oh my god they are all so cute!! I especially love the first one!Here are more chick pix:
lighter partridge showgirl
I too, stopped in during lunch brake, I was helping in running the Backcountry Horse Clinic that was going on 300 yards further down from the show. I did get to talk to Debi about her Marans and I believe her name is Bridget, about her Standard Hamburgs. They are like the Dalmatians of the chicken world, so lovely. I was called back today cause I won the beautiful chicken egg basket with extra goodies inside off the raffle table. Simply grand looking birds there. Rochelle
Oh m god I definitely agree!! my Dominique is very independent and even lays in her own nest that she made on the edge of the woods in our backyard haha!! my FBCM is a psycho these past 2 months and has pushed Ji (the Dominique) to the bottom of the pecking order. But quite honestly I dont think she mines! She is a veery good forager and is so calm she barely ever talks.My Marans flock contains my Dominiques. They did not allow this behavior to develop. Marans may be bossy and lazy, but nobody tells Dominiques what to do.
sweet!! thank you! I think my family has picked the bb red as one of our top contenders for our spring picks! so cute!!
Yes, Marans need to be in a somewhat equally matched temperament flock. White Leghorns are no shrinking violets either and put our Cuckoo Marans in her place when she viciously challenged. Unfortunately the gentles were not as self-defending as the Leg -- 2-lb Silkies may think they're tough but are not an equal match to a 7-lb Marans so the Marans was re-homed. We loved our Dom pullet but lost her as a juvie to a seizure. We are up to 5 gentle breeds for the year and don't plan any more any time soon. Brown eggs in our basket will have a long wait. We'll just settle for the pink tinted ones from the Silkies for now!My Marans flock contains my Dominiques. They did not allow this behavior to develop. Marans may be bossy and lazy, but nobody tells Dominiques what to do.
She's pretty!Why, yes, as a matter of fact, I do have an extra black orp. She's 10 months old, also from Papa's Poultry. I got hatching eggs - most ended up cuckoo. She JUST started laying.This is her next to a blue orp that I got from @HighStreetCoop. She's $40.
although I love my Marans and would never part with them, I adore Ron's oe's and Arkansas blues. Mine were hen raised (by a Marans who also raises ducksFrom both. Marans are big and are not known to be the best at egg laying. From a production point of view they have poor feed to egg conversion but not terrible like some breeds. Just to compare, and like Lual said the eggs are beautiful, just less of them for more money:
),they are a little flighty. But would be much better If I raised them myself. Speaking of which: I think I may need to be on a wait list for eggs from Ron. Those things are the best layers of pretty eggs! *edited to add: they started laying in October and were some of my most reliable layers all winter. Them and the Bresse lay extremely well for me.
