Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

Ditto!

 

[pinkchick]

A pretty little egg from 2 days ago. I love when they decorate them! The other egg is a Barnevelder egg.

 

[Debbi]

Thanks for all the camera advice, more research in my near future!

Congrats on the new layer Hens!!

 

[Hens and Roos]

okay, here is a picture of the new pullet eggs- it is between an Andalusian egg and a Welsummer egg.

 

[algopurple]

Hi everyone! I just discovered this thread since I had 3 BCM eggs hatch this morning! I have never owned/raised any of this breed except for one rooster I hatched 2 years ago and had to sell after he went after my 3yo son. (DH was going to kill him if I did not sell him).
Anyway, what I am wondering is if anyone has ever hatched a white/yellow chick that was said to be a BCM? Got the eggs in an egg swap from another BYC member. I guess since I payed nothing for them, other than shipping to send eggs back to the lady I got my eggs from, it is not that important if another breed egg got in there. Just wondering what I might have. Once it gets up on it's feet and dries out I can take pics or wait till it gets a little size on it.
Any ideas anyone?

 

[Debbi]

Hi everyone! I just discovered this thread since I had 3 BCM eggs hatch this morning! I have never owned/raised any of this breed except for one rooster I hatched 2 years ago and had to sell after he went after my 3yo son. (DH was going to kill him if I did not sell him).
Anyway, what I am wondering is if anyone has ever hatched a white/yellow chick that was said to be a BCM? Got the eggs in an egg swap from another BYC member. I guess since I payed nothing for them, other than shipping to send eggs back to the lady I got my eggs from, it is not that important if another breed egg got in there. Just wondering what I might have. Once it gets up on it's feet and dries out I can take pics or wait till it gets a little size on it.
Any ideas anyone?

First, Congrats on your new babies!! Now, the yellow chick is either a Wheaten or a sport Wheaten that pops out of some Black Copper lines from time to time. In other words, a fluke. Does the breeder have Wheaten Marans too? Depending on what it looks like, it may also be another breed? Pics will hopefully give us a clue. Welcome to the dark side...of eggs that is!

 

[Debbi]

A pretty little egg from 2 days ago. I love when they decorate them! The other egg is a Barnevelder egg.

Love those oddball eggies! Looks like her printer ran out of ink!

I finally had a nice darker egg today! First one in a week!

 

[flgardengirl]

First, Congrats on your new babies!! Now, the yellow chick is either a Wheaten or a sport Wheaten that pops out of some Black Copper lines from time to time. In other words, a fluke. Does the breeder have Wheaten Marans too? Depending on what it looks like, it may also be another breed? Pics will hopefully give us a clue. Welcome to the dark side...of eggs that is!

x2 either that or a random rooster got into the woodpile.

 

[DMRippy]

I picked up some new Marans today..... From Ms. Becky, Thank you! And One of the Blue Cuckoo laid me an egg right after she got out of the box. Hubby, the enabler, asked was she with a roo? YES! Hatch it he said. BUT I didn't get them to breed!

What have I done?

OK so we are going to build me a new incubator this week. Hubby wants to make trays that hold 120 eggs each and 3 sets of trays, see what I mean the enabler. I can hatch every 3 days forever with that.

 

[psycoforsilkies]

Hatched my first batch of Maran eggs Yesterday!!