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  1. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    would run up my electric too much I think and that has become my second biggest bill after water in the summer. However! I do have a bunch of solar yard lights..... just wondering if I have enough to get it bright enough to make a difference. Ah well if not then I will just wait for them to get...
  2. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    to me those are all a part of breeding so nice to have it all in one place.
  3. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    well no electric up at my coops so not an option. I will have to say several of the girls in the layer house are pretty ancient and destined for the soup pot soon. All of my birds have been in a hard molt this year, including the pullet that hatched last Jan. so have been giving the benefit of...
  4. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    lol; mixed flock of breeds and ages, about 30 girls out there; got TWO eggs yesterday
  5. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Since there are several (Three I think) genes that affect leg feathering quite possible clean legs on one or more grand parents. I know my hens have very sparse feathering and one none at all; bred to a male with good feathering about half the chicks came out with good feathering. I expect that...
  6. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    actually the shipper has to make the insurance claim since they are the ones that physically paid for the shipping ,,,,, been there done that
  7. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have hens that were a year old last Dec that have never been broody; guess it might depend on the line
  8. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    My problem has been that one line of birds I started with were all chest and no butt; literally their legs were darn near under their tails. Another line ended up with ski slope backs. I know Marans are supposed to slope from neck to tail but those birds were ridiculous. I know she will change a...
  9. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Would like some opinions about this 8-10 week old BCM pullet. I'm wondering about her back and tail angles. She is fairly relaxed; standing natural in this shot but wasn't cooperative for more ;=) She is too dark, she does have feathering all the way down the outside toe, some have been picked...
  10. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Glad to know I'm not the only one with this cropping up. Although mine have just the edge of the feathers in white and there are not so many, more a sprinkling over the chest. I checked with the breeder of the cockerel I used because it showed up on chicks from hens from widely separated...
  11. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    yes and they seem to be the last feathers to grow in, too. Also Marans aren't supposed to have great big tails like Welsummers and some other breeds.
  12. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    yes, but I am trying to build up a flock of SOP birds and will be showing some over the winter. However the main issue I wanted to know is if this would carry on too much in future generations. One once in awhile wouldn't be bad, but would hate to find out down the road it's like side sprigs and...
  13. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Yes, it is like he has a splotch of dark pigment in the iris, although if you didn't look closely you might think it was part of the pupil. I just wasn't sure if this was a defect or a DQ and wanted to be sure. Well then he'll get a reprieve for a bit.
  14. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I am debating on keeping this boy awhile longer or selling him to the roo man. I do have a lot of babies so will have more to choose from, BUT no more of this bloodline except his sister who is turning out pretty nice except for not having a lot of copper. (neither did their mother) Hatched...
  15. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    wow that is a nice set up of eggs. I have hens from 3 different lines and mine average #4. I am hoping in the next year or two I can get them darker while improving some of the faults the birds have
  16. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Oh she is really pretty Donna! I haven't got that much copper on my BCMs either. But this is my first year breeding my own birds so we'll see how they turn out
  17. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have been feeding FF for over a year now, from hatch to lay and not a single problem. Also if you think about it botulism requires an airless environment. If you are stirring the FF daily and have a good ferment going on, you are not going to grow botulism. I would be more inclined towards the...
  18. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    My MIL was very grey and began making some shake or smoothie that she added brewers yeast and lecithin to. In a couple months her hair was nearly all back to her original color.
  19. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Would love to hear if he grows back white feathers or if they come back in black. Keep us posted please.
  20. maryhysong

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    OK, I have not so far had any white in the hackle. I had roo that did not molt out two white wing feathers when he got his adult plumage, in fact those two white feathers were heavier and thicker than his black ones. I have a male now that had NO white wing feathers as a chick but now has a...
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