Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

Math~
Sorry I can't help you out with the poo board ideas, all of my coops with the exception of 2 smaller ones have dirt floors and if I had had my head on straight when I was building the 2 smaller coops, I would have made them without a floor as well, but I wasn't thinking. I love the dirt floors and the deep litter method. I take the top layer off about once a week and the chooks are happy to come in and scratch in the new stuff I toss in. They basically do all the work for me keeping it turned and about 4-5 times a year they get scrapped down to dirt and we start over.
The 2 smaller coops have wood floors with a painted on moisture barrier that I use when building tile showers and vinyl over that, granted they are easy to clean because the poo just comes right off, but the thing I don't like about them is that they don't break anything down, nothing really decomposes like it does on the dirt floors.

 

[math ace]

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I can not check for pips until I get the children on the bus. . .

We have not started the coop - - -so we can design it anyway we want to.. . .

 

[Mountain Mel]

I'm gonna' hafta' be a better BYCer and start using my camera more. I got some of the cutest little chickies yesterday....

. they are all justa runnin' around....peepin' their little beaks off. It's all "new stuff" to my little doggie and she wants to see what is in that big appliance box...

 

[pinkchick]

Mel.......your up early too! WoW! Too cool! You guys and gals should get up at this time more often.

How are those chicks doing Mel? Just a word to the wise......I think that perhaps you should be prepared to post pics of them ASAP before the crowd gets ancy.

 

[Mountain Mel]

B.S. we should all be asleep!!! Too dang early, but I have some job apps to fill out. I don't know why I even try...I'm really not a job-type of person...

 

[pinkchick]

I'm not the job type person either, but I fake it really well. I always look at going to work like I am an actress......I put a smile on my face and act like I am happy to be there until quittin' time.

 

[Wynette]

Illia, I'd love to see a pic of your girl from cowgirlgrace from the side - she looks awesome from the front to my very amateur eye! How is her egg color?

 

[chics in the sun]

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My scraping area is just the area under the roosts. The floor of the coop/ run area is also dirt, which in Florida is actually sand, and it is great. With scraping the "roost-poop" every other day, I only have to take the top layer off the dirt floor once a month or so.

 

[pinkchick]

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Okay the word is in from Bev about the Blue Copper Color DRAFT Standard and the questions about: Female Upper Breast.
Breast: Upper breast, blue with narrow lacing of coppery orange. As (Marquisella stated) it has not been submitted for approval yet, and is still being worked on, the individual color drafts were posted for all to see and discuss, before approval for clarification and changes.

So, the Blue Copper female will be the same as the Black Copper female, no lacing of coppery orange in the upper breast, breast should be blue and front of neck only will have Blue with narrow lacing of coppery orange. Now I would assume that the neck color should not advance past a certain point down the front of the neck and I am guessing that it should stop before hitting the upper breast. What are your thoughts on this folks?

 

[geebs]

Good morning BYC!!!! Good morning MM and pink and newbie with cute rooster... We gotta seriously hook ya up with some of what we have here!!!

Debbi...hope all is well with you... (One word Curamin) .... go look it up...

My babies are growing like weeds..Had two new babies hatch last week.. When I find camera (AGAIN) I will post pix...

Wilco is going to have chicks in FEBRUARY.... does that all get the blood pumpin? Went there yesterday... chick stuff was out.... I did the happy dance in the aisle!!!!!