Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

Slightly off topic......was reading about blood spots in the egg and that it could be a sign of a Vitamin A deficiency. Also if a chicken is missing it's mark when pecking, this could also be a sign of Vitamin A def. (read this in the Chicken Health Handbook) Vitamin A def. is not necessarily due to poor nutrition but can be brought on by such things as Cocci and worms. Just found it an interesting little tid bit.



Ohhhh and too much Vitamin D can cause calcium pimples on the egg shell that will rub off and leave tiny holes in the shell. Excessive Vit. D can cause kidney damage. Also from the Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow. I love this book...it never leaves the top of my desk and is always in plain sight.

 

[bigshawn]

Sweet...........

 

[math ace]

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[Debbi]

i mostly want pasture land and a small amount for planting my own grains for personal use, not sale. I've been lookin all over the place to get a good idea of what is out there and what prices are, etc

The area I'm in, south-central, is mostly Nat'l Forest land. Small farms all around, and we are surrounded in woods. Lots of oaks, also means, lots of ticks! Hilly here too, which to me is ok as I had sheep. The farther north you go, the better the ground, the less rocks, less hills. Most of the large grain farms are north/north-east. The farther to the east, the higher the prices, or so it was when I was looking.

 

[math ace]

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Now you have to use the Direct Link from Photobucket and put it in the Image URL when posting pics. Takes more time thataway.

Let's see if it works....

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That didn't work! How about the email image . . ..

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[gilavina]

Slightly off topic......was reading about blood spots in the egg and that it could be a sign of a Vitamin A deficiency. Also if a chicken is missing it's mark when pecking, this could also be a sign of Vitamin A def. (read this in the Chicken Health Handbook) Vitamin A def. is not necessarily due to poor nutrition but can be brought on by such things as Cocci and worms. Just found it an interesting little tid bit.



Ohhhh and too much Vitamin D can cause calcium pimples on the egg shell that will rub off and leave tiny holes in the shell. Excessive Vit. D can cause kidney damage. Also from the Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow. I love this book...it never leaves the top of my desk and is always in plain sight.

thanks Kim! I'll have to see if its one of the books here. Sounds like a good one!

 

[math ace]

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Now you have to use the Direct Link from Photobucket and put it in the Image URL when posting pics. Takes more time thataway.

Let's see if it works....

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh126/Schmoodlethefirst/2.gif

That didn't work! How about the email image . . ..

http://media.photobucket.com/image/good morning/bentalkhaleaj/good-morning-bentalkhaleaj.gif?o=11

Only one more option . . . HTML code

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[Debbi]

Slightly off topic......was reading about blood spots in the egg and that it could be a sign of a Vitamin A deficiency. Also if a chicken is missing it's mark when pecking, this could also be a sign of Vitamin A def. (read this in the Chicken Health Handbook) Vitamin A def. is not necessarily due to poor nutrition but can be brought on by such things as Cocci and worms. Just found it an interesting little tid bit.



Ohhhh and too much Vitamin D can cause calcium pimples on the egg shell that will rub off and leave tiny holes in the shell. Excessive Vit. D can cause kidney damage. Also from the Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow. I love this book...it never leaves the top of my desk and is always in plain sight.

Good info. I rarely have blood spots in my eggs, and it is primarily from first time layers when I do get some. I used to feed that so-called "oyster shell" to the girls, not any more! When I did feed it, I did have the calcium pimples on the eggs. Once I found out what that stuff actually is, gypsum, I quit feeding it. Heck, you could feed them drywall and get the same results.

 

[gilavina]

Good info. I rarely have blood spots in my eggs, and it is primarily from first time layers when I do get some. I used to feed that so-called "oyster shell" to the girls, not any more! When I did feed it, I did have the calcium pimples on the eggs. Once I found out what that stuff actually is, gypsum, I quit feeding it. Heck, you could feed them drywall and get the same results.

haha...I don't hardly ever feed oyster shell to them either since what you find here is the same thing, gypsum. I just make sure they get a good varied diet and have never found a bloodspot in my eggs. I have had the calcium pimples a couple of times and just watch what I feed them and they go back to normal.

That reminds me...I think it might be pumpkin treat day for the birdies! I love watching them devour it!

 

[newchickens2009]

Hi!

Hmmmmm....I would have expected that you would be seeing larger than pullet sized eggs by now..but maybe they are just taking their time. Give them another month or so and see what happens.

I will give them a little longer and see what happens. If they don't soon start to produce larger eggs I may have to cull them and try getting a different stock?
Maybe I should go out, have a farmer to chicken conversation and tell them that

Bet they will straighten up then