Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

http://missoula.craigslist.org/reo/3114273463.html

Couldn't open the link but thank you. With as much looking as we have been doing lately to see whats out there I have probably seen it, but will try again later. Thanks.

 

[pinkchick]

I think....and its a big think......this is the only Birchen pullet. There may be one more but every time I look for her all I see are roos. This pullet is the only one that screams pullet when looking at them all. I would have swore there were 2. They are hard to tell as all of them have had plump combs since very early on, including the other that I thought was a pullet.

She is a beef cake. There is only 1 of the males that is close to the same size as her.




In the second photo (the best we are going to get of the little beasties) I marked beefy (2nd from the right) and marked the other that might be the other pullet but the comb is throwing me.

 

[pinkchick]

Laughingclown~ I love your photo! In motion photos of them and especially ones of the boys in mid crow are some of my favorites.

 

[pinkchick]

Bad Betty and a couple of her babes catching some sun. Hard to see but there is a second generation Blue Laced Barnie butt hiding in there too.

 

[Duchypoo]

Hi all,

These are Mavis and Maud,
What do you think?
Do they look like pullets?

I hope they are!
Also I'm really interested to know what anyone thinks about whether they will go copper coloured with age.

Thank you

x

 

[snowbird]

Hi, Its possible they might yet get some Copper but the foot feathering will not come later, They are both pullets.

Hi all,

These are Mavis and Maud,
What do you think?
Do they look like pullets?

I hope they are!
Also I'm really interested to know what anyone thinks about whether they will go copper coloured with age.

Thank you

x

 

[gilavina]

Day two with some rain! I can't believe it! I'd guess we'd be lucky at this point if we got an inch between yesterday and what its rained so far today, but I am so stinking excited! The birds are loving it and are playing in the rain and mud like little kids.

 

[gilavina]

I think....and its a big think......this is the only Birchen pullet. There may be one more but every time I look for her all I see are roos. This pullet is the only one that screams pullet when looking at them all. I would have swore there were 2. They are hard to tell as all of them have had plump combs since very early on, including the other that I thought was a pullet.

She is a beef cake. There is only 1 of the males that is close to the same size as her.




In the second photo (the best we are going to get of the little beasties) I marked beefy (2nd from the right) and marked the other that might be the other pullet but the comb is throwing me.

Hey Kim,
When I looked at the second pic, before I even noticed the arrows, the last two I looked at and thought pullet, so don't give up hope yet. That blue copper girl of mine you love had everyone but me fooled. She was waaay bigger than everyone else from the get go and stayed bigger than the cockerels til about 8 weeks of age when they started to catch up to her finally. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you end up with 2 pullets lady. Its about as good as my ratio of pullets to cockerels with the silver marans.

 

[snowbird]

Vicki, I believe the lady from Wisconcin will be showing her Black Copper at Lucasville. I will email her in a few minutes.

 

[gilavina]

Vicki, I believe the lady from Wisconcin will be showing her Black Copper at Lucasville. I will email her in a few minutes.

really? Is that the show the second weekend in November? I'm still figuring out if I might be able to pull it off. If I can't go, do you think you could get some photos of the Marans for me? I'd love to see what she and others have!