Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[flgardengirl]

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I'm starting to see a pattern with combs that look very similar to this in different breeds. So far I've had it in my Sussex and went through the process of culling quite honestly treating it like it was sprigs...and have hatched two batches of birds and raised a hefty number of chicks and have had no more occurences. I will continue to do single test matings to keep on top of it, but this is starting to get crazy. There's Sussex, Delaware, Marans, Barnies...my question is where does it stop? Quite honestly...I'm stickin with the reasoning that so many people are raising breeds to sell because they are the 'in' thing right now and little work is being done to really cull heavily. I have a million things I think on the matter, but I'm sure no one wants to hear it... not much gets me really riled up, but...ta da! This is one of them

Hmmm maybe it is the genetically modified corn in thier feed lol.

 

[Debbi]

Well, me and Kim must be drinking from the same well system then!

I wonder if incubation has anything to do with this? Like some other faults that can happen in incubation, could this be possible?? Oh never mind, that just sounded dumb even to me after I asked it!

 

[Debbi]

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I'm starting to see a pattern with combs that look very similar to this in different breeds. So far I've had it in my Sussex and went through the process of culling quite honestly treating it like it was sprigs...and have hatched two batches of birds and raised a hefty number of chicks and have had no more occurences. I will continue to do single test matings to keep on top of it, but this is starting to get crazy. There's Sussex, Delaware, Marans, Barnies...my question is where does it stop? Quite honestly...I'm stickin with the reasoning that so many people are raising breeds to sell because they are the 'in' thing right now and little work is being done to really cull heavily. I have a million things I think on the matter, but I'm sure no one wants to hear it... not much gets me really riled up, but...ta da! This is one of them

Hmmm maybe it is the genetically modified corn in thier feed lol.



Now that may be a possibility? Frog DNA used in the corn, causing weird wart-like protruberances???

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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I think there is something in your water over there.

Sorry don't mean to joke about serious stuff. )

Laugh away, you'll have it over there soon enough!

As long as you send those stupid combs to Hawaii and NOT Canada!!!

(I'll count on my funky dew to ward them off!!!

)

 

[math ace]

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I've seen hens pick up eggs too. I've seen them use their necks to roll them into their body and move them to a new nesting box.

 

[math ace]

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They look like sprigs to me. Sprigs show up in all breeds, so it would make since to identify them as sprigs.

(Debbi, I have the wrong glasses on AGAIN... but I think I got the spellings correct!)


PINK,
How frequently are you hatching these combs? What percentage of chicks are having the comb faults?
PM me if you want to answer privately

 

[Debbi]

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Laugh away, you'll have it over there soon enough!

As long as you send those stupid combs to Hawaii and NOT Canada!!!

(I'll count on my funky dew to ward them off!!!

)

You'd best be bottling your funky Canadian Dew! I'll take a case to start!

I can see the advertisement now! "Are you plagued with strange combs and clean legged chickens?? Try our "Canadian Anti-Funk Chicken Dew"! A little dew will dab ya!

 

[Debbi]

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They look like sprigs to me. Sprigs show up in all breeds, so it would make since to identify them as sprigs.

(Debbi, I have the wrong glasses on AGAIN... but I think I got the spellings correct!)


PINK,
How frequently are you hatching these combs? What percentage of chicks are having the comb faults?
PM me if you want to answer privately

 

[flgardengirl]

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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As long as you send those stupid combs to Hawaii and NOT Canada!!!

(I'll count on my funky dew to ward them off!!!

)

You'd best be bottling your funky Canadian Dew! I'll take a case to start!

I can see the advertisement now! "Are you plagued with strange combs and clean legged chickens?? Try our "Canadian Anti-Funk Chicken Dew"! A little dew will dab ya!