Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Mountain Mel]

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TOP DRAWER....is that where the BGP's are kept?

 

[sewandgrow]

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Susie, you are just too funny. I soooooooooooo identify with you on trying to conquer your own mountains. I too have those to address regularly & they are always my last choice. Too bad I can't barter eggs & chickens for housework. Would that not be a sweet deal???? LOL

 

[sewandgrow]

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Cherl,
I wish I could help you but I am just learning myself. I have my favorites of my own but that I am sure is just personal preference with no education behind it.....LOL. I am very happy with the eggs I have been getting & I even got a double yolker a few days ago. It was huge.......poor Wheatie.....LOL

 

[pinkchick]

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TOP DRAWER....is that where the BGP's are kept?

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Silly!

It's a saying from an old movie...."Auntie Mame" or the broadway play "Mame"

 

[sewandgrow]

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Black Coppers. I was told wheatens may be next.

Wheatens are scheduled to qualify at the Crossroads show in Oct of this year.

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Sorry for my ignorance......Where is Crossroads & where can I find a listing of upcoming shows & where they are???
Thanks

 

[sewandgrow]

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Ivy, you are lucky that Mt St. Chickenpoo doesn't do like our Mt. St. Helens did and blow up, spreading "Applesauce" for miles around! It is snowing lightly here...barely a trace on the ground...but that is supposed to change in about 6 hours!

No, I don't think it will blow, but it does keep growing and growing.

As far as cage size for chickens at shows, most of the shows I've been to (small scale) have had adequate sized cages. The birds all seem to be fairly content in there. What I hate to see is a fair or show that lasts for several days, and the cages get dirty and are not cleaned the whole time they are there. To me, that is part of what you are trying to teach these kids when they exhibit an animal. Good animal husbandry. Sometimes I wonder what's the point when kids or parents stick a bird in a cage and leave it there for the entire show, and half the time the bird is out of water or food, and the cage gets dirty and no attention is ever given. Then at the end of the show they come grab their bird, take it home without bothering to clean up anything. I know it's a little different at the one day shows, and some of the larger APA shows, but to me kids can learn alot if you take the time to teach them and explain the importance of taking good care of their animals and their environment.

Okay, I'll step off my soapbox.

No soapbox Susie, just good sense. I brought my kids up in 4H (eons ago it seems). Not in chickens, but rabbits & we were at the rabbit barn every morning before 7 to clean, water, feed etc.............. That was the whole 10 days of the fair. Unfortunately after years of that I suffered a "fair burnout" & now don't even attend the fair anymore, but my kids do. This year I am back in the game. My grand daughter will be showing her chickens in this year's fair & will be entering eggs, Black Coppers, Wheaten Marans & EEs. Next year I will have real Ameraucan's eggs to show.

 

[pinkchick]

Karen, I found this over on the Marans Chicken Club Website. I'm sure it will be updated as time goes by and show dates for some months are firmed up and set.

Hope this helps.

FEBRUARY


2/19-20 Newnan, GA
Chattahoochee Valley Poultry Assoc. 7th Annual Show -- BLACK COPPER QUALIFYING MEET -- APA and ABA
[email protected]
www.CVPA-Newnan.org

MARCH
Harrington, DE
Delmarva Poultry Fanciers Club 33rd Annual Show
Richard Barczewski 302-659-1211
[email protected]

APRIL

York, PA
York County Poultry Fanciers' Assoc. Annual Spring Show
Elisa Livelsberger 717-630-1289


Richmond, RI
Little Rhody Poultry Fanciers Spring Show
www.littlerhodypoultryfanciers.com

4/17-18 Stevenson, WA
Pacific Northwest Poultry Assoc. -- APA Semi-Annual Show
Bob Anderson 503-889-6819

MAY
Chester, CT
Connecticut Poultry Breeders Society
www.ctpoultrybreederssociety.org


Hamburg, NY
Buffalo and Western New York Poultry Show
Rick Hare 716-592-0766

JUNE
Syracuse, NY
Finger Lakes Feather Club
Charles Casper 315-255-1982
[email protected]

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER





OCTOBER
10/28-30 Indianapolis, IN
Crossroads of America Poultry Club II Show -- 2011 APA and ABA National
Dave Wulff 765-825-0621
[email protected]

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

 

[geebs]

BGP's... ha ha ha... If I didn't know you pink... I would be clueless... BGKP's in your case...

Oh and Mel

Don't go looking in a girl's top drawer.... You shouldve saw that comin'

Snow much you two... WE have it on the Valley floor... I imagine you have got a pile... Hey Mel... go out and check your netting if you have it up... Don't let the snow pile up on it...

 

[Mountain Mel]

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It's saggin'!

I tried kinda' snap-tuggin' on it to shake the snow off, but no luck!

I don't know how I'm gonna shake it off without getting all covered myself!

Okay...here it goes. Time to go feed the cows & the pigs anyway so I'm gonna put on my "hoodie" and get under my net and shake it clear of snow....I'll be so glad when spring finally gets here...

 

[Lotsapaints]

Thanks you North Westerners here is my forecast

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY THEN TURN TO SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LIKELY IN THE FOOTHILLS.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...THEN THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AROUND 3500 FEET ON FRIDAY BUT WILL DROP TO BELOW 1000 FEET FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW AND ICE COULD IMPACT ALL VALLEY ROADWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 101 AND STATE ROUTES 41...46 AND 58

What is up with this I have fruit trees blooming it barely was 50 yesterday and my girls were not happy...it looks like snow now we had a hard frost