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I SEE BLUE SKY HERE!!! it's NOT RAINING!!!
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Here's some pics of my new additions -- six cuckoo marans chicks hatched yesterday. They were from an Ebay auction from Russ's Marans - really nice, dark eggs - I spotted his auction a month ago & the starting bid was ridiculously low & nobody was bidding so I did, & got them. (I noticed he's raised his prices considerably since then). I still have one Cuckoo Marans hen - Myrtle - who will be 6 years old in February, & always wanted more (Myrtle was the only girl). Looks like one of my new chicks may be a blue one maybe, what do you all think? Out of 9 eggs sent, 6 hatched & the other 3 were not fertile, so I'm pleased.

I had to help the last one out of the egg - the humidity in my little bator had dropped by then & I could plainly see the membrane was drying too fast & "shrink-wrapping" it so I intervened & took 1/2 the shell off & spritzed it w/some warm water & put it back in the bator & it kicked off the rest of the shell w/no problem. All have straight toes & are lively & also they all have feathered legs, which I think is so cute!

BTW their legs look yellow in the pics - they come out of the shell that way, their legs will turn white in a couple of days.





 
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TerriLaChicks said:
I SEE BLUE SKY HERE!!! it's NOT RAINING!!! :weee Here's some pics of my new additions -- six cuckoo marans chicks hatched yesterday. They were from an Ebay auction from Russ's Marans - really nice, dark eggs - I spotted his auction a month ago & the starting bid was ridiculously low & nobody was bidding so I did, & got them. (I noticed he's raised his prices considerably since then). I still have one Cuckoo Marans hen - Myrtle - who will be 6 years old in February, & always wanted more (Myrtle was the only girl). Looks like one of my new chicks may be a blue one maybe, what do you all think? Out of 9 eggs sent, 6 hatched & the other 3 were not fertile, so I'm pleased. I had to help the last one out of the egg - the humidity in my little bator had dropped by then & I could plainly see the membrane was drying too fast & "shrink-wrapping" it so I intervened & took 1/2 the shell off & spritzed it w/some warm water & put it back in the bator & it kicked off the rest of the shell w/no problem. All have straight toes & are lively & also they all have feathered legs, which I think is so cute! BTW their legs look yellow in the pics - they come out of the shell that way, their legs will turn white in a couple of days.
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Adorable! Congrats! I love marans :) have birchen, white, & golden cuckoo in the bator right now. Should hatch around the 19th! Can't wait!
 
TerriLaChicks said:
I SEE BLUE SKY HERE!!! it's NOT RAINING!!! :weee Here's some pics of my new additions -- six cuckoo marans chicks hatched yesterday. They were from an Ebay auction from Russ's Marans - really nice, dark eggs - I spotted his auction a month ago & the starting bid was ridiculously low & nobody was bidding so I did, & got them. (I noticed he's raised his prices considerably since then). I still have one Cuckoo Marans hen - Myrtle - who will be 6 years old in February, & always wanted more (Myrtle was the only girl). Looks like one of my new chicks may be a blue one maybe, what do you all think? Out of 9 eggs sent, 6 hatched & the other 3 were not fertile, so I'm pleased. I had to help the last one out of the egg - the humidity in my little bator had dropped by then & I could plainly see the membrane was drying too fast & "shrink-wrapping" it so I intervened & took 1/2 the shell off & spritzed it w/some warm water & put it back in the bator & it kicked off the rest of the shell w/no problem. All have straight toes & are lively & also they all have feathered legs, which I think is so cute! BTW their legs look yellow in the pics - they come out of the shell that way, their legs will turn white in a couple of days.
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Adorable! Congrats! I love marans :) have birchen, white, & golden cuckoo in the bator right now. Should hatch around the 19th! Can't wait!
 
ssterling1776 said:
http://frenchmaransclubaustralia.yolasite.com/notes-on-breeding.php
It's mentioned under the golden cuckoo section with picture for reference....
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That was my first thought too, & I hope it's correct, because if so, I have one male & the rest females. I'm pretty sure that 'blue-ish" one is a male, as it also has that very large spot on top of its' head & I seem to remember all of my previous cuckoo males had that, except for Myrtle.

Is your avatar a splash? love the coloration!
 
TerriLaChicks said:
I SEE BLUE SKY HERE!!! it's NOT RAINING!!!
wee.gif

Here's some pics of my new additions -- six cuckoo marans chicks hatched yesterday. They were from an Ebay auction from Russ's Marans - really nice, dark eggs - I spotted his auction a month ago & the starting bid was ridiculously low & nobody was bidding so I did, & got them. (I noticed he's raised his prices considerably since then). I still have one Cuckoo Marans hen - Myrtle - who will be 6 years old in February, & always wanted more (Myrtle was the only girl). Looks like one of my new chicks may be a blue one maybe, what do you all think? Out of 9 eggs sent, 6 hatched & the other 3 were not fertile, so I'm pleased.

I had to help the last one out of the egg - the humidity in my little bator had dropped by then & I could plainly see the membrane was drying too fast & "shrink-wrapping" it so I intervened & took 1/2 the shell off & spritzed it w/some warm water & put it back in the bator & it kicked off the rest of the shell w/no problem. All have straight toes & are lively & also they all have feathered legs, which I think is so cute!

BTW their legs look yellow in the pics - they come out of the shell that way, their legs will turn white in a couple of days.





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Oh, so so cute!!
 
Hey, I have a kind of dumb question - we've had our hens out in their run now for about 4 months or so. When it was hot and it rained, the wood shavings we used for the floor in there dried off pretty quickly and weren't any worse for the wear, but now that it's cold they just seem to stay wet and nasty. We tried adding more dry shavings on top of them, but of course it rains nearly every day so they just get nasty within a few days of adding them.

Should we try using sand or something else underneath the shavings? The run is covered but the shavings seem to get wet anyhow.

TL;DR - nasty weather we've been having!
 
TeePants said:
Hey, I have a kind of dumb question - we've had our hens out in their run now for about 4 months or so. When it was hot and it rained, the wood shavings we used for the floor in there dried off pretty quickly and weren't any worse for the wear, but now that it's cold they just seem to stay wet and nasty. We tried adding more dry shavings on top of them, but of course it rains nearly every day so they just get nasty within a few days of adding them.

Should we try using sand or something else underneath the shavings? The run is covered but the shavings seem to get wet anyhow.

TL;DR - nasty weather we've been having!
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More sand would help as it would drain better - the shavings just lay there & soak up moisture & get all soggy.
 

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