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way to go I understand the crying of relief now I hope his recovery will be smooth for you. My hatch started at noonish today lots of pips looks like the wheatens are the first marans to pop then the blue coppers look like they are waiting for somebody in their cage to get out first they are...

really that's from the shank feathering not a big deal if they have that short toes go along with heavy feathering. I never keep the ones I've hatched with the fused toes but I will use one with the short toe as long as there is no middle toe feathers. Do you have a SOP? That book explains the...

I think too much red in the breast is maybe wheaten really I go by the wings and it doesn't seem to show until 18 months or more so I've learned to wait that long on a cock bird besides the white doesn't seem to show up until then either....look at the ear tufts too much copper not good too much...

I had them too my "lines" are Wade and Davis and the ones that have more Wade tend to have the spot and the hens are too dark and lots of the Wade/Jeanne stuff has wheaten I'm always culling for too much red in the breast so I never noticed if that was one of the culls later or not just kept the...

I do not know much about eye color genetics if you crossed bay eyes to bay eyes and have brown eyed ones maybe recessive? I can tell you more later as my project Birchens have some brown eyed ones I kept next year I'll see what happens....I test to New Hampshire for the yellow leg thing they...

Well I know your pain I do at least have the option of a bigger selection of junk than you do #6 is your best one back up should be #4 and don't give up trying to get better chicks forget trying to hatch eggs for the money you get in them......just be prepared to hatch a lot an cull heavy do...

You mean eggs? They might take 26 weeks as they need to grow up then they fill out even more mine start around 24 weeks unless it's real hot then they wait I have some that are laying once in awhile but this week it's going to be over 105 every day it was 108 today I'm not expecting very many...

Thank goodness the hen I used has a very nice comb so the comb is still large just "finer" if you can understand no list at all no wave nice big bird. I just test mated with him late spring I have a few girls picked out for him now can't wait for fall since he's from a hen who lays a 6 or 7 I'm...

Yes someone on this thread said to try so I single mated no bad combs and I increased my type as the cock bird was very good in other areas. I only single mate with this bird and have kept one son to use very nice in all areas so far and his offspring look very nice. I used the first cock to...

I have some but they are a work in progress..what Marans isn't though LOL

I use a turkey/game bird grower 22% also the starter 30% on all my chickens they do great on it as I tried the lower % ones and always had picking problems..adding hay helps too though if they can't run outside since I have alfalfa hay for my horses the chickens get some of the scraps most of...

Baochickenbaobao it's really difficult to tell what's going on but they will molt those feathers off and I always just use Vet RX and rub it in good pull out any feathers that look ingrown and keep an eye on it when I've had birds having a difficult time with their shanks Vet X has always worked...

Don't keep a bird just for the leg feathering that can be worked on with other more important things. Type needs to be in your birds first and correct coloring this cockerel is younger than yours as he hatched after Easter. I like this type of topline as the tail always raises up and he does...

Once I ordered Blue Copper eggs and several of the cockerels were split to Birchen when I grew them out.....they were pretty so I took them to the auction even the pullets of course now I have Birchens though those birds didn't have the type either of a good Marans and clean legs if I remember...

Are those white feathers coming in on the back? Or just a trick of the camera..looks like white around the eyes too on my monitor

Thanks I'm going back out to check on them so I'll add some baking soda to the water it can't hurt but when they die they do have the purple combs.....darn heat will not go down until Friday at least this time it gradually got hot not 90 one day then 113 for 3 I'm hoping the fan will do the trick

well it's over 105 and I hosed the birds down set up a fan to help out a few pens..today it seems the water must feel better then they go and dust the forecast is for over 115 so it's getting there I know I'm wet looks like we have smoke from the fire that was close but now contained welcome to...

Well it was 109 today and my Mr Splish gave it up and went over the rainbow bridge so I lost my Splash rooster and I won't get to cross his daughters back but I have 6 or 7 of his sons all full brothers and I'll gather up all the eggs for the next 3 weeks or so hopefully when it cools down I can...

On the end of his blade are 2 small sprigs run your finger over them they are not a separation and they only multiply worse than flies

It's not fleshy looks like a new fingernail? If the birds were in muck as high as the spurs then it might be different I never had any flies bother it. I have another guy to do so I'll try to get before and after pics.