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  1. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    ditto outside in the yard they seem to do very well, i have about 2 acres. They only want to get to me because of the feed bucket mostly...
  2. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I processed about 6 once and i just had a really hard time with it, it's not about the work involved. They say that once you get over it and start, it does get better but in my case i didn't find that. Now if i had someone who could do the deed for me i would be happy to do the rest of the...
  3. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Wow. that is a long reply :), I hope you are not lecturing me, i will make the assumption that you are not. So.. I live in South South Florida (almost key largo) and I do have a rooster man who will take them, but i don't know what he does with them. He has a farm with lots of animals on...
  4. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Wow... $10 or $15 is a great price for an excess rooster, i am lucky to get $5! It would be better for me to process them but i just don't like doing it. I have done it and i just didn't want to do it more, so my guys will probably go for free to someone local who does like to process them...
  5. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    i'm sorry i thought you were talking about crossing wheaten marans with black copper marans, sorry..
  6. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I don't cross marans in odd combinations but if i did i would sell them as dark brown egg layers..
  7. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I use a blue wheaten am rooster over some blue marans to make olive eggers, often they come out looking like your top picture.
  8. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    ditto
  9. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I have Marans, and I have white leghorns. I find my family goes for the white eggs every time because they feel like they are having a lottery with the Marans ones. Every few eggs I get a tiny dot. Not what you would call an extensive meat spot, but there are dots there. Earlier i had...
  10. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    great photography :),
  11. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    the one on the right looks as if it has muffs?? at least on the picture.. if so you may have an olive egger.
  12. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I have 4 broodies right now but i really think it varies from one flock to another...
  13. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    i see this in my lavender orps... the whites are very pretty but not very useful in my orp flock..
  14. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    most times i have same thing, but i have a different experience with the BTB's, and some of the project birds that i have.
  15. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    they have alot of white, it will be really interesing to see how that little guy grows out.. please let us know. BTW: he/she is very cute looking
  16. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    i confess i get the ick factor too... but the only birds that give me meat spots are the marans.. it has got much better from a couple of years ago but i do still get them. OTOH, my egg guy says his customers request the nice dark brown ones.. and when he has only white ones left he says...
  17. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    oh yeah, now i remember that conversation.. about the gold color :)...
  18. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    How about i get a copy of the egg chart and measure it for you guys.. pretty much what you would gain from this is an ability to define the exact color that is printed on the chart that represents say a 4. It is very hard to measure curved surfaces, so eggs are not so easy to measure but it...
  19. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    the light source we use for visual color matching is Iluminant D65, this is a great article to get started on quantifying the color of things.. http://www.xrite.com/documents/literature/en/L10-001_Understand_Color_en.pdf Actually i think that it would be practical to use it for classifying...
  20. Runawaylobster

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I can very much appreciate this, and the chart is great. I work for a paint company (car paint not house paint) and my lab tests color change with weather exposure... we do it a little differently in that we use a colorimeter to measure and get a number that represents the color, and...
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