Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Keara]

snow yesterday, sun and 40's today..... Maybe spring really is coming!

Pink, I had no idea blues were so darn cute. I'm not a silky person, but I see more blue in my future.

 

[pinkchick]

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Welcome and sorry for the very delayed response.

Give this chick more time to mature, you may find that the white will disappear. Sometimes Marans as chicks and juvenilles will have white shank feathering and some can have more white down around the face and head than other Black Coppers...this does not mean they are not Black Coppers..this just means that you need to give them ample time to mature so that you can make a judgement call about them when they are feathered with their adult plumage. Some can have white in the wing tip and on the leg until after their first molt...if still there after that then worry and possibly make plans to cull or rehome the bird from your Marans program if that is what you desire to do.

Also...I believe this is a little cockerel.

 

[Debbi]

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Best to upload your pics directly to here. Go to the very top of the page, in the blue band, you'll see UPLOADS, click on it. From there, it's pretty much like uploading to photobucket. Doesn't like non-English speaking peeps?? Sounds like a troll to me! There is a "report" button in the bottom right hand corner of each post, if he really ticks you off. Otherwise, I'd just ignore him. Most folks on here are great people, but there are a few TROLLS. Don't feed the Trolls!

And yes...that is roo puberty!

 

[pinkchick]

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Egg-Zactly! Something about 'em that just sucks a person in!

LOL, ot a Silkie person either, but I will tell the truth...I have had a Silkie....something I was roped into at the feed store one day as it was the last little chick in that bin and it needed a home. Sure enough it ended up being a cockerel. He lived here until he was about 1 year old and I did love him because he was very friendly. Being the only white poof ball in the brooder was sure to get him all the extra attention that he would need from my daughters to become extremely spoiled rotten, he used the ultra cute factor to lure me in as well...but common sense dictated that he was rehomed to make space,because honestly, I really had no use for him, but I did love him while he was here.

 

[The Point]

Went out to check on the broody and found an ice cold chick that had slipped out from under her. I wasn't even sure it was alive. My son is holding it with a heating pad and it is starting to chirp and move around a bit. I can hear chirping coming from under her, so there are more. I am going to lose 10 pounds running back and forth to the coop all day.

 

[Hens and Roos]

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Good luck with the chick

we had to warm one up with a hair dryer and it made it.

 

[Debbi]

Just set a dozen of my girls' eggs, let's hope the power stays on this time around! Tannis, these chicks will be by your boys! Can't wait to see the "little turkies" running around!

Notice the "bloomy" egg on the far right in the middle row? Yes Pink, I just had to try one! The two in the front are from my newest layer. Not dark yet, but they are getting darker than her first egg. C'mon paint sprayer, kick in!

 

[pinkchick]

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Pink you're our resident Blue expert. The light hackle has me puzzled. Usually there's no color (dark hackle) or something more copper colored. They sure look like gold birchen to me.

They are not Blue Coppers...but rather I believe they are Birchen and they look silver to me as I do not see any gold or pale yellowing but that may well be my monitor.

What I wouldn't give to get my hands on Blue Birchens that were silver and not split for gold/silver.

 

[Illia]

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Amen.

 

[jeremy]

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Amen.

X3!