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  1. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: flexwatt?? a new project??
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: I'll leave the answers for the more experienced crew!
  3. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: Nuff said! I'll point 7 of mine towards VA tomorrow! Put on their little back packs and sneakers, and they should be there in a month or so! Tell them to head for the glow on the horizon... Hubby installed lights in the laying barn, I swear you can see our place on...
  4. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Now I feel left out! I have a nice big incubator sitting here EMPTY... I need to get me some eggs! Oh, wait.... I need to get me some roos!
  5. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: That's awesome!
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: Me too! Me too!
  7. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Can you choose the one that matches your hens the best? How is their tailsetting?
  8. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: I'd like to see your plans for the single mating houses!
  9. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Hey Pink... can sex based on the combs on my 2 week old BCM chicks? A few are grey, while others look more flesh tone. Thanks!
  10. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks Pink. Can you explain the term mossy though. I think of that as a greenish glean to the feathers -- but that's not what we have here. And why is it not a good thing? I'll be sure to mark him/her along with the weak at birth chick with the yellow shank feathers. Well that's easy... of the...
  11. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Ok.. you guys are killin' me. The chicks are at 10 days old today so it sounds like I have missed my window on many of the indications. I should have asked these questions sooner! Well live and learn! I did notice a few with primaries sooner (because they looked so funny) and a couple with...
  12. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I just went downstairs to look at the wings of the marans chicks... two are all black, one is showing beautiful copper on the tips, but 3 have white primaries. Is that strange?
  13. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: I'll need to wait for the kids to get home to help. Pink, what is it you are looking at? I read somewhere this morning that tail feathers will start in females right away and not in males. Is that correct? What is it you are looking at when you are evaluating your chicks? I am...
  14. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Ok... Pink... teach me your magic! I know some of these are of the same chick, sorry about that. Also, one has prominent white feathers coming in on the wing tips. Is this normal? It's the one with the yellow feathering down the leg. Thanks!
  15. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: That would be wonderful! I too would like to know. But I have to admit I think Pink is just the chicken whisper! Also, Pink, what did you use to band them... that looks interesting!
  16. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Quote: Let me make sure I understand, you have the 5 gallon buckets hanging with these inside? Do you have a lid on the bucket with a whole cut out for the cord? I just finished breaking ice TWICE so this would be awesome!!! Cadeau or anyone else know how many birds per 5 gallon bucket you...
  17. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I think that we may never get rid of the gene completely as there will be no way of knowing who has one copy of the defective gene in their little gene pairs.....but then again I am not a chicken scientist, so I could be way off base and maybe there is a way to single it out and eliminate it...
  18. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Beautiful.... Got to get me some! Merry Christmas!
  19. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    That would be totally awesome!!
  20. janchilds

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Definitely towards the body not sure if it goes all the way to the skin. I'll have to check. Not necessarily interested in showing him, but if it is a DQ, don't want to breed to pass on the fault to someone else.
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