Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[geebs]

Sounds like great advice.. thanks Don... I appreciate it.

How do I avoid Cagewear on their feet???

 

[pinkchick]

Here are a couple photos taken just a few moments ago Math (well probably 20 minutes ago by time the finish loading up)......I don't know.....I give up trying to gauge a number, put it to it friend?

It's all good. OMGosh.....it took forever to load these................................. I started uploading these photo's when you asked Math...gotta love it! Thanks for waiting.

Don't remember if this had a flash or not but I want to say yes.

No flash

With flash

 

[coq au vin]

I want to say 6 or 5, but sometimes, I can't even look at two actual eggs side-by-side and determine which is darker.

 

[Illia]

Aaah maaan Marans egg photos, and I even have to tell my mom this ALL the time, are soo hard to photograph correctly. Seriously that photo makes the egg look like a 4 or 5, but to your own naked eyes, it doesn't look it, right? I think it's the specularity of the egg.

 

[criker99]

Well I would say a 5 ... but then again I'm color blind!

What kind of marans fanatic can I be???

 

[snowbird]

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What do you mean by cage wear on the feet?

 

[geebs]

Cage wear... When their feet are soft.. (due to rains here) and then you put them on a cage floor and it tears up thier feet doesn't it?? We had that happen to our birds one year for 4h fair.

 

[snowbird]

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At the midwest shows they furnish pine shavings for the cages, and you can take a few along to ad to what is already there to build up the shavings. All the open shows are setup with wood bottoms and the collapsible cages, should not be a problem.

 

[geebs]

Oh.. okay!!! Well as I said before... I have shown at the fair but not at a "real" show.... So I guess it is a little snazzier. Thanks... that allays my fears...

I am not really out to win a ribbon but one should be prepared as best they can... I just want to make sure our hobby is represented... I am going with an old pro.. (just local one) but someone who knows the lay of the land anyhow.

Pink... you gonna go?? I forgot your answer... I am leaning on you now...

 

[Illia]

. . . . Someday I'll go to a show.