International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

I was only getting one or two pullet eggs a day. I put in a heatlamp to hopefully save the roosters from frostbite. I got 8 eggs yesterday and it didn't get above freezing.

 

[KF0002]

I was only getting one or two pullet eggs a day. I put in a heatlamp to hopefully save the roosters from frostbite. I got 8 eggs yesterday and it didn't get above freezing.

Yeah adding artificial lighting will bring production back up. We use it when we have to as well for select brood pens. I'm glad it is helping to save your birds from frostbite.

 

[marchick]

Yeah adding artificial lighting will bring production back up. We use it when we have to as well for select brood pens when we need chicks early. I'm glad it is helping to save your birds from frostbite.

So far they are looking good but we haven't had below 0 weather yet. We have been in the single digits though.

 

[KF0002]

So far they are looking good but we haven't had below 0 weather yet. We have been in the single digits though.

That is still very cold. I'm hoping my two cockerels are spared frost bite but if they do get it, maybe it wont be too severe. Your winters sound brutal in your area, I would likely freeze to death. lol

 

[marchick]

That is still very cold. I'm hoping my two cockerels are spared frost bite but if they do get it, maybe it wont be too severe. Your winters sound brutal in your area, I would likely freeze to death. lol

I want to move but my husband is not someone that likes change so we will probably be here forever. I don't like winter at all!

 

[Bantambird]

Heh it gets pretty cold here. Once winter sets in, snow stays until February/ March

 

[marchick]

Heh it gets pretty cold here. Once winter sets in, snow stays until February/ March

The cold and snow is not for me! Do you use heat lamps in your houses?

 

[Bantambird]

The cold and snow is not for me! Do you use heat lamps in your houses?

I have to with the cream legbars, those birds are wimps!

 

[Bantambird]

But when it slips below -30°F, even the marans seek extra heat... I also have some radiant panel heaters that pop on below zero sitting at roosting level.

 

[KF0002]

Heh it gets pretty cold here. Once winter sets in, snow stays until February/ March

I don't know how you handle that. I hate snow and cold. I can only imagine how difficult all that snow makes doing chores and tending to your birds.