Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Fancychooklady]

What where the colour of the two parents you got from Rob?
 How could they have so many kick outs?? There are SLW's in there for goodness sake.lol.

The theory is that you keep the dark roo to keep the mahogany in them. I think that Rob used slw somewhere in the line to reintroduce the lacing. When you put blue and blue together you should get 50% blue, 25% splash and 25% black. I hatched 25 chicks this season and that ratio was pretty close.
Here are the parent stock.

 

[satay]

Lost my blue Orpington to the heat today , well I assume it was the heat.

So sorry for your loss Having lost some to heat myself this year it is a horrible thing to go through.

 

[satay]

Incubator is cleaned and restocked with marans eggs

 

[dickieschickies]

Hi everyone sorry not trying to hi jack your post but I'm very very new, I was hoping I could ask your opinion should Maran chickens have feathers down there shank???? And can any one tell me how to sex aracanas??? Your help would be greatly appreciated

 

[TheChookPatch]

Hi everyone sorry not trying to hi jack your post but I'm very very new, I was hoping I could ask your opinion should Maran chickens have feathers down there shank???? And can any one tell me how to sex aracanas??? Your help would be greatly appreciated

They should have scant feathering for them to be 'French' Marans. Some lines have a little more feathering than required and some have not enough. We use the French standard for Marans in Australia.
How old are your aras? If you have pictures it may be easier to tell.

 

[IamSamSam]

Incubator is cleaned and restocked with marans eggs

LOL that didn't take long !

thanks for your info about the candlers I found one in (of all places) Woolworth's for $20 - its a bike helmet set up but uses led light and has a magnifier glass lens ! It illuminates 400m

I set it in the box set the marans egg on it and I can see ! not as clear as a light egg But I can see SO on the weekend I will candle them and test my knowledge !

LOL I'm so happy (Now to hide it from Hubby so he doesn't take off with it for fishing !)

 

[satay]

Yay

LOL that didn't take long !

thanks for your info about the candlers I found one in (of all places) Woolworth's for $20 -  its a bike helmet set up but uses led light and has a magnifier glass lens ! It illuminates 400m 

I set it in the box set the marans egg on it and I can see ! not as clear as a light egg But I can see SO on the weekend I will candle them and test my knowledge !

LOL I'm so happy (Now to hide it from Hubby so he doesn't take off with it for fishing !)

 

[satay]

Hi everyone sorry not trying to hi jack your post but I'm very very new, I was hoping I could ask your opinion should Maran chickens have feathers down there shank???? And can any one tell me how to sex aracanas??? Your help would be greatly appreciated

Some of my marans have good leg feathers and a couple have none at all. I think I read some where that the ones without leg feathering are more from the British lines than the French.

 

[TaysBantamBunch]

Hi all,Im down in Victoria on a small island,I have a flock of 13 Chooks at the moment which consists of 2 Roosters (our main man Earl passed away the other day) 4 beautiful hens and 6 beautiful chicks (at about 12 weeks ranging), 2 black, 2 buff and 2 speckled.. as of this morning when i went to get them out for their morning scratch, i noticed our little speckled man was, as i called it doing "donuts'.. after watching him for about 5 minutes i knew it wasn't him just chasing a fly ,i now know its something a bit more serious.Ive done a lot of research and it seems he has been pecked in the head.Now my problem is i don't know what to do with him,Hes making me dizzy just watching him what should i do?!
hypnotism?
separate him? please help fellow auzzies
Tay

 

[TheChookPatch]

Is he a crested breed?