Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Debbi]

Well shoot! The gal that was supposed to pick up the rest of the Partridge flock tomorrow canceled.

A family issue arose, so whether true or false, she ain't coming!

On the upside, one of the eggs I brought in today has pipped! I will have chickies out my ears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cadeau]

Vicki - you're so right!

I know it doesn't even come CLOSE to comparing, but my first horse had health problems that increased incrementally over the years.
I didn't realize just HOW much time I spent working on or worrying about him, until after he was gone.
I had SO much time on my hands...


SO changed his mind about the sale b/c he lost a couple hours today helping his gilt have her babies. (8 live, 3 dead) and then we had to go to a wedding...

very disappointed - hope you do great at your sale, Vicki!

 

[Arielle]

Thanks Donna, I shall travel over there. I sure hope they aren't all roos. #2 looks like a gal to me. The blue one looks like a roo to me. I'd best shut my mouth as I have no Cuckoo knowlege...

Well shoot! The gal that was supposed to pick up the rest of the Partridge flock tomorrow canceled.

A family issue arose, so whether true or false, she ain't coming!

On the upside, one of the eggs I brought in today has pipped! I will have chickies out my ears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope she will reschedule.

 

[DMRippy]

Vicki My BR died last night

I thought there was something really wrong.

 

[gilavina]

Vicki - you're so right!

I know it doesn't even come CLOSE to comparing, but my first horse had health problems that increased incrementally over the years.
I didn't realize just HOW much time I spent working on or worrying about him, until after he was gone.
I had SO much time on my hands...


SO changed his mind about the sale b/c he lost a couple hours today helping his gilt have her babies. (8 live, 3 dead) and then we had to go to a wedding...

very disappointed - hope you do great at your sale, Vicki!

Thanks lady... I am mostly just excited about what I will have left here. I still will have chicks to look over and cull down more, but my goal is to have less than 60 adult Large Fowl birds and then will look them over again when the chicks grow some more and if there are better there, then some of the adults will be replaced.

 

[Debbi]

Vicki - you're so right!

I know it doesn't even come CLOSE to comparing, but my first horse had health problems that increased incrementally over the years.
I didn't realize just HOW much time I spent working on or worrying about him, until after he was gone.
I had SO much time on my hands...


SO changed his mind about the sale b/c he lost a couple hours today helping his gilt have her babies. (8 live, 3 dead) and then we had to go to a wedding...

very disappointed - hope you do great at your sale, Vicki!

Whoa! that's quite the transition! Too bad you couldn't make the sale too. There will be a next time with bigger and better animals, I just know it!

I talked to a friend today because it is her B-day. She was hauling an old mare back down here from her farm up north that she can't live at right now, due to work. Any way, this horse had a tree limb fall on her, and broke her withers! Cracked the bone and 2 vertabrae, and the horse had to go to the animal hospital for the week for an operation. She said the hole it left, you could fit both fists in! She was scared to death of the flies getting into the wound, and we all know what that leads to. So, bless her heart, on her B-day, she was hauling this poor mare back home so she could be close to doctor it. I can't even imagine what that vet bill is going to be!! After all of that, I sure hope the poor mare pulls through, she is like 26 or 27? It's always something...

 

[gilavina]

Vicki My BR died last night

I thought there was something really wrong.

awe...that's too bad! I always hate to lose one and not know why!

 

[Arielle]

THe little CM and pale yellow chick are both improving. CM as a full crop and can pull legs under enough to run rather than drag herself around. Still needs help with water.

Little yellow one waddles noticeably less.

I think I'm winning.

I continue to keep all chicks on equine cotton wraps or bare wood floors. I'm afraid to put them back on shavings.

 

[Debbi]

THe little CM and pale yellow chick are both improving. CM as a full crop and can pull legs under enough to run rather than drag herself around. Still needs help with water.

Little yellow one waddles noticeably less.

I think I'm winning.

I continue to keep all chicks on equine cotton wraps or bare wood floors. I'm afraid to put them back on shavings.

Yeah!!!! C'mon chickies!!

 

[gilavina]

Yay! Its finally working Debbi. We'll see if I can get anywhere with what I managed to get done today. I'll see if I can get more taken tomorrow.

Here's the first boy...also an escapee that I chased around for a long while. He is showing no signs of copper or birchen at all so far. He will be on my definite "watch" list as I can use him for solid blue birdies with my blue girls. Will take a while, but possible. He's also got a good amount of leg feathering as well



Here's another, he's out of the free ranger pen. Believe he is out of a birchen girl I sold off as a layer because she was overmelanized. Me thinks he is Lovely! The next photo is of the leg feathering. He's low man on totem pole so he's gotten banged up a bit





Have to hold the wild boys, otherwise I'd spend the whole night chasing birds around! Another Blue boy. I'm gonna have to stop feeding mixed grains me thinks. I started this week with it being so stinking cold overnight and I'm seeing tinges of yellow on the beak that definitely wasn't there before. Grr, stupid corn.



his leggies


and the last boy I got shots of today. He is out of my alternate BCM boy and girls that haven't been in with Gigantor or Big Boy yet. You can see the difference in the breeding. He is just beastly. I have a few other cockerels to get pics of still, but they are all equally as big. He's also got copper coming in, hard to see where the sun was behind him tho.