Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[vebyrd36]

Okay what does everyone think of my two Marans eggs? The darkest one is from the splash pen with a Blue, and splash roo's over them, the second is from solid black Marans pen with one blue hen and two balck hens in it. The two light colored eggs are for contrast. The picture was taken with a flash.

VIVI

 

[xlboergoats]

If I breed my black coppers I will only get black coppers correct?

Unless there is something that is hidden in your Black Coppers, you should get Black Copper chicks when breeding Black Coppers to Black Coppers.

Ernie Haire
Arp, Texas
www.Marans2XL.com

 

[pinkchick]

Okay what does everyone think of my two Marans eggs? The darkest one is from the splash pen with a Blue, and splash roo's over them, the second is from solid black Marans pen with one blue hen and two balck hens in it. The two light colored eggs are for contrast. The picture was taken with a flash. VIVI

LOVELY! Are your Splash feather legged?

 

[gilavina]

Evenin'

Finally got a bit of break in the cold weather. It was about 40 today, and the birds were loving it! The pens are still pretty mucky from the rain the other day, so have spent the day planning the garden for this year. Anyone else gonna have a nice sized garden? How about a chicken garden?

 

[vebyrd36]

LOVELY!

Are your Splash feather legged?

Thank you Pinkchick, they are. The Blue roo is the one I post way back.

VIVI

 

[vebyrd36]

Evenin'

Finally got a bit of break in the cold weather. It was about 40 today, and the birds were loving it! The pens are still pretty mucky from the rain the other day, so have spent the day planning the garden for this year. Anyone else gonna have a nice sized garden? How about a chicken garden?

I'll have geese and chickens in mine this year. already ordered seed.

VIVI

 

[vebyrd36]

I have a question that I'm puzzled with.

So the Marans eggs are suppose to be the darkest at the first of the cycle? So why are mine getting darker Hmm?

VIVI

 

[pinkchick]

GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!! My little Birchen pullet that was missing is here and doing well, hungry and cold, but doing well. e
She was under a medium to small sized rubbermaind tote that I use for putting their once a week special gruel into. It somehow fell off of the top of the old rabbit hutch where I had set it after they had eaten all their goodies stuff and rinsed out and managed to apparently fall right on top of her trapping her under it.

I didn't even think of moving it and looking under it for her.

I picked it up tonight to put their yum yums in it and SURPRISE! I think I must of jumped about 6ft when she shot out from there the second I moved it.
After my heart left my throat, I caught her and gave her the once over, she seems fine and wanted down immediately. She went directly to the food dish with the yummy gruel in it. I continued to watch her for a few minutes before coming in and when she finally finished eating she got a drink of water and then pecked her brother on the head.......me thinks this is a good sign.


Thank you everyone for the positive thoughts that she was ok........it worked, I feel so bad that she trapped for 2 days, atleast she seems ok. I will continue to watch her for the next couple of days.

 

[pinkchick]

Vivi~ I didn't know you had geese! That's wonderful! What kind?


I have some Marans that do the same thing and their eggs get darker as they lay, then they start to lighten before they go on break. I think it is just that every chicken is different.

 

[Zanna]

GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!! My little Birchen pullet that was missing is here and doing well, hungry and cold, but doing well.

She was under a medium to small sized rubbermaind tote that I use for putting their once a week special gruel into. It somehow fell off of the top of the old rabbit hutch where I had set it after they had eaten all their goodies stuff and rinsed out and managed to apparently fall right on top of her trapping her under it.

I didn't even think of moving it and looking under it for her.

I picked it up tonight to put their yum yums in it and SURPRISE! I think I must of jumped about 6ft when she shot out from there the second I moved it.

After my heart left my throat, I caught her and gave her the once over, she seems fine and wanted down immediately. She went directly to the food dish with the yummy gruel in it. I continued to watch her for a few minutes before coming in and when she finally finished eating she got a drink of water and then pecked her brother on the head.......me thinks this is a good sign.


Thank you everyone for the positive thoughts that she was ok........it worked, I feel so bad that she trapped for 2 days, atleast she seems ok. I will continue to watch her for the next couple of days.

YAY!!!!!