Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[math ace]

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Depending on how old your pullets are - - - You Need to RAISE your prices. It doesn't matter if they are hatchery stock or not, you have to calculate the investment you have in them (bags of food at $15 a bag). . . I was selling hatchery stock pullets at POL for $15 last year. This year, feed prices have gone up more - - - so I would charge $20 for POL pullets without blinking an eye. Those who complain can feel free to buy chicks from the feed store at $2 - $3 each and then try to feed them for a few months. . . .

I would sell 1 - 2 month old hatchery quality pullets for $10 each.

 

[Mountain Mel]

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I too would love to go, but I can't imagine how long a drive that is & I am usually alone when I do things like this unless I take my grand daughter or a friend. My husband is a GREAT support system & I couldn't do this without his help but he is NON-SOCIAL & wants nothing to do with a gathering of "people"...........LOL

I'm pretty much the same way...try telling him that there is free beer, and that there is a "Gentlemans' Club" right around the corner...

Ace this is my solution...I would say don't laugh until you try it...it just might work! All you really want is company to get there and get home, right? Why should it matter where a man gets his appetite...as long as he comes home for dinner?

 

[Keara]

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I am having a hard time watching them rest.... just want to put them in the 'bator and start the count down. This is my first time hatching marans, I know to give them extra days to hatch, they like a dry hatch.... any thing else I should keep in mind? Got a new hydrometer/thermometer!

 

[math ace]

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I am having a hard time watching them rest.... just want to put them in the 'bator and start the count down. This is my first time hatching marans, I know to give them extra days to hatch, they like a dry hatch.... any thing else I should keep in mind? Got a new hydrometer/thermometer!

My really Big eggs needed one extra day to hatch. My regular sized marans eggs hatched on day 21.
Boost the humidity to 65 - 70% during lock down. My hatches have been really good
( except almost everything is male ) doing it this way.

 

[Keara]

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If I remember you said you needed a good roo. Carefull what you ask for! THanks for the advice!

 

[rsquared]

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Too funny, getting ready to move out ya'lls way..that would be Mel, Pinks, Royce.....and my reponse to DH after seeing the place/local/ closest LITTLE town.....right out of "Deliverance"... will keep my new best friend close to the front door....locked and loaded Comes complete with Bears and a Cougar or two if you believe what the local farmer/rancher said. Gonna make extra sure my Chickies are safe and secure for sure!

 

[math ace]

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If I remember you said you needed a good roo. Carefull what you ask for! THanks for the advice!

I found that really good roo - - - he is in Vermont at your house.
Are you ready to pack him up and send him to me ? ?

I sure hope your girls produce more girls than mine do . . . . Oh I can see it now - - -

THE WINNER OF "MOST ROOS HATCHED" goes to

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drum roll please


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MATH ACE

The record being attempted is to hatch 90% roos for 12 hatches straight. Will she do it ladies and gents ? ??

Tune in Same web site, Same thread, Same time 12 months from now to find out . . .

 

[gilavina]

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If I remember you said you needed a good roo. Carefull what you ask for! THanks for the advice!

I found that really good roo - - - he is in Vermont at your house.
Are you ready to pack him up and send him to me ? ?

I sure hope your girls produce more girls than mine do . . . . Oh I can see it now - - -

THE WINNER OF "MOST ROOS HATCHED" goes to

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drum roll please


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MATH ACE

The record being attempted is to hatch 90% roos for 12 hatches straight. Will she do it ladies and gents ? ??

Tune in Same web site, Same thread, Same time 12 months from now to find out . . .

hey Math ace, I was just wondering where you said it was 12 hatches in a row...when did you start hatching? just curious if its one of those cold month things. I've always had way more roos in cold months...I think on this first hatch I did this year so far that hatch Feb 12-14 out of 21 chicks its looking like I might have 2 or 3 pullets....

 

[geebs]

How old are they when you decide what they are... My hens look like roosters with a big comb... they are still hens but present like roosters with a comb... I found out when I was keeping an entire hatch for males that most were females... Wondering if you are doing the same thing... I am much more careful now...

 

[gilavina]

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This might sound crazy, but I asked people on here about it a day or two ago if they had ever heard of anyone doing what I was taught to do...but my first preliminary identification on chicks is based on their noises...it might sound crazy, but once you tune into the sound, its pretty accurate. Well....I still might be crazy...but I'm ok with that