Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[berkeleysprings]

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well don't go crack in that 30 odd 6 in them bushes that restraining order you got on me keeps me 1000 yards away lol and kim it sounds like you're enjoying your day a little too much exactly how good are you with a gun now I know debbie can shoot!

Moi???

I'm more of a 12 ga. girl, but I wouldn't shoot you!!

that buckshot realy stings

 

[pinkchick]

LOL Randy....I don't like guns, but I have a very healthy respect for them and I know how to use them if need be.

On Marans topic....
Found a photo of Gnarles and his twisted comb and will be putting it over in the SOP thread for faults and DQ's.

 

[berkeleysprings]

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well you're a sweetheart most girls just tell me to keep the heck airway lol

 

[math ace]

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Yep! X 2 I keep thinking it is some outer space thing until I realize it is an eye ball! CREEPY !

Of course, I was sporting a pig's back side for about 6 months so I really shouldn't say anything

 

[berkeleysprings]

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Yep! X 2 I keep thinking it is some outer space thing until I realize it is an eye ball! CREEPY !

Of course, I was sporting a pig's back side for about 6 months so I really shouldn't say anything

emmm bacon ! and yes i do need to change it . I don't need to advertise how creepy I am.lol you should see me lerking on the dance floor lol or mabe not I think I need a nap lol

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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Yep! X 2 I keep thinking it is some outer space thing until I realize it is an eye ball! CREEPY !

Of course, I was sporting a pig's back side for about 6 months so I really shouldn't say anything

 

[desertmarcy]

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Hi!

Do you have some more photos of the Blue Coppers and that chick? The chick is a recessive pop up and looks to me like it may be Salmon or Wheaten. If I hadn't read of the stripe down the back I would have stuck with just Wheaten.

Love the splash gal!

Thanks! I like her, too. Someone on this thread had suggested I put her in with the black coppers to get blues. I am supposed to be able to tell which eggs are hers--but hers are pretty dark and there may be a black copper that is laying eggs about the same color. So...my plan is to separate all the lightest colored eggs in the hatch tray, the ones that hatch out blue I know will be hers, the ones that hatch out black, I know I don't want to keep since the eggs weren't as dark as I'd like. Sound like a plan?

I don't have any more GOOD pics, but I'll take some today and post them later. My blue coppers lay pretty dark eggs, not as dark as the blacks, but they lay bigger eggs than the blacks.

 

[desertmarcy]

Here's some more pics. These pics of the chick, at 12 days old, were taken outside in sunlight, so color is real:

[URL]https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/93512_marans_chick_from_blue_coppers_12_days_old_3.jpg[/URL][/img

Here are more pics of my blue copper hens (pullets [IMG]https://www.backyardchickens.com/img/smilies/roll.png, they are only 9 months old):

These 2 are from the same breeder, shows, doesn't it?

Here's the girl on the left in the pics above:

And here's the girl on the right:

And my third girl is from an entirely different breeder. She is a darker gray and has less copper coloring:

And lastly, here is my cockerel, from the same breeder as the 2 lighter gray hens. He is looking a little sad right now, I've had him inside and am treating him and trying to get his comb color back, his energy back, and some weight on him. Not sure what his problem is, but I put a couple of dozen eggs in the incubator just in case he doesn't make it. He lacks feathering on his feet, so I'm hoping to get a better male out of the hatch anyway. In the meantime, he's all I have! He's a nice boy, I think, aside from the lack of foot feathers. I'm glad he didn't decide to fly off when I perched him on the junk pile

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Hi!

Do you have some more photos of the Blue Coppers and that chick? The chick is a recessive pop up and looks to me like it may be Salmon or Wheaten. If I hadn't read of the stripe down the back I would have stuck with just Wheaten.

Love the splash gal!

Thanks! I like her, too. Someone on this thread had suggested I put her in with the black coppers to get blues. I am supposed to be able to tell which eggs are hers--but hers are pretty dark and there may be a black copper that is laying eggs about the same color. So...my plan is to separate all the lightest colored eggs in the hatch tray, the ones that hatch out blue I know will be hers, the ones that hatch out black, I know I don't want to keep since the eggs weren't as dark as I'd like. Sound like a plan?

I don't have any more GOOD pics, but I'll take some today and post them later. My blue coppers lay pretty dark eggs, not as dark as the blacks, but they lay bigger eggs than the blacks.

 

[desertmarcy]

Opps, that one chick pic didn't come through. Try again:

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Thanks! I like her, too. Someone on this thread had suggested I put her in with the black coppers to get blues. I am supposed to be able to tell which eggs are hers--but hers are pretty dark and there may be a black copper that is laying eggs about the same color. So...my plan is to separate all the lightest colored eggs in the hatch tray, the ones that hatch out blue I know will be hers, the ones that hatch out black, I know I don't want to keep since the eggs weren't as dark as I'd like. Sound like a plan?

I don't have any more GOOD pics, but I'll take some today and post them later. My blue coppers lay pretty dark eggs, not as dark as the blacks, but they lay bigger eggs than the blacks.

 

[gilavina]

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Thanks! I like her, too. Someone on this thread had suggested I put her in with the black coppers to get blues. I am supposed to be able to tell which eggs are hers--but hers are pretty dark and there may be a black copper that is laying eggs about the same color. So...my plan is to separate all the lightest colored eggs in the hatch tray, the ones that hatch out blue I know will be hers, the ones that hatch out black, I know I don't want to keep since the eggs weren't as dark as I'd like. Sound like a plan?

I don't have any more GOOD pics, but I'll take some today and post them later. My blue coppers lay pretty dark eggs, not as dark as the blacks, but they lay bigger eggs than the blacks.


Do you happen to know what lines these are out of? Also, is the chick at the beginning of your post out of the birds you posted pics of? I'm just curious as I've never seen a copper with quite those markings and Kim's statement about the salmon this morning has my mind processing a few things.
Welcome to the thread by the way! Don't think I've chatted with you before