International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

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RedBanks said:
Well.... I have had a real mystery going on for the last couple of weeks. I have 9 hens and 8 pullets. Every night I lock up 16 pullets/hens. One is missing..... but every day I have 17 at the morning scratch fest. I have definitely lost one because I used to have 10 hens and when the pullets go to roost there are only 7. You know how you count over and over and you just can't keep track. Well... this morning I found one of them, I think it is the pullet but can't be sure. She is surrounded by pullet eggs. Possibly the first lost hen because she seems stuck on the site now. She didn't come to morning scratch. I was walking to the coops and there she was in the tree line along the fence.
We have had hard rains for a week, these eggs have been washed many times. There are 11 eggs there. All pullet.
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Was she sitting on them or just laying? I'm sure glad you found one of your missing girls! This time of year they like to hide their nests then return 3 weeks later with several more mouths to feed. Lol
 
kfelton0002 said:
Was she sitting on them or just laying? I'm sure glad you found one of your missing girls! This time of year they like to hide their nests then return 3 weeks later with several more mouths to feed. Lol
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She is in a very bad place. I have to move her and I am sure this has to be the last week. How about all those pullet eggs? Crazy chickens!
 
kfelton0002 said:
Was she sitting on them or just laying? I'm sure glad you found one of your missing girls! This time of year they like to hide their nests then return 3 weeks later with several more mouths to feed. Lol
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Those eggs you see are not under her. They are just in a pile, she is sitting behind them probably on her own eggs. Some predator has missed a real opportunity.
 
RedBanks said:
Well.... I have had a real mystery going on for the last couple of weeks. I have 9 hens and 8 pullets. Every night I lock up 16 pullets/hens. One is missing..... but every day I have 17 at the morning scratch fest. I have definitely lost one because I used to have 10 hens and when the pullets go to roost there are only 7. You know how you count over and over and you just can't keep track. Well... this morning I found one of them, I think it is the pullet but can't be sure. She is surrounded by pullet eggs. Possibly the first lost hen because she seems stuck on the site now. She didn't come to morning scratch. I was walking to the coops and there she was in the tree line along the fence.
We have had hard rains for a week, these eggs have been washed many times. There are 11 eggs there. All pullet.
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That's funny.
 
Magnolia Hill said:
Does anyone know any good books on marans, i know I'm not the most internet savvy guy but I'm having trouble finding any information at all about breeding or genetics specifically about marans.
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If you read this thread from start to finish and pay close attention to @Chooks man posts, you will learn more about Marans than any book out there.
 

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