Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[berkeleysprings]

i use numbered legbands and link them to a excell spreed sheet with a collom labeled leg band numbers and use mouse on hyperlink and takes you to a piucture of birds
i keep info in linage, egg color borne date age ,and notes on body shape and feathering and lines they came from ,i have kept notes for over 2 years like that i am no computer guy am a carpenter but its not that hard ,besides what else is there to do besides watching eggs incubate

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[Wynette]

As I go into my fifth season with them, I'm finding that my notes take forever to go through to find whatever it is I'm looking for...I'm goign to begin toe punching, and am hoping this will help my system a bit!

 

[berkeleysprings]

the trouble i have with numbered led bands are i cant read the numbers when the chicken is moveing and sometimes i just want to know who they are with out haveing to grab each one and i worry about toe punches and birds that free range getting sticks and twigs caight in the forest they free
range in, ps ....i should say i have no experance with toe punches but i do know when im working in the yard with gloves on i always mannage to get sticks caught in the holes

 

[gilavina]

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I used to do the toe punching when I was a kid, but haven't done it in years and have been thinking about resurrecting that again since there is so much to keep track of. I will have at least 5 breeding pens as well as several pairs for test mating and that does seem like it would help. I also have a rooster that has decided he likes pecking on the spiral numbered bands and is surprisingly talented at getting them off...of himself and others. So, toe punching seems like a nice fail safe. This year I am going to be focusing more on breeding for egg color along with the body confirmation. What is the easiest way you have kept track of progress? do you keep bits of the shells chicks hatched from with their records? or?

 

[berkeleysprings]

egg shells loose color in a short time in sunlighht and wouldnt help u after a month ot two

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I used to do the toe punching when I was a kid, but haven't done it in years and have been thinking about resurrecting that again since there is so much to keep track of. I will have at least 5 breeding pens as well as several pairs for test mating and that does seem like it would help. I also have a rooster that has decided he likes pecking on the spiral numbered bands and is surprisingly talented at getting them off...of himself and others. So, toe punching seems like a nice fail safe. This year I am going to be focusing more on breeding for egg color along with the body confirmation. What is the easiest way you have kept track of progress? do you keep bits of the shells chicks hatched from with their records? or?

 

[fowlman01]

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I used to do the toe punching when I was a kid, but haven't done it in years and have been thinking about resurrecting that again since there is so much to keep track of. I will have at least 5 breeding pens as well as several pairs for test mating and that does seem like it would help. I also have a rooster that has decided he likes pecking on the spiral numbered bands and is surprisingly talented at getting them off...of himself and others. So, toe punching seems like a nice fail safe. This year I am going to be focusing more on breeding for egg color along with the body confirmation. What is the easiest way you have kept track of progress? do you keep bits of the shells chicks hatched from with their records? or?

In case you have forgotten the patterns. It is the most foolproof way to keep track from chick on to adult.

Walt

 

[bigspringshatchery]

Plz rate these eggs. I know there not anything special. They are from my only pure wade jeane hens. How much work would it take to get em darker?

 

[bigspringshatchery]

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I used to do the toe punching when I was a kid, but haven't done it in years and have been thinking about resurrecting that again since there is so much to keep track of. I will have at least 5 breeding pens as well as several pairs for test mating and that does seem like it would help. I also have a rooster that has decided he likes pecking on the spiral numbered bands and is surprisingly talented at getting them off...of himself and others. So, toe punching seems like a nice fail safe. This year I am going to be focusing more on breeding for egg color along with the body confirmation. What is the easiest way you have kept track of progress? do you keep bits of the shells chicks hatched from with their records? or?

In case you have forgotten the patterns. It is the most foolproof way to keep track from chick on to adult.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/66947_imag002.jpg

Walt

I seen this on my egg color cards. What is it? I've never heard of anyone around here doing it.

 

[gilavina]

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I used to do the toe punching when I was a kid, but haven't done it in years and have been thinking about resurrecting that again since there is so much to keep track of. I will have at least 5 breeding pens as well as several pairs for test mating and that does seem like it would help. I also have a rooster that has decided he likes pecking on the spiral numbered bands and is surprisingly talented at getting them off...of himself and others. So, toe punching seems like a nice fail safe. This year I am going to be focusing more on breeding for egg color along with the body confirmation. What is the easiest way you have kept track of progress? do you keep bits of the shells chicks hatched from with their records? or?

In case you have forgotten the patterns. It is the most foolproof way to keep track from chick on to adult.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/66947_imag002.jpg

Walt

Thanks very much. I do think I shall be using this

 

[gilavina]

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In case you have forgotten the patterns. It is the most foolproof way to keep track from chick on to adult.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/66947_imag002.jpg

Walt

I seen this on my egg color cards. What is it? I've never heard of anyone around here doing it.

Toepunching is an easy system to use. I found a thread here on the forum that explains it well. The toe puncher can be purchased inexpensively through various poultry supply places.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=162705

hope this helps some