Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[snowbird]

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Mel, Missed your post as Wynette has had me running around all over the place. I just posted a a close up of the Barrel front showing the water and feed cups. You would not want to use a automatic waterer here unless you want ice. Get very cold and windy. To have healthy chickens there is nothing better than these Barrels. If I ever build another I would only go two barrels high and raise it three feet off the ground. During the summer you could also use the pop bottle waterers.

 

[Wynette]

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Where's the pic??

 

[snowbird]

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The Black barrels we get here are Pickle Barrels and are slanted at top. I turn them upside down and use them for duck nests. I cut a hole about a foot off the ground. The white barrels inside the buildings are 40 gallon and are nice for eggs also. These really help to keep the mites off I sprinkler the 10 % sevin everytime I dump the nesting material. I have always thought the white barrels always let more light through.

 

[snowbird]

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Where's the pic??

Wheaten thread

 

[snowbird]

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Mel, Missed your post as Wynette has had me running around all over the place. I just posted a a close up of the Barrel front showing the water and feed cups. You would not want to use a automatic waterer here unless you want ice. Get very cold and windy. To have healthy chickens there is nothing better than these Barrels. If I ever build another I would only go two barrels high and raise it three feet off the ground. During the summer you could also use the pop bottle waterers.

Just like to add that all the pens inside the buildings have hanging feeders and are filled up one day each week. I have some other brooder and grow out buildings scattered around with fenced in lots.

 

[ChicksterJo]

I just wanted to show you all a couple pictures of my lone Marans girl. It's been a while since I posted pics of her. She's a darker blue and has lots of extra feathering on shanks and toes. I'm not looking to breed but I enjoy her company. She is 13 weeks old I think. Here she is in the run with the other girls. I don't know how much she weighs but she seems just as heavy as my second biggest Red Star that is 3 weeks older than her.
I also wanted to add: she has no coppering yet. Is there some sort of time frame in which it would show (if it ever does)? I suppose I will have to contact the breeder for more info on this.
Thanks in advance for anyone's input or comments.

 

[snowbird]

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Hi, She is much too young to worry about the copper. What would be wrong with having a blue pullet. If you are ever going to try and get some chicks from her, breed to a splash male and you will get better color in the chicks. Also it looks like her eyes are coloring up very nice.

 

[Mountain Mel]

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Mel, Missed your post as Wynette has had me running around all over the place. I just posted a a close up of the Barrel front showing the water and feed cups. You would not want to use a automatic waterer here unless you want ice. Get very cold and windy. To have healthy chickens there is nothing better than these Barrels. If I ever build another I would only go two barrels high and raise it three feet off the ground. During the summer you could also use the pop bottle waterers.

Just like to add that all the pens inside the buildings have hanging feeders and are filled up one day each week. I have some other brooder and grow out buildings scattered around with fenced in lots.

I put a hanging feeder (metal, made by Little Giant) in my pen and the darn birds spread all the food out of the tray and onto the ground.

I put some big rocks in the tray and this helps but I was wondering if anyone has better suggestions.

 

[snowbird]

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Just like to add that all the pens inside the buildings have hanging feeders and are filled up one day each week. I have some other brooder and grow out buildings scattered around with fenced in lots.

I put a hanging feeder (metal, made by Little Giant) in my pen and the darn birds spread all the food out of the tray and onto the ground.

I put some big rocks in the tray and this helps but I was wondering if anyone has better suggestions.

Mel, if the hanging feeder has adjustment holes on side go to the one at the top and raise the entire feeder also. I have my feeders for started and older fowl about shoulder high.

 

[Ivywoods]

I set my metal feeder inside a little larger black feed pan. It catches all that they scratch out. In the ones that are hanging, I put a pan under it on the ground that is somewhat larger than the other one. It catches all they scratch out. I throw treats in the bottom pan and they tend to eat it all up. I haven't had any waste that way.