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  1. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I will try to get pictures of them tonight if I can. These are the only two that have popped up with yellow legs in all the dozens I have hatched out of these. I do have a few of my GS with a green cast to their legs so watching that as well.
  2. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks I am breeding Golden Salmons in this case, I do have FBCM too but all of those have nice dark legs with lots of feathering lol. I will just sell them as dark egg layers or throw them in my own laying hen coop.
  3. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have a question for those breeding Marans. We are into our last cull, I have been growing out the pullets with the best feathering color, body size/shape, ect. I have 2 that have great overall coloring, size and shape BUT they have yellow legs (these are Golden Salmon Marans). Do I keep...
  4. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Let me know what you are looking for and where you are located. Hubby is headed to Springfield,MO and I have a few extra splash roos. I was going to have to figure out who to keep and who to sell this week anyhow. I am only keeping 2 I think so the rest all need homes lol.
  5. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks I can't wait until Friday, then I will have enough pens for my breeds to each have their own grow out pens. I will have a splash, cuckoo, and golden salmon grow out pens and will need a wheaton pen in a few more weeks so have to start on them a tractor of their own. I only have 6 so...
  6. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Just thought I would share pictures of my favorite splash girl we hatched back in Feb. She is so sweet. I think that is a cuckoo pullet in the background. I need to seperate them all out by breed.
  7. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks, I am looking forward to seeing the little ones that hatch from this mating. I don't have any extra cukoo hens right now or I would try it now. But I only saved 3 for breeding this year and lost one in Feb. and one of the other two went broody on me, grrrr. Let me tell you she was a...
  8. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks that will save me from having a BR pen and a Cukoo Marans pen, I know to look for the feather legs on the Marans but hubby is always asking is that a BR or a Marans? LOL Now to find some heritage RIR roosters. I found one that was 2 months old but most everyone has production reds and...
  9. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have a question. We breed Marans and I am really working with our French Cukoo Marans line in getting darker eggs. I have some eggs in the incubator that are giving me hope. I bought them from a good line so hopefully they will help with our egg color. But I have some I know I won't be...
  10. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks for the input, we plan on breeding some of the roos to some FBCM hens once we have some old enough. My oldest FBCM pullet is only 19 weeks old. Getting close to breeding age but probably won't use them until July since we run a fireworks stand June 15-July 5 and I don't want chicks in...
  11. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Here are picks of my favorite blue splash chick. He is going to be a pretty roo. Also wanted opinions on this chick, the one in front he is so gray, he came from two very pretty Cukoo Marans. I have been hatching chicks from this pair for almost 2 months and this is the first time we got...
  12. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks, I have one splash that is so pretty, he/she is such a nice color of blue almost with some splashes in her/him. But none of the others are like that. I will just save all the pullets and then keep one or two roos and sell the rest. I LOVE my Marans, I only have one pair of breeding age...
  13. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Okay reading about the splash Marans, what is more preferable in breeding, more blue look or more white? I will have to take pictures of my chicks tonight and see what everyone says. I need to cull the ones we won't be using for breeding this next year now that they are getting over a month old.
  14. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    So how will they feather out? Will they feather FBCM colors or the Golden Salmon colors? Hmmmm I can see some possibilities if they feather Salmon, lol.
  15. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have a quick question, I bought 2 dozen FBCM hatching eggs from someone local. I was told to be a good breeder. I hatched them out got 19 chicks from 24 eggs, not a bad hatch IMO. BUT they are supposed to be FBCM and 6 are not feather legged, and 2 hatched out with stripes like a...
  16. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Does anyone know of a good place to get Wheaten Marans from? I am wanting hatching eggs or chicks? We are from Oklahoma but would drive to TX, KS, or MO to get them. In fact hubby will be in Springfield, MO this weekend. Thanks, Cathie
  17. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I think our first hatch of splashes (now 3 weeks old) we got 2 girls and 2 boys. I will try to take pictures of them tonight when I get home. They are a cute bunch of babies. But man are they going through the ugly phase right now, lol.
  18. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I will try to get some more pictures and take pictures of the plans, they are drawn out on graph paper. I made it simple for me and dh and made each square on the paper one square foot. My birds so far find the space fine. I try to keep my breeding pens to no more than 3 girls to one roo, but...
  19. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Here is a picture of mine, each has a coop and then a run of at least 14' x 4-5' and they house 2 to 3 hens and one roo. I can take pictures of the plans we drew up for these when I get home tonight. They have all the measurements. They are built from old stockaid fencing and old sheet metal...
  20. Oakieridge

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Here is our newest hatches from Tuesday, they are so cute and an active bunch. We ended up with 12 out of I think 19 eggs. Not to bad of a hatch IMO. I think we have 3 Blue Splash Marans, 3 Cuckoo Marans, 2 Golden Salmon and a few mysteries. The one I am baffled on. I thought it was a...
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