Keene, NH Sun. June 14th, 2009 Chickenstock @ Agway

[chickn]

but the birds in box 1 have different colored legs

 

[cheeptrick]

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Hatchery Marans are never feathered...show quality would be feathered!!!

Ah I see, if they dont have feathered little tootsies how can they sell them as true marans?

It's like the Easter Egger vs Araucana debate...we'd be here forever trying to explain it!! LOL

 

[chickn]

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Ah I see, if they dont have feathered little tootsies how can they sell them as true marans?

It's like the Easter Egger vs Araucana debate...we'd be here forever trying to explain it!! LOL

oh, lets not!

 

[cheeptrick]

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IF she turned that one on the right over and looked at the pads of the chickens feet...you'd see yellow!!

 

[Poyo'sMama]

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You got them right, if you look at the eyes of the BR they do not have a white band around them the Marans do. also the Marans have a longer looking face, what gets me puzzeld is I thought Marans had feathered feet?

Cuckoo marans don't have feathered feet because they aren't "true" marans~French Marans have feathered feet and are crossed with Barred Rocks and WaaaLa: you have the "Cuckoo" Maran.
They're legs can be black or yellow because of the cross, French marans have yellow legs.

I used to breed French Marans and had 1 Cuckoo...there IS a difference and it's not just feathered feet

 

[howardacres]

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Thanks!
I have promised my Barred Rocks to someone already, and at the time i still thought i had 3. Now that i know i only have two, i offered her 1 Cuckoo Maran. So she's taking one CM, and i've decided to keep the other 2 myself.
My 2 Dominiques are also promised. Also my extra Salmon Faverolles.

So the only chicks i still have available now are a cute black Silkie (about 3 months, thought to be a hen), and a nice NH red/silkie cross (thought to be a roo, also 3 mos).

Beyond that, i am bringing perennial plants and herbs to the swap, and maybe a few odd yardsale sort of items.

 

[howardacres]

Poyo'sMama :

Cuckoo marans don't have feathered feet because they aren't "true" marans~French Marans have feathered feet and are crossed with Barred Rocks and WaaaLa: you have the "Cuckoo" Maran.
They're legs can be black or yellow because of the cross, French marans have yellow legs.

I used to breed French Marans and had 1 Cuckoo...there IS a difference and it's not just feathered feet

How interesting. I know very little about the genetics. I just like the fact that CM's lay the chocolate colored eggs!

 

[Poyo'sMama]

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How interesting. I know very little about the genetics. I just like the fact that CM's lay the chocolate colored eggs!

If you end up not liking the Marans, the Welsummer lays a very dark egg also and are usually better-natured

 

[ChickenKick]

Oh, my! Do you have any pics?

Yes! sorry it took so long to reply.

newest arrivals: (not ready to go yet but can be reserved, don't know if bucks or does yet)

some of our adults for sale:
Barq (9mos)

Milo (9mos)

Jane(9mos, excellent type!! bad pic, though)

Penny (not for sale, their mum)

Ben (not for sale, their dad)

One of our therapy gigs at an assisted living facility:

yeah, those are buns wrapped in towels, the kids sometimes get aftraid of their claws, so matter how short we clip them and how dull we file them. it's standard operations, lol.
posed pics of Tido and penny

Their father has seven Grand Champion legs, and their mother has two. didn't get a posed of ben, sorry. kids havn't been to shows yet.

Some banners and stuff. I took the pics with my mom's AWESOME new cam, and edited them on dads AWESOME computer. like THOUSANDS of dollars worth of photo editing and movie making stuff just for me, but he got it all for free from work
Thanks to my little bros for posing, lol.
That's Penny in the distance and in the fore is Prometido (Tido) one of her amazing older sons!

Barq leaping away from me, lol.

 

[cheeptrick]

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Yes! sorry it took so long to reply.

newest arrivals: (not ready to go yet but can be reserved, don't know if bucks or does yet)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00963.jpg
some of our adults for sale:
Barq (9mos)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00912-1.jpg
Milo (9mos)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00907-1.png
Jane(9mos, excellent type!! bad pic, though)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00959.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00958.jpg
Penny (not for sale, their mum)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/Rabbits_6109012-1.png
Ben (not for sale, their dad)
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/Rabbits_6109016-1.png
One of our therapy gigs at an assisted living facility:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/KidsCarnival009.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/KidsCarnival033.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/KidsCarnival027.jpg
yeah, those are buns wrapped in towels, the kids sometimes get aftraid of their claws, so matter how short we clip them and how dull we file them. it's standard operations, lol.
posed pics of Tido and penny
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00954.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00961.jpg
Their father has seven Grand Champion legs, and their mother has two. didn't get a posed of ben, sorry. kids havn't been to shows yet.

Some banners and stuff. I took the pics with my mom's AWESOME new cam, and edited them on dads AWESOME computer. like THOUSANDS of dollars worth of photo editing and movie making stuff just for me, but he got it all for free from work
Thanks to my little bros for posing, lol.
That's Penny in the distance and in the fore is Prometido (Tido) one of her amazing older sons!
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/Rabbits_6109007-1.jpg
Barq leaping away from me, lol.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x260/maddie1_photo/DSC00917-1.jpg

Beautiful...simply beautiful!!