Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[fowlman01]

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I don't help. I helped a couple with my first hatch and it was a mistake. So now, if they hatch, they hatch. If they don't hatch, I take notes, ask questions, and attempt to learn from the experience. (And, I shed a few tears because they all DO matter to me. But I get over it.

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I had a severely autistic teen visit me Christmas Eve. Once we got him comfortable he was able to meet my 5 week old chicks. My Silkie was absolutely fabulous with him. We then graduated to the coop with the layers. Several of my girls are VERY friendly and very touchy feely so he was able to touch and stroke them. He was having a BALL. Then he started talking to the birds - chicken style. He had at least half a dozen of them talking back to him - including a young cockerel. He was laughing and having a WONDERFUL time. We had his poor mother in tears because of all the joy that day.

 

[bigshawn]

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I don't help. I helped a couple with my first hatch and it was a mistake. So now, if they hatch, they hatch. If they don't hatch, I take notes, ask questions, and attempt to learn from the experience. (And, I shed a few tears because they all DO matter to me. But I get over it.

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I had a severely autistic teen visit me Christmas Eve. Once we got him comfortable he was able to meet my 5 week old chicks. My Silkie was absolutely fabulous with him. We then graduated to the coop with the layers. Several of my girls are VERY friendly and very touchy feely so he was able to touch and stroke them. He was having a BALL. Then he started talking to the birds - chicken style. He had at least half a dozen of them talking back to him - including a young cockerel. He was laughing and having a WONDERFUL time. We had his poor mother in tears because of all the joy that day.

Love this story, I know you enjoyed as well.....

 

[VettekLisa]

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This made me tear up.

 

[3riverschick]

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I believe they are technically brown reds and yes they can have "flame" or "flaming" in the hackle. I don't believe they are considered a penciled breed....by just to be clear about your question, can you explain what you mean by penciling for me? Thanks!

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Not going to be online this afternoon but wanted to reply to this. By pencliing I mean single penciling, the outer edge of the feather having a color not the same as the interior of the feather. I worked a lot with the stippled variety. While studying it, I found that the amount (or any) of flame in the male's hackle had an effect on the amount (or any) of penciling in the female's breast. It occured to me that the hue and color construction of the color of the male hackle might also have something to do with an off-color(shafting) in the breasts of a BCM female. I don't know if this translates from the stippled and penciled breeds(or varieties) to the birchen (BCM) varieties.
Happy New Year,
Karen in western PA.

 

[gilavina]

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well you just made my day...I need a blushing smilie. I plan on sorting out how I'm feeling about the whole NPIP prospects after I get my pens and etc all built this spring. I need to get those out of the way so I can focus a bit easier. Lately I've been spread way too thin for my own good.

Its sunny here today and finally we are not getting the extreme winds. Its still plenty windy tho...you know its bad when the chickens are leaning sideways just to stay upright. We also lost part of the soffit on the house from the wind the other night. I'm gonna have to get back up there and recut a new piece and reattach it and such. I am still trying to figure out strong the wind had to be to rip it off.

 

[gilavina]

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I don't help. I helped a couple with my first hatch and it was a mistake. So now, if they hatch, they hatch. If they don't hatch, I take notes, ask questions, and attempt to learn from the experience. (And, I shed a few tears because they all DO matter to me. But I get over it.

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I had a severely autistic teen visit me Christmas Eve. Once we got him comfortable he was able to meet my 5 week old chicks. My Silkie was absolutely fabulous with him. We then graduated to the coop with the layers. Several of my girls are VERY friendly and very touchy feely so he was able to touch and stroke them. He was having a BALL. Then he started talking to the birds - chicken style. He had at least half a dozen of them talking back to him - including a young cockerel. He was laughing and having a WONDERFUL time. We had his poor mother in tears because of all the joy that day.

Barb, that is such a great story! Sooo sweet

 

[gilavina]

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I believe they are technically brown reds and yes they can have "flame" or "flaming" in the hackle. I don't believe they are considered a penciled breed....by just to be clear about your question, can you explain what you mean by penciling for me? Thanks!

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Not going to be online this afternoon but wanted to reply to this. By pencliing I mean single penciling, the outer edge of the feather having a color not the same as the interior of the feather. I worked a lot with the stippled variety. While studying it, I found that the amount (or any) of flame in the male's hackle had an effect on the amount (or any) of penciling in the female's breast. It occured to me that the hue and color construction of the color of the male hackle might also have something to do with an off-color(shafting) in the breasts of a BCM female. I don't know if this translates from the stippled and penciled breeds(or varieties) to the birchen (BCM) varieties.
Happy New Year,
Karen in western PA.

you pose an interesting question. I'm thinkin I might have to raid the poultry book library again and see what I can find.

 

[pinkchick]

Hi Everyone! Sorry to barge in with out reading the rest of the posts before jumping in to the middle of ya'lls conversations....but you never guess, okay maybe I should say, "you will guess what I found on a chicken today.....and it is not a Marans."
If you guessed carnation or side sprigs you are very correct. She does not have a sprig on the right side but she does have a sprig on the left side just exactly like the effected "carnation combed chicks" and she has the same bulge on the right side of the blade that would be where the other sprig if it were the "carnation type" is.

I am on my way out to get her mug shot and hopefully a good shot of the comb. This bird is well over a year old and came to me in the form of shipped eggs.
I am going out to get a photo of her comb now........GOSH I HAVE COME TO VERY MUCH DISLIKE COMBS!

 

[gilavina]

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man....that's stinks! My dad's philosophy I was raised with was always cull for combs as soon as you see something you don't like and continue on through even once they are in the breeder pens. I appreciate it a lot! I was having a problem with sprigs in my Sussex for a while and think I've got it pretty well licked as I didn't get any more offspring with it since I culled immediately, but even that way I've got some test mating to do.. I wonder how much this boom in chicken selling has to do with it. I think its gonna be a hard road in some ways for breeds that have gained such popularity for various reasons.

 

[Debbi]

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Is it a Barnie??