Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[stoopid]

I guess I have to
1) steal my husbands camera
2) chase my Barnie with the spurs
3) try to photograph her spurs
4) remove her spurs, and
5) photo document the whole ordeal.
tonite when I get home.
I have been wondering why I haven't seen alot of those eggs lately. Maybe she is spearing them with those weapons!

 

[rsquared]

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I'll take your word for it....

Antlers are the same as bone, once they no loger have blood flowing through them. Antlers are attached to the skull pedicule by a testosterone cement. After breeding has been completed and the bucks' hormone levels return to normal, the testosterone cement releases and the antlers drop off.
Antelope are weird, and I wish someone could explain them to me. They have an outer sleeve of horn, much like cattle, but they shed it every year, so I am told. Do people pick up these shed outer sleeves like they do shed deer & elk antlers?

Marans, marans, marans.....Mel maybe you can answer a question for me. I knew Elk shed their antlers every year, but do male deer do the same?

 

[desertmarcy]

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Anyone ever tried the hot potato method to remove spurs? I heard it works pretty good.

Bill's spurs must be almost 2 inches long and I have the hardest time keeping them trimmed and rounded. They grow so cotton picking fast, I can't keep up with him.

it does work, but I would recommend wearing some gloves or using a really thick pot holder (altho, its harder to get a really good grip on the potato sometimes).

Would somebody please explain this hot potato method you are talking about

 

[berkeleysprings]

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it does work, but I would recommend wearing some gloves or using a really thick pot holder (altho, its harder to get a really good grip on the potato sometimes).

Would somebody please explain this hot potato method you are talking about

yes just bake a potato in the oven and to look nice in hot place it over the sper while it is still smoking hot give it a minute in the m
nail should come off completely

 

[berkeleysprings]

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I agree 100 percent but to each his own

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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I'll take your word for it....

Antlers are the same as bone, once they no loger have blood flowing through them. Antlers are attached to the skull pedicule by a testosterone cement. After breeding has been completed and the bucks' hormone levels return to normal, the testosterone cement releases and the antlers drop off.
Antelope are weird, and I wish someone could explain them to me. They have an outer sleeve of horn, much like cattle, but they shed it every year, so I am told. Do people pick up these shed outer sleeves like they do shed deer & elk antlers?

Marans, marans, marans.....Mel maybe you can answer a question for me. I knew Elk shed their antlers every year, but do male deer do the same?

Yes, they do. Moose, elk, deer, caribou all shed thier antlers every year.
Wild Sheep, Mountain Goats, and Buffalo do not shed. They have horns, not antlers. Antlers are made of bone and horns are made up of a material much like matted hair.

 

[SD_Paulo]

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Marans, marans, marans.....Mel maybe you can answer a question for me. I knew Elk shed their antlers every year, but do male deer do the same?

Yes, they do. Moose, elk, deer, caribou all shed thier antlers every year.
Wild Sheep, Mountain Goats, and Buffalo do not shed. They have horns, not antlers. Antlers are made of bone and horns are made up of a material much like matted hair.

OH, darn MEL!
I just noticed your Avatar. Are those from your birds? If so..........Dude, I have some SERIOUS work to do my man!

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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Yes, they do. Moose, elk, deer, caribou all shed thier antlers every year.
Wild Sheep, Mountain Goats, and Buffalo do not shed. They have horns, not antlers. Antlers are made of bone and horns are made up of a material much like matted hair.

OH, darn MEL!
I just noticed your Avatar. Are those from your birds? If so..........Dude, I have some SERIOUS work to do my man!

You like those eggs,do you?

 

[math ace]

Has anyone seen the MARANS thread?

It has been a Crazy and Wild read in here lately.....

 

[stoopid]

Those are pink's eggs. Mel stole them!