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  1. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks! I am hesitant to do it, i don't want to torture one of my poor roo's! ;-)
  2. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have turned the roo's into fryers. How do you caponize a bird, sounds difficult to do! I would love to try it.
  3. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have had a terrible hatch ratio! Seven eggs out of seven to hatch, the only problem is five were roos! Oh, guess i'll give it another try first of March.
  4. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I finally got that pesky fox. He wouldn't go in the trap. It was my babies or him , so it was him.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Just got a thrill and almost disaster! I had the chickens locked in the coop because of all the ice and snow. I decided to open their coop door to let them out for a little while. Ten minutes later I hear Louie crowing and the girls squawking to the high heavens, I looked out the window to see...
  6. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    My marans hatched March 17 and two of the three started laying Aug 31. They stopped laying for after a couple months. One started laying two weeks ago and on Nov. 19 I had three eggs in the boxes. Each one lays a distinctive egg, kind of like her signature .
  7. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Yeah! All three of my girls are laying again. Finally one that is eight months started laying, she must have heard us talking about fry chicken! ;-)
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Do you sell fertilized eggs? Those are beautiful!
  9. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Do you sell fertilized eggs? Those are beautiful!
  10. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Wow! Those are beautiful eggs!
  11. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thanks Wynette, If this is a repeat, i seemed to have lost my post. I have two laying now and was worried when the suddenly stopped. My girls have laid 59 beautiful eggs in just over a month. I think thats pretty good. I am with you on adding extra light. I'm going to let nature take care of...
  12. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Hi ,y'all, My BCM's stopped laying in the egg boxes. The temp has started to drop. I have two that were laying and blam, nothing for a week. I do let them range during the afternoon hours . I guess i will have to stalk them to be sure they are not hiding the eggs. It sure was a sudden stop and...
  13. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Beautiful first egg! It is such a thrill to get those first eggs.
  14. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Got a purple egg from my BCM today, what a surprise!
  15. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Purple egg!
  16. mikefields

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    This is Louie, my roo. He has 3 hen friends, Marie, Joyce and Jeanie .
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

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