Arkansas folks speak up.........

[jenjscott]

I don`t believe this, I guess I should have jumped up and down and hollered "ANYBODY HERE FROM BYC?" because I tested in Little Rock for NPIP also!

 

[arllcountrygirl]

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That is too funny !!

 

[arllcountrygirl]

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Listen at you and they haven't laid one single time for me.

No matter how many times I talk to them and sing to them. - Wait - maybe that is my problem.

LOL!! Just kidding.
Silly birds

Glad they are working out for you

 

[ninjapoodles]

You MUST have talked to them a lot, because these are the most laid-back quail I've ever seen in my life. Nothing startles them. It's uncanny.

 

[arllcountrygirl]

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LOL!! Yea they fall out of their pen all the time when I open the door and I just reach down and pick them up.

I have never had any that were real flighty. But we handle them quite a bit. When I was catching yours, my hubby was out there and asked if I needed a leg catch wire for them and I said no and reached in and they all came running over. He just shook his head and said guess not.

They love boiled eggs for treats. I haven't given them mealworms yet b/c I am waiting on my beetles to do their thing.

We always laugh and tell everyone that if they want something that is bombproof, to bring them here. We have a little of everything and you never know what is going on.

 

[jackiedon]

Amanda,

When I went to gather eggs today, I had 4 quail eggs and the 2 I got from you were sitting in the nest box. LOL Yours are different from my others. Yours faces are darker strips than mine.

jackie

 

[arllcountrygirl]

Not sure who this is but thought someone might be interested
Cuckoo Maran Hatching Eggs - $1 - (Malvern)
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/grd/1137926376.html

 

[Chicky Tocks]

I'd be interested...but is that hen a cuckoo? She's a little dark....

 

[arllcountrygirl]

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sorry no help here - I am not familiar with the marans - maybe someone will chime in and let you know.

 

[verycherry]

My Cuckoo is that dark too. I think most are. They have more black than the Barred Rocks do.

I found Cuckoo Marans this morning at Atwoods in Arkadelphia.

They had 5 or 6 pullets, and I bought 2, so as of about 30 minutes ago, they still have a few if anyone is close by. They're not feather legged or I'd have bought them all.

I have the one Cuckoo already, so these will go into that run when they're older, and I'll try to find a good feather legged roo to put with them.

The Cuckoos don't lay nearly as dark an egg as most of the other Marans though, but they're pretty. I have feather legged Wheatens too, which lay a little darker egg, but not as dark as the Black Copper.