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

[satay]

Hi, this is my first time posting - yay! (I'm in SEQ). just a question for the marans lovers out there, if I was to put a blue birchen marans rooster over a wheaton marans hen, will that possibly throw a blue through any offspring?

I have araucanas, marans, BR, speckle sussex, buff sussex, RIR.

The blues are a created breed mostly in Australia . I have them and i breed blue hen to wheaten roo and they will then throw back to black and the odd blue. I find most blues are roosters unfortunately. I was advised by other breeders to breed blue hen to wheaten roo for best results. No harm in giving it a go the other way round though.

 

[satay]

Hi, this is my first time posting - yay! (I'm in SEQ). just a question for the marans lovers out there, if I was to put a blue birchen marans rooster over a wheaton marans hen, will that possibly throw a blue through any offspring?

I have araucanas, marans, BR, speckle sussex, buff sussex, RIR.

 

[Fancychooklady]

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Hi, this is my first time posting - yay! (I'm in SEQ). just a question for the marans lovers out there, if I was to put a blue birchen marans rooster over a wheaton marans hen, will that possibly throw a blue through any offspring?

I have araucanas, marans, BR, speckle sussex, buff sussex, RIR.

nice to have another Aussie onboard.
Would love to see some pics of your Sussex. I've toyed with the idea of getting some speckled.

Have no idea how I quoted inside the box

 

[MyHaven]

First ever broody quail not sure how many eggs she is sitting on as she wouldn't allow me to look.
and over achiever budgies new babies.

I can't believe how long it's been since I've been on this site.

Satay you might remember giving Redolive some eggs a while back. One of hers went clucky last season. It might have been one of you bloodline. A bit too coincidental given how rare clucky quails are.

She only hatch one because they kept rolling out from under her. She wasn't that sure what to do. But she did care for it and a couple of others Red stuck under her.

 

[MyHaven]

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Hi, this is my first time posting - yay! (I'm in SEQ). just a question for the marans lovers out there, if I was to put a blue birchen marans rooster over a wheaton marans hen, will that possibly throw a blue through any offspring?

I have araucanas, marans, BR, speckle sussex, buff sussex, RIR.

nice to have another Aussie onboard.
Would love to see some pics of your Sussex. I've toyed with the idea of getting some speckled.

Have no idea how I quoted inside the box

Me too, I've wanted speckles for ages. I have such bad luck hatching them though. They end up boys. Love them - I might have a girl this time.

 

[MyHaven]

I'm trying to catch up on events. Hello to all who have started posting since i was last on. Congrats to all for new additions, and sorry for all losses. Satay beautiful memorial. lBeautiful photos as always Fancy

Some people would think we're nuts for getting excited about eggs. I'm hanging out for my D'uccles to start laying. Did I say plural - I'm a victim of chicken math. I now have 1 grey, 3 Millie's and 1 cross D'uccle.

I've tried to restock after the fox decimated my flock. I have been hatching like a crazy person - because I always end up with lots of boys.

Remember a spunky little Pippy Longstocking - she's a boy.

So now I have 4 buff Orps, 2 speckle Sussex, 1 copper Marans, about 10 weeks. At least two are boys. An Araucana about the same age was given to me. And I started hatching quails.

The top pic is the dorking eggs due to hatch Sunday. They are gorgeous - pearly white.

I have half a dozen Easter eggers hatching as I write. One of them has pipped at the wrong end.

 

[sjturner79]

I'm trying to catch up on events. Hello to all who have started posting since i was last on. Congrats to all for new additions, and sorry for all losses. Satay beautiful memorial. lBeautiful photos as always Fancy

Some people would think we're nuts for getting excited about eggs. I'm hanging out for my D'uccles to start laying. Did I say plural - I'm a victim of chicken math. I now have 1 grey, 3 Millie's and 1 cross D'uccle.

I've tried to restock after the fox decimated my flock. I have been hatching like a crazy person - because I always end up with lots of boys.

Remember a spunky little Pippy Longstocking - she's a boy.

So now I have 4 buff Orps, 2 speckle Sussex, 1 copper Marans, about 10 weeks. At least two are boys. An Araucana about the same age was given to me. And I started hatching quails.

The top pic is the dorking eggs due to hatch Sunday. They are gorgeous - pearly white.

I have half a dozen Easter eggers hatching as I write. One of them has pipped at the wrong end.

Did you get the Dorking eggs locally there ?

 

[MyHaven]

Did you get the Dorking eggs locally there ?

I found them on gumtree. Kind of local - Elimbah. Somebody has some at Kilcoy too. I've wanted the birds for years but couldn't find them. Now I've seen the eggs I'm more in love with them.

I got a friend to pick the eggs up for me and the breeder gave them to me no charge.

 

[Teila]

Good morning folks

Wow .. 3 days since I last posted.

I have not been feeling my usual happy self, a combination of some not so good news at work in that some forced redundancies were doled out due to budget cuts .. I was lucky in that my role was deemed to be safe and coming up for 16 years of service may have had something to do with that also. However, losing some colleagues and in such circumstances has been a downer for everyone.

That, plus I confess to not coping so well with the heat/humidity. I do not know if that is because we have been having more warmer days in a row than usual or whether it is just because I am getting older, but the heat/humidity has been such that I am cranky and at times, feeling quite unwell/drained. Winter can not get here fast enough for me.

potato chip my Enabler detector is off the charts at the moment

…. At the risk of putting myself into ‘I want one’-mode, I would love to see some pictures of your “other cute birdies”.

locknest4 I like what you have done with the panels .. looks good

The egg scoop is awesome!

Fancy the actions pics of Scarlet are great!

satay woooo hooo Teila!!!

Great egg collection.

Congrats on the new layers also Deej211.

Oooh Fizzybelle I hope that first Agnes egg is not too far away

MullyAly I am not familiar with Marans but just wanted to say “Hi”

and welcome to the thread.

MyHaven good to see you again! Looking forward to baby Dorking pics

No news of note from Bambrook Bantams. KiKi continues to honk but I had a nice chat to my son about it. He agreed that trying to stop her was pretty pointless because, as we all knew, when she is not waking him up, the Crows, Cockatoos, Kookaburras and other assorted birds are. He is OK with closing his window and luckily has no trouble going back to sleep.

That is a huge relief for me and has put my mindset back on a happy keel

If it was not for KiKi and Crystal [the youngsters] we would not be getting any eggs. Dusty, Cilla, LuLu and Blondie are all moulting and apparently on holidays

Anyways, because it is probably going to be a bit muggy today, plans are just to potter and enjoy the company/antics of the girls.

Oooops, almost forgot! Edited to Add: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLONDIE who turns 2 today ....

 

[MyHaven]

Good morning folks Wow .. 3 days since I last posted. I have not been feeling my usual happy self, a combination of some not so good news at work in that some forced redundancies were doled out due to budget cuts .. I was lucky in that my role was deemed to be safe and coming up for 16 years of service may have had something to do with that also. However, losing some colleagues and in such circumstances has been a downer for everyone. That, plus I confess to not coping so well with the heat/humidity. I do not know if that is because we have been having more warmer days in a row than usual or whether it is just because I am getting older, but the heat/humidity has been such that I am cranky and at times, feeling quite unwell/drained. Winter can not get here fast enough for me. potato chip my Enabler detector is off the charts at the moment …. At the risk of putting myself into ‘I want one’-mode, I would love to see some pictures of your “other cute birdies”. locknest4 I like what you have done with the panels .. looks good The egg scoop is awesome! Fancy the actions pics of Scarlet are great! satay woooo hooo Teila!!! Great egg collection. Congrats on the new layers also Deej211. Oooh Fizzybelle I hope that first Agnes egg is not too far away MullyAly I am not familiar with Marans but just wanted to say “Hi” and welcome to the thread. MyHaven good to see you again! Looking forward to baby Dorking pics No news of note from Bambrook Bantams. KiKi continues to honk but I had a nice chat to my son about it. He agreed that trying to stop her was pretty pointless because, as we all knew, when she is not waking him up, the Crows, Cockatoos, Kookaburras and other assorted birds are. He is OK with closing his window and luckily has no trouble going back to sleep. That is a huge relief for me and has put my mindset back on a happy keel If it was not for KiKi and Crystal [the youngsters] we would not be getting any eggs. Dusty, Cilla, LuLu and Blondie are all moulting and apparently on holidays Anyways, because it is probably going to be a bit muggy today, plans are just to potter and enjoy the company/antics of the girls. Oooops, almost forgot! Edited to Add: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLONDIE who turns 2 today ....

Happy birthday Blondie!!! It's not you - the heat/humidity has been shocking. I'm lucky I have a friend who comes and checks/waters/hoses and dishes out frozen grapes to the girls while I'm at work. It doesn't make for a nice workplace when redundancies get issued sorry to hear that. Two Dorkings have pipped. I have a few EE's out this morning - lost one that pipped outside of the air sack - I didn't think it was early enough to help it. It might have passed anyway. Pics to follow when they stop looking wet and exhausted.