Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Keara]

The BCM chicks I assume are cockerels at 2 weeks of age.

 

[Keara]

Here are the 3 that have been raise in my neighbors cow barn. They are 4wks old. Looking at them now I wonder if I have just one cockerel and two "manly" pullets. These guys have been spoiled being feed cow milk and wet cat food as well as silage, and chick feed!

 

[gilavina]

well, the possums must be thinking its spring already. Just caught one and will set traps nightly again to trap any more, since it looked to be a young one. Grrr, so frustrating. I've caught more possums in the last 2 years than in the 25 years before combined.

 

[Hens and Roos]

well, the possums must be thinking its spring already. Just caught one and will set traps nightly again to trap any more, since it looked to be a young one. Grrr, so frustrating. I've caught more possums in the last 2 years than in the 25 years before combined.

saw a dead skunk on my way home today.... maybe spring will be early

 

[Zanna]

well, the possums must be thinking its spring already. Just caught one and will set traps nightly again to trap any more, since it looked to be a young one. Grrr, so frustrating. I've caught more possums in the last 2 years than in the 25 years before combined.

One young possum and two skunks in the live trap this last week............. (I hate skunks!).

 

[gilavina]

saw a dead skunk on my way home today.... maybe spring will be early

I sure hope so. We have massive flocks of geese heading north everyday now, so maybe they know something we don't.

 

[gilavina]

One young possum and two skunks in the live trap this last week............. (I hate skunks!).

I agree on the skunks....yuck! Not had to deal with one of those yet, although when younger we had issues. Just hoping they will stay away.

 

[maryhysong]

Here are the 3 that have been raise in my neighbors cow barn. They are 4wks old. Looking at them now I wonder if I have just one cockerel and two "manly" pullets. These guys have been spoiled being feed cow milk and wet cat food as well as silage, and chick feed!

I'd say the one on the right looking at the camera is for sure a boy. The other two you pictured might be boys also

 

[TinTennessee]

I had a pet skunk when i was a kid, pretty much acted like a cat. Ate catfood & used a litterbox. You could pick him up by the scruff of his neck, shake your finger & say Daniel be ashamed & he would cover his eyes with his paws. I took him to school for 4th grade show & tell. That was fun. Now dont get me wrong i don't want any anywhere near my hens.

 

[gilavina]

I had a pet skunk when i was a kid, pretty much acted like a cat. Ate catfood & used a litterbox. You could pick him up by the scruff of his neck, shake your finger & say Daniel be ashamed & he would cover his eyes with his paws. I took him to school for 4th grade show & tell. That was fun. Now dont get me wrong i don't want any anywhere near my hens.

yeah, my grandma had pet raccoons when my dad was a kid and my parents had a pet skunk that someone had descented and they took him in since the people were just going to dump him back in the wild. Only my oldest brother was around at the time and the skunk was just a young one, so it used to hide under the couch and shoot out to attack my brother's feet. He said the nails were like needles. And like you, I don't want anything around my birds that can do them harm of any kind.
I almost had the chance to get a clear photo of the giant male owl we have hanging around tonight, until I saw this dang possum go running across the lawn. Managed to get him into the trap pretty quick tho, but by that time the owl was gone already. Hope to get a shot of the owl to post on here tho, he's just a beast.