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[Audio51]

Broody Mama and the 7 chicks

 

[ronott1]

Broody Mama and the 7 chicks

What a good Mom too!

 

[sewandgrow]

Now I'm excited! One of the Langshan eggs has a pip!!!!!

I am excited for you too Debi...... I am trying just not to think of mine except to keep watching the humidity.

The ones from my previous clutch were shipped from @Chickengirl1304 up in waaaay northern CA. Those eggs were closer to the darker ones here. The light eggs in this picture are ones a friend asked me to hatch for her. We both bought FBCM started pullets from a lady in the nearby town of Oroville, but she already had a cuckoo Marans or two. I am not sure which of her birds these are from. The 3 chicks that have hatched so far don't look cuckoo. I also think her Marans Roo was from a different source. I don't know what she feeds or if they are just free ranging. She has a lot of property down in the valley between Paradise and Oroville. She raises show Corgis, has horses, sheep, a few cows and some standard and Indian Runner ducks.

I was thinking diet might be a factor in the egg color. Mine are on Fermented feed that includes BOSS and a little scratch, but I only started adding the BOSS/scratch in the last several weeks. My eggs seem a little darker since then but were already darker than hers.

Interesting that you think feed is effecting egg color. I hadn't considered that. I have been told that sprouted oats effects egg size so I am now doing that, but thought that the genetics determines egg color. Mine are all fed the same & I definitely have girls that lay a much darker egg that many of the others.

 

[TheKeeper]

Broody Mama and the 7 chicks

Gorgeous mama. Cute babies.

 

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I am on the Black Copper Marans Fanciers FB group. Larry Margitas is on that groups and is apparantley a big breeder/showman. He said the BOSS would darken the eggs of Marans.

 

[fowlman01]

Does anyone know how I can find out when some local poultry shows would be? I'd love to go to one and see pretty chickens.

The last show of the season is in your backyard. Red Bluff 3/29. NorCal Poultry Club is putting it on.

Walt

 

[Audio51]

OK...I have a a hatch cam set up for these last 3 eggs (actually only have it focused on the one that pipped right now but will move it once that one is out if the other 2 pip). Hopefully it will stay online. For some reason it will just shut down and close Ustream avery once in a while. For anyone interested here is the link

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2830801

 

[ronott1]

OK...I have a a hatch cam set up for these last 3 eggs (actually only have it focused on the one that pipped right now but will move it once that one is out if the other 2 pip). Hopefully it will stay online. For some reason it will just shut down and close Ustream avery once in a while. For anyone interested here is the link

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2830801

Thank you!

Now we can become obsessed with watching your chicks hatch.

 

[WendyJeepchick]

Someone mentioned that Muscovy's eat ants few day ago. Sorry, but I can't find that post now.

We have some very small biting ants here that appeared last week. Whenever we plant a tree or disturb their area, they swarm out.

I have never had ducks before. Are there any downsides to getting a few for ant control?

 

[Audio51]

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Well...I figured it was only fair. We have watched yours enough.....time to give back a little...