Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[aceschix]

Lots of salt in the boiling water works well for us even on today and yesterday's eggs. Like 1/4 cup +or- of salt.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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I'm going to try that and report back ....

Thanks for the tip!

 

[SD_Paulo]

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Have 50 eggs in the incubator due to hatch NYD and the parts for converting the wine frig into a bator just showed up today so DH will start working on that and maybe have it going by the end of this week

reality says more like by the time this group is ready to hatch!

Congrats on the Fridge conversion parts. I will post photos of my finished project! May give you some ideas...

 

[Hens and Roos]

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Have 50 eggs in the incubator due to hatch NYD and the parts for converting the wine frig into a bator just showed up today so DH will start working on that and maybe have it going by the end of this week

reality says more like by the time this group is ready to hatch!

Congrats on the Fridge conversion parts. I will post photos of my finished project! May give you some ideas...

that would be great, DH is starting to work on it right now, he has been looking at pictures that have been posted here in the last few days.

 

[hdowden]

what color are the legs on a black copper marans supposed to be? white w/slate color down the front?

 

[SD_Paulo]

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Congrats on the Fridge conversion parts. I will post photos of my finished project! May give you some ideas...

that would be great, DH is starting to work on it right now, he has been looking at pictures that have been posted here in the last few days.

H&R~

Here is the finished (for now) Winobator. She has two LG auto turners (hold 84 Marans eggs), 150w IncuKit, Sm. Fan (for added circulation), sm. tupperware for humidity, 4 3/8" holes for ventilation, a 3' ft. of LED rope lighting, 1 hygrometer/thermo combo (on top tray), 1 thermometer(lower tray).

I am planing to run tubing into the tupperware for external filling. I like the LED lights but I am looking for something brighter but that wont add extra heat. By adding the 2nd egg turner, I had to turn down the heating element. Perhaps some LED display lights; like those used in kitchen cabinets.

 

[SD_Paulo]

Okay Gilavina, Pink and others~

I got a current pic of my Cuckoo Roo with the White tail feathers. They look like they are becoming more white as they grow out. But, its had for me to tell if they are fading into white or growing out white. I will mark them, as Gilvina mentioned, on Weds.

You guys have giving me some pretty sound advice, on this topic, already so I dont mean to be redundent but I just wanted to give you guys a current visual of what I was talking about.



Picture of him in Sept:

Today:

 

[VillageChicken]

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standard says pale slate. Usually mine have some pink in them when males are actively breeding, but just in the places where skin is thin.
I think what most folks see is grayish shanks with some darker scales.

 

[VillageChicken]

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looks like i see some wheaten unfluance
.you have taught me how and what to look for mr VC. i am not trying to pick on anyones birds i am just learning and just a beginner. compared to many. iv learned the hard way on everything i do. and leg color is no exception.
i had yellow shanks hiding in my flock and hopefully i have it cleared up
its like the west coast swing.ive been learning the hard way. loli keep makeing mistakes but i learn bettwr when i fail . i guess thats life

yes, i think some are more pinkish than others,,,hmm, i know that in the u.s. standard calls for a light to mid-slate color, but the french standard calls for the pinkish/white, but slate or gray is acceptable,,,,what other wheaten influences would show up? I'll have to look more closely to see exactly what colors are there

I've had some light shanks show up here in Europe, but as adults they always have some gray in them, and always some darker scales. I've never had any BC mature out with completely pink or white shanks, like my wheatens... there's always some darker pigment in the epidermis.

 

[pinkchick]

Totally off topic and I can't help it so here goes....VC YOUR SON IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!! How can a person not smile back when looking at that face?

Ok-back to Marans now, I'm all better.