Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[seabreeze]

Whoa Pink, you sure Gnarles isn't showing his Velociraptor heritage???

 

[Ivywoods]

Hey all you Missouri folks- It was in Missouri that I found this GQF for $150. Now it is just a matter of getting it home. The seller is going to bring it to Springfield. Then my sister's husband's sister will bring it from Springfield to my sister's house. Then my sister will either bring it up here or I will go down to my sister's next weekend to pick it up. We've got a bunch of chicken swapping to do, along with some other swappin, so one of us is going to have to make the trip. It was kind of a mess trying to arrange all the transporting, but after all my eggs were dead in this rinkydinkubator I was determined to get this GQF. I had one before but I sold it to my sister and she hatches hundreds of chicks in it, so I know how good they are.

 

[loprettaerin]

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I missed out on a egg turner the other day on CG if I just wouldn't have stopped for gas on the way i would have made it there before the other person I was following the whole way there. $3 for a working egg turner would have been nice. Gave other person that bought it my number since they were only planning on keeping it a month or so. Will see. There is another GQF on there right know but they want $1000 for the incubator and the hatcher plus lots of trays. To high for me right know.

 

[marquisella]

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A hen will usually only show 1 color, so I would think that if that birds has red/copper on its feathers, and is now getting siver hackles, then it is a roo.

Birchen hens will only have the silver hackles. No other color but black. All Birchen birds will have the silver hackles, both males & females. Its only the males that may also show another color. And if it does have 2 other colors, then it is not a pure birchen.

 

[Spitman]

Hey guy's can some of you experienced BCM folks take a look at my Roo and tell me what ya think of him . Don't hold back , is he worth breeding , whats good and bad he is 6 months now and starting to color in nicely I think lol. But I no nothing .

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[math ace]

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WELCOME SPITMAN to BYC MARANS THREAD !

I love his copper - - very pretty.
He looks a little short backed in the one photo - -- pair him with a long back hen.

He looks like he is 6 months - - - He still has a LOT of filling in to do.

I weighed my 1 year old roo today and he is almost 8 pds. .. .
I weighed my 5 1/2 month old roo today and was just a hair over 6 lbs.

It doesn't should like a lot, but 2 -3 pounds can make a big difference in size.

That should give you a gauge of the growing he still has to do.

Ear lobes, eyes, and beak all look correct.


Look carefully and see if at the base of the tail -- - if the fluff there is white. The picture shows maybe it is a glare or maybe it is white.

Could you get a picture of his chest?

 

[snowbird]

Spitman, check the hackle undercolor as it appears to be white and is a fault. Don

 

[huf]

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A hen will usually only show 1 color, so I would think that if that birds has red/copper on its feathers, and is now getting siver hackles, then it is a roo.

Birchen hens will only have the silver hackles. No other color but black. All Birchen birds will have the silver hackles, both males & females. Its only the males that may also show another color. And if it does have 2 other colors, then it is not a pure birchen.

Thanks everyone for the replies. I will most def post photos when I can take some...company coming in for a few days, but that may be a good thing since she can entertain my daughter while I have a photo shoot

Uh oh. That one has def had some copper on its wing tips from the moment feathers were growing in. The eggs came from Gabbard Farms, which I believe to be very good. No comb difference between the 2 Blue Birchens we have. The only difference seems to be feathering, one all one color so far (blue) and a bit fluffier/rounder. And the one I was asking about is sleaker looking with the copper on its wings and silver in the hackle area.

At what age can you generally tell with a good probability what their gender is? Seems like we may need to hang on to these 2 longer to be sure since we can't keep roosters and I don't want to rehome the other if she's the only girl out of our 2 Marans.

I will try to get photos up too so everyone can weigh in on gender with the visual.

BTW, marquisella, I went to your blog and realized it was one of your photos of a stunning Blue Wheaten Pullet that made me decided I had to have one! We do have 2 Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucans chicks as well. Though I think both are Wheaten, don't see Blue. One very pretty - gorgeous wheat tones, the other has more varied color and some feathers that don't want to lay down flat but she is probably who we'll keep since she is most friendly with us.

Thanks!
Jeannie.

 

[Spitman]

I think it's a glare I'll check tomorrow I've never noticed any white on his undercoat at all . And I will get a pic. of his chest.

 

[VillageChicken]

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Looks like your OE was a White Ameraucana x BCM. It also looks like your BC rooster carries recessive white (most BC do not). It's possible that your rooster is also a product of an OE cross, just that he didn't get the peacomb/blue egg gene. That would explain how he picked up the recessive white gene.