Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[jeremy]

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Seriously.

It probably won't be until next spring though, my incubators are currently sleeping in the garage and I'm trying to decide who to keep during the winter now...

But next March, I'll be knockin'!

I could bring you some English Orpington or Ameraucana eggs, too.

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

Well, look who finally figured out how to get logged back on! Now if I can just get back all my old status, info, etc.....It's been so long since I have been on here that I'll have to re-learn how to post pics! Yes, Math, I'm currently "eatin' the cow"...

 

[rsquared]

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Welcome back Mel, you sly humor has been sorely missed!!! Catch any steelhead lately? you may have to educate me...haven't caught a thing on the rogue and we've tried

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

Right now our river is "blown-out" from recent rains...

I'll try to be on in the morning and chat it up with all my old

(no offense) BYC friends!

I need to get back all my old info from before to put below my avatar.

I'm just happy to be logged on again!

 

[geebs]

WOW MM NICE TO SEE YOU!!!! don't drown in the river!!! Missed your wit and good nature!!!

 

[snowbird]

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#2 pullet is not pure BC Marans, appears to be a cross. She also looks to have a pea comb.

 

[Raven1]

MEL!!!!!!
Good to see you back.

 

[Hens and Roos]

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X2

 

[pinkchick]

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Well really it will not makes a difference with which male you use as long as it is not the Dad or a close relative of his. What causes this slipped wing is continual use of breeders that show the fault, if you keep using breeders with this fault it will get worse each year.

By using a male from a different line over this pullet you will be covering up the fault and it will be hiding there . Out of the new line male only keep the young fowl that do not show any of the wing fault Slip or Split. Breed one of the young males back to this pullet and only keep the the young that do not show this fault. One of my mentors suggested adding new blood once every five years and breeding it back out. After you get this fault under control you should use an outside male that is related to your fowl but is being breed by someone.

Some will say just dispose of the line you have and start over but I say you can make this work if you keep records and mark all chicks with toe punch or slit. Soon as the chicks are big enough wing band them and when they are adults put the permanent band on the leg. The line this pullet is from is too good to cull, as she has the good coloring and type that we want.

I eliminated this wing fault from my Buff Brahma bantam many year ago.

From here on out if you single mate until you eliminate the fault it will be much easier. If you had several pullets from a single mating you can pen mate them all as they are single mated.

Anyone feel free to ask question as I will help if possible. Sometimes I skip over thing that someone else might think is important.

This pullet would work with a splash male real well.

Don~ Thank you for the explanation of how to breed out the slipped wing. So from what you are saying and if I follow you correctly....I could feesibly get some eggs from this Blue Copper pullet, hatch them out and breed the females that do not have slipped wing to my boys and the possibilities of the slip happening again would be way less, right? Of course if she only has the Dad to this pullet, and if I got eggs there is a great chance that some of the chicks that I hatch would have slipped wing and I would treat it just like you have advised Harris to and breed to a non related roo? If I didn't make any sense just let me know......just trying to figure out how I can make offspring from this pullet work for me.....which I think I can.

 

[pinkchick]

GREAT BIG OL' HOWDY to my buddies......GEEBS & MEL!!!!!!!!!!! Nice to see both of you sneaking 'round these parts again!!

Mel~ Now that you are back on just send a PM to the admins. to see about getting your gold feather transferred to your status...you may not be able to get the number of posts back but I would think that you should certainly be able to get the gold.