California - Northern

[gander007]

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The ! Marans you have is it a French Marans you can tell by looking at the shanks as they would be covered in feathers ......

These chickens come from the town of " Marans " in France

so you can have 1 Marans chicken or more Marans but the s stays as it is part of the name ,,,,, just info not picking on you just informing ......

 

[KristyAnn]

All the breeds above I need to rehome. The following pic is the nest I could get of them together. Today I let my OE out so I had to put my French away so no drama would kick off. I absolutely adore my French and can't let him go, but any rooster would be discouraged not knowing where we'll be moving. ;(

One of the girls is in the process of molting, but all still laying. The maran is running around somewhere but she's black and lays a good egg and is hated on by the others but favored most by the OE Rooster.

 

[KristyAnn]

*rest, not nest

 

[caychris]

I have a Pita Pinta pullet and a Bresse/Blk Langshan mix pullet (right now she is a smutty white with some black spots). They are both 7 weeks old. I also have lots of Pita Pinta pullets and some CL/PP mix pullets (will lay green or blue eggs) that are 10 weeks old. They are both mild mannered breeds and would get along with slightly younger chicks.

Let me mull it over a bit but getting a PP pullet sounds like the way to go. I may have to divide the brooder soon to help integrate the 2 hens together.

 

[debs_flock]

@caychris I do have some other youngsters about the right age. I believe there is a WC Black Polish, a German New Hampshire, a Heritage RIR and an OE (BC Marans x Araucana), all pullets.

I also have some younger birds, but I haven't sorted them yet. I'm moving them into a larger grow out on Monday.

 

[caychris]

@caychris I do have some other youngsters about the right age. I believe there is a WC Black Polish, a German New Hampshire, a Heritage RIR and an OE (BC Marans x Araucana), all pullets.

I also have some younger birds, but I haven't sorted them yet. I'm moving them into a larger grow out on Monday.

The German newhampshire sounds interesting are they significantly different than the NH used to create delawares?

 

[debs_flock]

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Actually, the German strain are the ones that Kathy used to develop her new line of Delawares. The typical American strain of New Hampshires were improved upon by the Germans and now have been imported back here to the States.

 

[chickee]

I agree with Ron. We just did a taste test to compare Bresse with Pita Pinta and we preferred the PP meat. We roasted it and it was tender & tasty!

Last year we compared a Cornish X with a Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock and a Langshan. The Cornish X had lots of white meat and was tender but not as tasty as the other 2. We were split in our opinions on which of the other 2 breeds was the best. I really liked the flavor of the Langshans. The cockerel that we processed was around 20 weeks old, much larger than any of our other breeds, and not full grown. I've heard from some long time breeders that Langshans are one breed that are good for meat even when they are past a year old. My farm friend gets all kinds of people wanting to buy our Langshan cocks for meat. We recently sold several older ones that were culled from our breeding program for $20 each.

If you go with Bresse for meat, I do recommend that you only use older birds for stock. We processed a cock that was over 1 1/2 yrs old and I forgot to mark which one he was. It was the worst roasted chicken that I have ever tasted! The skin and dark meat were like rubber. You could barely cut it.

Thank-you! I appreciate your feedback!

I was reading that Dorkings make great meat birds too. Maybe he should try a mix until he comes up with just the right combination. He raises free range, organic cornish x meat birds and sells them to some of the local stores. He thinks there might be a market for organic, free range heritage meat birds. I know I like a leaner more natural broiler. They taste better to me.

 

[caychris]

Actually, the German strain are the ones that Kathy used to develop her new line of Delawares. The typical American strain of New Hampshires were improved upon by the Germans and now have been imported back here to the States.

sounds good PM me.

 

[BCollie]

My kitty is still missing. 8 years with him and now he's just vanished. We have been trying to figure out how he got out, and can't. He was seen at dinner, and by dinner time all doors were closed and locked. The next morning, he was gone. We thought maybe someone came in the house and took him, but that's not possible because all the doors were locked. How does a cat just vanish from a locked house, and how does just his collar appear three streets down? I don't understand it. I'm so torn up, I need a new dog to foster to keep my mind off this but I may not be able to foster the dog I want to.

On a chicken-related note, can you guys post pictures of your adult Pita Pintas? I've seen baby pictures but would like to see what your adult stock looks like.