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frow all you Marans Lovers I just bought myself 4 Cuckoo Marans Hens and I would like some responses of how they look. I'm new to this breed and any input would be well received. I haven't had an egg yet from them ( Just got them last night) so I don't know about egg colour yet. I think the...

I wrote a few months back about my first silkie chick with wry neck I nursed him for 3 weeks with no improvement and eventually had to cull him. I had another shortly after. I was told to stop feeding the medicated feed and to give extra vitamins which I did to all the silkies. well I have...

So I have a drake and a hen not sure what kind they are. They were given to me this spring. The hen set 3 eggs and hatched out one gosling but it disappeared. Now to my surprise she has started a new nest but in a really bad spot, in my brooder box ( that I hadn't cleaned out yet) and the box is...

So I just got my blue copper marans roo a month ago and had put him in with his new girls. When trying to find a home for one of my other roos the person wanting to take him asked if I had trouble with Scaly leg mites so I looked not ever having seen them before..... Well I do have them and so...

Hi I have a 12 week old white Silkie with what I have been treating as wry neck. I have been treating him for only 3 days now with vitamin e and the baby vitamins as well as taking him off of the medicated feed ( should have been off it anyway I just hadn't counted my weeks up) So I thought he...

I have had a 12 week silkie come down with wry neck ( I know thin because of BYC) I know how to treat it and have all the vitamins I need ( because of BYC). But what I can't find is how to prevent it. If some think it is a vitamins deficiency then if I give the rest of the flock Vitamins in the...

I was told he was a bantam roo but what kind?? I would like to sell him what would be a good price? I think he is about 3-4 years old. Knowing his breed would be great any ideas?????

Hi all I was just gifted a Black copper Marans Roo because of his injury. I was told that he was trying to get away from some overly aggressive hens and ended up wedging himself between the ground and the bottom of a wall.He was stuck there for a whole day and when the owner came out to do...

This is my second hatch and I'm a little disappointed. ( but happy with the nine I got) I locked down 31 eggs I kept the temp at 100deg from set to hatch but my chicks are always hatching 1-2 days early am I to high thats what it said to do in the instruction book ( if thats what you call the...

So I have just started in the chicken thing. I have found my breed of choice for myself but my DH wants a breed for him too. He really liked the Red Rock cross chicks we ordered from the local hatchery three years ago and would like to get more. I on the other hand love incubating ( even though...

So I have just hatched out my first hatch and have 15 new chicks some silkie some Amarucan/Red Rock cross But now I need to keep track of of them. My next hatch is on the way with at least 3 dozen different breeds and I'm splitting some with my cousin. I thought some of the expert( or...

Hi all! My name doesn't lie I'm new to hatching out eggs in the incubator but not really to chickens. We started out with 4 hand me down chickens 3 mix banty hens and a banty rooster. Sadly we had to do a lot of learning from them and now only have the rooster left. We then got 25 Red Rock Cross...

Ok I'm really new to hatching eggs in the incubator. I have 14 silkie eggs and the rest are a mix of hens ( Rhode Island Reds, leg horns and Red Rock Cross) breed with a Bantam and Ameraucanas roo. They are due to hatch on the 26th so three more days. I turn the turner off tomorrow (Right!!!)...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! I'm looking to get a few Wheaten Marans eggs or chicks. I have fallen in love with this breed and just have to have a few of these toasted marshmellow hens and at least 2 bright rosters!! I would like to find some with feathered shanks ( as the standered says). I have...