Thanks Keith...... I guess I have to give the hen a chance..... if nothing else to see what she has hidden beneath that unkempt appearance. She really is an eye sore though!
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International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP
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You don’t have anything to lose and everything to gain.
Lol! Mine get some turkey grower too, since I have turkeys, but I keep out oyster shell free choice just in case. Turkeys have higher protein requirements. I'd use a breeder formula if I could find it. As it is, I topdress with seaweed, mix some turkey grower for bonus protein and vitamin mix, and in the winter I add our local Mill's special scratch mix( wheat, corn, peas, flax, sunflower, barley) for interest and extra energy for warmth. They also get table scraps when I have them.
I've found the seaweed made a difference in my chicks, especially since I don't have access to a true breeders formula.
And I have given catfood in the winter when they look rough. It's the first thing they eat.
Pretty!
Thank you! I adore my blue, green, and dark brown eggs. But with the white leghorn eggs next to them they all just look more beautiful. Plain Jane white eggs are lovely in their own right though and Leghorns will always have a place here on my little chicken farm.
She is probably his favorite for a reason.. maybe she is easier than the other girls.
She is probably his favorite for a reason.. maybe she is easier than the other girls.
Thanks Kayla - you said what I was thinking.
your birds are not just fair. they are much, much more than that. going towards perfect.
I take the pics near the window with a lot of daylight. this way the colour is the closest to the real one.
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I think you’re right, daylight but not direct sun and white backgroundWhen you have eggs as beautiful as yours I bet it is hard to take a bad picture.
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With the windy weather it's been very difficult to get any decent pictures, but I did manage to get a few over the holidays.
I've a pretty good idea at this stage of who is who, looks like we have 2 BCM cockerels and 7 pullets, 1 each of the silver cuckoos, 3 white cockerels and 5 pullets, and Pablo
The cuckoo guy seems to be shaping up to be the head boy - he's the best at crowing and likes to keep everyone else in line. He's also very muscly!
We're planning on separating the males but right now we're just keeping a close eye on them and they all get along fine. A couple of the bigger pullets will step in if there's any disagreements and there never seems to be any hard feelings.
The last picture is the coop in progress - we're still working on the walls but we let them try out the roosts and they seemed very happy!
I've a pretty good idea at this stage of who is who, looks like we have 2 BCM cockerels and 7 pullets, 1 each of the silver cuckoos, 3 white cockerels and 5 pullets, and Pablo
The cuckoo guy seems to be shaping up to be the head boy - he's the best at crowing and likes to keep everyone else in line. He's also very muscly!
We're planning on separating the males but right now we're just keeping a close eye on them and they all get along fine. A couple of the bigger pullets will step in if there's any disagreements and there never seems to be any hard feelings.
The last picture is the coop in progress - we're still working on the walls but we let them try out the roosts and they seemed very happy!
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