Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[gilavina]

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You need some sweat pants that have the elastic around the bottom of the legs lol.

Ha, funny you should say that. I was looking for a pair of those this morning!

That spider is not one we have around here, he's not as pretty as our Garden Spiders. Those things can get huge. They also build a huge web, and they are pretty friendly as far as spiders go. I had one make a web in the corner of the deck, by the door. She really got excited when I would come back from the run, as she knew I'd have a meal worm for her. I'd toss it in her web, and she would suck them down like spaghetti! It was neat to watch. Either the wind got rid of her or a chook, but there are more in other locations. With all those mealworms, she got to be about the size of a quarter (bodywise), not the biggest one I've had, but very pretty....for a spider.

Here is a link to them. Mine are very vibrant black and yellow.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

those are about the only spiders I can have any respect for. They get massive here....I can appreciate their beauty (in all their grotesqueness of course) because they are so beneficial to the garden. I actually get excited (from a distance) when I find them in the garden because they help me to eliminate pests...I need all the help I can get...year before last I had one that was just a monster and a half. He found a home in my amish paste tomatoes and had the best harvest of them ever when he was there.... some of those tomatoes verged on a pound apiece.

 

[sewandgrow]

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Debbi,
I so empathize with you. I live in a very old farmhouse & struggle with mice continually. I had one run across my shoulders while sitting in my recliner one night & it rather unnerved me momentarily. I put out traps all the time but still fight them. I am afraid of the poisins. All in all I would not trade my life for any other, but it does have it's times......LOL

 

[sewandgrow]

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I didn't feel anything that I know of, but they are shaking Almnds in the orchard next door so I pay no mind to bumps & shaking around here. Between the harvest & the train tracks 2 ranches down the street there is always something moving around here.........LOL
Karen in California

 

[Wynette]

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AWE! Just saw your post, Germaine...thanks! BEST of luck w/the hatch!!!

 

[loprettaerin]

I figured I would share some of the salmons I have growing out know. Some I hatched from my blue's and blacks that have this hidden gene other I just aquired from same breeder I got my most of my birds from.

This was as a chick posted when had no idea why I was getting these

And this is her know, She still has allot of growing to do.

This is one of My blacks that I hatched out my my parent stock of blue's and blacks. She is just pretty so wanted to share.

Pictures arn't the best was taking them when it was getting dark last night. At first wasn't going to keep the salmon's but figured since I just got several more with nicely feathered legs I may as well. So Im know up to keeping bbs, BC, Wheatens, and know salmon's.

ops guess I will be needing some more pens.

I like seeing all the salmons that have been posted recently gives me some more insite to what people have. Not allot of info out there on them.

 

[Raven1]

Are your Blues coppered or solid?
Very pretty!

 

[Lotsapaints]

How cool you have Salmons too..yeah I don't know what to really look for yet but for babies they are doing fine no DQ's that have shown up yet. I want to see a picture of a columbian marans I'm going to get some of my Delaware/Splash cross and one of the strange one that looks like he has a columbian pattern.

 

[aalbury]

Hi Lotsapaints - I am so sorry to break this to you. I feel horrible that I have to - I do not want to sound rude or insensitive, but these are not salmons. I can't - in good conscience - not say anything because we cannot allow anyone to think this is what a Golden Salmon Marans should look like. There is a Duckwing Marans yahoo group - If you are interested in correctly breeding Golden Salmons, I would encourage you to join. In the meantime? I'm not sure what you have there, but perhaps the wrong color was sent to you? Your user name sounds really familiar - I am wondering if we've bumped into each other before?

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Bev Davis has been diligently working on salmons for many years - here are some photos of hers as well as a description:

http://marans.org/goldensalmonvariety.html

Yours look more like a Red variety of some sort?

 

[aalbury]

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This looks more like a salmon - is it silver salmon perhaps?

If you are getting it out of another variety, you will have to cull any that come out with the Autosomal red and mahogany, etc for Silver Salmons and if they're gold too - you want a clearly salmon breast - she may have it, hard to tell from the pic?

 

[aalbury]

PS - this thread is insanely huge! I think the Marans need their own area!