Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[geebs]

Wow thanks Urbanfarmboi that is a description I can understand.. I much appreciate it. I personally think she has a lovely derrier.

But i have a small bias in this area.

Your a west coaster too... Everybody on this forum always "knocks off" early because they are in a different time zone. How is your hennyroo??? any word?

 

[BevDavis]

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I had a hen that laid the prettiest mauve egg and tried my hardest to hatch them to start a line but never could. Did the off spring from that hen lay the same colored eggs they came from? In the second year that hen laid the same colored eggs as all the other, it was strange!

Bev

 

[BevDavis]

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Here is the post.... Anyone can join in the critique... Please let me know what you all think..

This is one I would try to show... So for next year I want to improve it... It is young... Not laying yet..

It does have one feather (tiny fluff) on an inside toe... How bad is that????

Hi

She looks a nice bird, the hackle could do with more gold but that might come as she gets older.

Bev

 

[jeremy]

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Right, it's not even 9 here yet.

The hennyroo is gone, I rehomed him/her last month. I got tired of waiting around for it to decided what it wanted to be.

Plush I had to make some room from BBS Orps!
I'm thinking about contacting the person who took him/her to see if they will send me any updated photos.

 

[daegorn]

My son & I LOVE the ant! He said he is playing the B & D note.

 

[jeremy]

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It took me a minute to figure out what you were referring to,

The door stop that's on my blog, right?
Which reminds me... I haven't updated recently.

 

[daegorn]

sorry about that

Yes!

 

[BevDavis]

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My first objective would be to read the standard and select a line of dark egg laying birds that fits the standard as near as possible. Check with the breeder on how the line was bred. Some breeders do flock mating where one or two males cover several females so that there would be genetic diversity. A male from the same line could be purchased from a different breeder. The selection of a male is really important because you can see what color egg the female produces but can only see what his daughters lay. The egg color can be lost in one generation.

I would buy some chicks if possible, eggs are cheaper but a lot won't hatch. Each chick will be different and it's up to you to learn what strong or weak points each chick has. Breed the best females to the male and once again study the chicks. It's at this point that you would split the chicks into two groups. In the next generation breed the female chicks to the grandfather and the male chick to the mother. The next generation the great grand daughter back to the great grandfather, the grand son to the grandmother and so on. Select the best birds for breeding in each generation. If one line has an asset that the other doesn't you can borrow a bird to help the other line out. If you have two lines you can use one line with the other line so that your birds won't get in bred. The important thing is to study your birds and keep notes, learn everything you can about your birds. It will pay in the end.

Bev

 

[geebs]

Bev

Thank you so much.. That is so far what I have done.... It makes me feel good to have you validate it...I am on granddaughters to original male (grandfather)... I am however having trouble getting a good enough male for the mothers... my female line is to be a generation ahead of my male line due to this problem...

 

[BevDavis]

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A bird with the dwarfing gene looks like a standard bird with shorter legs. A bantam is a small version of a standard bird.

Bev