Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Chinchilla2]

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Those are some great pictures. I copied one and stuck it in my Marans SOP folder, hope that is okay. So far, nothing like this on the little ones I have.

 

[KalikoFarms]

Hopefully I will get an answer here and I am at the right place to ask. Do Marans take longer to lay eggs than other breeds?
Thanks
Rita

 

[stoopid]

They seem to take longer for US! And their sweet-butt time after the moult, too.

 

[math ace]

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Rita, I answered your question on the other thread!

 

[pinkchick]

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Boy, I would not even want to be the only other person in the house

when she starts finding those!

Pink Flamingo Farms ...A.K.A....Pink's Carnation Farms.

 

[math ace]

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You guys are so funny that I swear I almost, ALMOST, want to pack my bags and move out there close to ya'll!
I think ya'll get colder than me though and I just can't give up my Florida sunshine. HOWEVER, I could grow some really good Pinot Noir grapes out your way!

 

[pinkchick]

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Those are some great pictures. I copied one and stuck it in my Marans SOP folder, hope that is okay. So far, nothing like this on the little ones I have.

Thanks and no problem if you borrowed a photo....that's what I post them for. The more folks that know what this is and are aware of it in this breed of chickens....the better.

Share that with everyone you know if they have Marans. I plan on keeping this little male for taking photos of as he grows out so we have lots of progressive photos of the carnation.

Besides, I have to keep him now as I found Gnarles dead in the coop yesterday when I went out to feed. I don't believe he was sick, he showed absolutely no signs of anything and I couldn't find any injuries. He has been healthy and happy and just finished a really hard molt and was looking glorious again.
Is it possible that they just have random heart attacks and die? He wasn't all bunched up or curled up in himself like a sick bird will do, he was rather sprawled out, like he had a random heart attack and fell off the perch. I found him on the ground of the coop just below the roost.

 

[pinkchick]

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You guys are so funny that I swear I almost, ALMOST, want to pack my bags and move out there close to ya'll!
I think ya'll get colder than me though and I just can't give up my Florida sunshine. HOWEVER, I could grow some really good Pinot Noir grapes out your way!

Pack it up SISTA and get out here!!!!!!!!!!! Pronto!!!!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Pink,

So sorry. They can have heart attacks and fall from the roost and break a neck. Again sorry.

 

[pinkchick]

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Thank you. I haven't had much experience with just finding dead birds, well, I take that back, I have lots of experience finding dead birds after the neighbors pitbulls go on a rampage through my Welsummr coop a couple years ago, but that's a whole nuther story. So to just find him dead without signs of illness was very shocking.
There are 4 other cockerels in that pen that are growing out, so I have my eyes wide open for any signs and symptoms of anything. They all seem to be just fine.