding please?
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at age 15 weeks, I know these males have not reached their full maturity, but I am needing to make a decision who stays for breeding and who goes to freezer camp. Can you Marans experts help me decide which rooster I should keep? Thanks!
#1 - no band on foot-I think he has been grooming...
Can I join the group if I LOVE SW Ohio but live in Maine? My daughter went to college out there and I visited Cedarville/Springfield/Beaver Creek a few times. I would have moved in a heartbeat if the rest of the family had
I do have buffs with combs, without combs, and with medium combs, so I know that's a mixed flock. I have more Marans incubating so maybe a girl or two there! I'm going to have to get a female Sussex now, they're so pretty!
The Sussex were a surprise in a batch of chicks I bought and I really like them. I hope I have one of each. The Black Copper Marans I hatched, got 4 and they all look alike to me. The biggest one is a crowing rooster. Thanks