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It makes no difference to me I’m the same not into showing. I think they are lovely looking hens anyway. I’ve had marans with feathered legs and without. I pref a clean legged bird personally. Less problems being free range I think. I bought some marans years ago and still keep marans in my...

Not all Marans have feathered feet. They should though. There are some that hatch from time to time without the feathering and then these are still bread from. The french standard requires feathered feet/shanks. There’s many marans these days that sadly don’t carry that trait on. I have no idea...

This bloke clearly didn’t listen to me as he asked me about hatching and raising even though he told me he knew all about keeping any birds due to hatching budgies! I was quite blunt when I collected them and said they are tiny and your lucky they’ve survived. He has another several bantams...

Thanks for that. I’ve put them onto growers feed as already had some. They do look malnourished. I’d heard of kidney failure but wasn’t sure if it was proven in hens and cockerels or at all. I think it will be a waiting game as to if these 3 start to thrive now. 16 weeks old and they look like...

I’ve hatched and sold poultry for years and am shocked by this. I sold fertile eggs to a man very late in the season as he returned some young ducks as they were scared of his children. He contacted me to ask if I’d like the chickens he hatched back as just couldn’t have poultry in his garden...