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[ellymayRans]

I have 2 Marans hens. One has nice color and lays daily, the other has a high tail set and is going through a molt. $35 each for the hens. I also have 4 Birchen Marans chicks 2 weeks old- $20 each or $60 for all 4 (they are straight run)

Do you have egg color pics? The marking and colors on her do not look pure Marans. No offense intended, but a BCM hen should not have that much copper nor be a "lacing" of sorts.

This is a pic of one of my hens. You can see the color of copper is very different than that of yours. The BCM are all over the place from breeders not breeding to standards though.

Build is very different too. How old is yours in the pic?

 

[Indyshent]

Thank you! I'll easily get hubby to go to a RK store with me. I would love to find a couple that are already laying, as well.

I occasionally see ISA browns at RKs still but most hatcheries only ship chickens until October. I have three chicks (determined broody there!), but they're barnyard mixes. Daddy's a super-sweet Dark Brahma. Two will be brown-layers, and they're moms are most likely Wyandottes (have two SLW and one GLW, but also a host of other brown layers about the premises) and one's a green layer (mom laid blue eggs, dad's breed lays brown).

From what I'm seeing, all are feathering quickly (good sign for hens), but if one turns out yellow, it's likely a boy (silver boy over gold girls gives yellow boys and silver girls). If mom was a SLW, kids should all be silver laced, so it's up in the air still. I can pretty well cross off Australorps and the BOs as moms though, which leaves GLW, SLW, EEs, and Light Brahmas as the most likely moms (my DB hen only recently started laying). The LBs would give smutty Colombian babies, which these don't look to be as yet.

Next batch of mixed breeds will be even more interesting whenever someone goes broody and steal a few because now I have two DBs, a birchen Sumatra and gold birchen Sumatra mix (we think) and possibly a bunch of other assorted roosters that may be saved from processing (mostly Sumatras and mixes, possibly a BLRW or SLRW Wyandotte). I need more roosters like I need a kick in the face

 

[ellymayRans]

Aww haven't been on in a while but had a PM that BYC is sending me a free 2016 BYC calendar for my contributions as a BYC member! How thoughtful!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I just want to say thank you to all of the members who are and have been so helpful here.

I'm still scanning and sometimes reading the thread but I'm sure I will be taking a less active role as time goes on.

 

[daskhan]

I just want to say thank you to all of the members who are and have been so helpful here. 


I'm still scanning and sometimes reading the thread but I'm sure I will be taking a less active role as time goes on. 

We will miss you more and more I've always found your insight helpful no matter how hard headed I've seemed

 

[daskhan]

So just a question are cx extra supseptable to cocci? I let my chicks out all 50 and now the 26 cx are dropping like flys I think its cossi when I get a chance I'm gonna buy some corid 9.6 can I/ should I treat all the remaining cx? Just FYI the other chicks are a bit older ruffly two months old I believe and the cx are closer to 3 weeks to a month but none had gone outside till like four to five days ago

 

[ChickCrazed]

So just a question are cx extra supseptable to cocci? I let my chicks out all 50 and now the 26 cx are dropping like flys I think its cossi when I get a chance I'm gonna buy some corid 9.6 can I/ should I treat all the remaining cx? Just FYI the other chicks are a bit older ruffly two months old I believe and the cx are closer to 3 weeks to a month but none had gone outside till like four to five days ago

Few questions...

Were they all 100% feathered?
Did you gradually adjust them to temps down to 40 degrees or so?
Are you providing heat outside if 1 & 2 are not true?
Have you noticed either blood in the poop or foamy poop?
What are the actual symptoms?

 

[daskhan]

Few questions...

Were they all 100% feathered?
Did you gradually adjust them to temps down to 40 degrees or so?
Are you providing heat outside if 1 & 2 are not true?
Have you noticed either blood in the poop or foamy poop?
What are the actual symptoms?

As far as I can tell they are fully feathered however you can see skin on shoulders(there's no feather bumps so I'm not sure if this is normal for cx) when they stretch
Temps were at 70-78 degrees that day so didn't know I needed to I have heat lamps in the brooder room they haven't been out side I turn off lamps if it's warm outside but not if it's cold
Blood in poop after outside visit not before... Not sure on the foamy
The cx are in a brooder of their own should I completely remove them from the brooder room or re the other brooders safe? Is it air born? What I read I'm suppose to sepperate the infected and treat with corid for a week and not to use medicated feed but it doesn't really say how or if it spreads and how to prevent the spread

 

[pginsber]

Has anybody ever had a Barred Rock who's feathers came in white post-molt? It's her first big molt, and I'm not sure if she'll get her barring back or not. It's weird!

 

[ChickCrazed]

Has anybody ever had a Barred Rock who's feathers came in white post-molt? It's her first big molt, and I'm not sure if she'll get her barring back or not. It's weird! Lol it looks like you dipped her in bleach!!!