Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

So this morning I am taking full advantage of sleeping in (which is a huge rarity for me) and I hear a commotion out at the coops. I stumble out there to find Bill and G2 and their ladies standing out in their coop runs just going off like something is in their coops. I look in both coops and it gets quiet for a moment (probably when they caught glimpse of my pink muck boots and the pink fuzzy robe
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) but then they pick right back up, but this time the chatter is louder than before. I step out of the coop door and look up and am looking a huge bull elk pretty much in the face!!!!!!! I very slowly slipped back into the coop and stood behind the door and watched them out the window....they are amazing and of course I didn't have my camera. He and his ladies are gingerly taking a stroll through the property and they came out of nowhere, but the chooks knew they were there. I knew I heard an elk call this morning when I was comtemplating actually getting out of bed, but thought it was either my imagination or my snory teller.
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So this morning I am taking full advantage of sleeping in (which is a huge rarity for me) and I hear a commotion out at the coops. I stumble out there to find Bill and G2 and their ladies standing out in their coop runs just going off like something is in their coops. I look in both coops and it gets quiet for a moment (probably when they caught glimpse of my pink muck boots and the pink fuzzy robe
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) but then they pick right back up, but this time the chatter is louder than before. I step out of the coop door and look up and am looking a huge bull elk pretty much in the face!!!!!!! I very slowly slipped back into the coop and stood behind the door and watched them out the window....they are amazing and of course I didn't have my camera. He and his ladies are gingerly taking a stroll through the property and they came out of nowhere, but the chooks knew they were there. I knew I heard an elk call this morning when I was comtemplating actually getting out of bed, but thought it was either my imagination of my snory teller.
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That's awesome! I'm not sure I would want the close up you had with him tho! hahaha
 
Hey Kim....did you see my post from last night? I'm just curious about whether people have a preference for what they breed for in feathering and such. I don't know...maybe I'm just weird for thinkin about crazy stuff like that.
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I did just read that...last night after I posted about my broody Splash, DH tripped the breaker to my office and my computer shut down...so I left it off for the night.

I'm okay with the nice sleek look of a tight feather, however it is not my favorite, I prefer just a bit of flounce to the girls, not too much that they look loose and poofy though. I have a couple of very nice and tidy tight feathered girls here and they are not my top choices...to me the look very narrow and thin throughout the body and that is not pleasing to my eye.

Your girl is a nice looking pullet and she does not appear to be narrow and thin so her tight feathering looks quite nice on her. She's a sleek little Diva!
 
I did just read that...last night after I posted about my broody Splash, DH tripped the breaker to my office and my computer shut down...so I left it off for the night.

I'm okay with the nice sleek look of a tight feather, however it is not my favorite, I prefer just a bit of flounce to the girls, not too much that they look loose and poofy though. I have a couple of very nice and tidy tight feathered girls here and they are not my top choices...to me the look very narrow and thin throughout the body and that is not pleasing to my eye.

Your girl is a nice looking pullet and she does not appear to be narrow and thin so her tight feathering looks quite nice on her. She's a sleek little Diva!
Kim! I just sent you a PM! I'm freaking out!

I should have said I like the tighter feathering on girls that are nice and wide, since I think they are the only ones that can really carry off that tighter feathering. I have a few of the big girls that are too poofy for my taste. What I would like is to find the happy medium between the poofy ones and the ultra tight feathers like this girl. I do however think it suits her just fine!
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Kim! I just sent you a PM! I'm freaking out!

I should have said I like the tighter feathering on girls that are nice and wide, since I think they are the only ones that can really carry off that tighter feathering. I have a few of the big girls that are too poofy for my taste. What I would like is to find the happy medium between the poofy ones and the ultra tight feathers like this girl. I do however think it suits her just fine!
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Okay......I get it now!!!!!
 

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