Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Ihilani Coffee]

FLAT Rates are only good occasional. I rarely use them. Usually cheaper to order box #7 and pay by the weight.

Despite what you read regional rate boxes are TOO EXPENSIVE to use. I have never seen a time the rate was cheaper with regional rate. If you have a smart phone you can get the USPS app and that will help you pick the right box. Weigh it and check rates by your zip and the zip you are shipping too. It will give you prices for dropping off at the post office or printing postage on line and prices for each option like Express, flat rates, regional boxes, and reg boxes.

We use regional rate boxes a LOT for our businesses that ship. USPS doesn't make it easy though...you have to search the rate for everything to find which is best. In order to get the best answer on the calculator, we need to NOT check the flat rate box, but enter a weight THEN see what comes up for Priority. Sometimes it's a flat rate padded envelope (for coffee), sometimes it's a regional box, other times it's best to use the non-flat rate priority boxes and then sometimes NOT using their box at all is best rate. It's maddening.

 

[Zanna]

I just got my two Cuckoo Marans today ... sadly the USPS ... instead of letting the gal know who ordered them that they were in ... they put them on the delivery truck and the mail man left a box of 25 on her front porch !!!! She had given them 3 phone numbers and told them yesterday to expect the package of live baby chicks. I picked out two that were eating and drinking.. lets hope after their 3 day trip and sitting outside for the afternoon that they will be okay.

I bet they will be ok, the weather has been mild and 25 is plenty to keep eachother warm. They are also usually shipped with gro-gel for moisture and nutrients. Good luck with them!

 

[Zanna]

This is a Marans. He came from the Marans order I placed last fall with a source I'll never order from again because of all the substitutions. I ordered BTB and Silver Cuckoos, and got mostly wheaton + this guy.

Is he a Blue Tailed Buff?

I know nothing about this colour, only BCM but curious......... Did his comb and wattles suffer from frostbite or is the darker colour normal and healthy?

 

[Kaylish]

I just got my two Cuckoo Marans today ... sadly the USPS ... instead of letting the gal know who ordered them that they were in ... they put them on the delivery truck and the mail man left a box of 25 on her front porch !!!! She had given them 3 phone numbers and told them yesterday to expect the package of live baby chicks. I picked out two that were eating and drinking.. lets hope after their 3 day trip and sitting outside for the afternoon that they will be okay.

Ohh, I hope they do well.

 

[ladycat]

I know nothing about this colour, only BCM but curious......... Did his comb and wattles suffer from frostbite or is the darker colour normal and healthy?

That's a frostbitten comb. Several of my roosters got frostbitten combs this winter.

 

[clankeyes]

I bet they will be ok, the weather has been mild and 25 is plenty to keep each other warm. They are also usually shipped with gro-gel for moisture and nutrients. Good luck with them!

thanks.. they seem to be doing good. a bit of poop on the butt.. keeping an eye on that. electrolytes, phrobiotics and even ACV for them. they are running around eating drinking and have settled in. they are so sweet even at a few hours in our home they already want to be by your hand when i put it in the pen.

 

[Zanna]

That's a frostbitten comb. Several of my roosters got frostbitten combs this winter.

Oh, so sorry! I had some minor issues this winter for the first time but nothing like that.

 

[mckenney]

Has anyone seen a "9" in person as far as egg color goes?

 

[ladycat]

Has anyone seen a "9" in person as far as egg color goes?

Nope.

Does anyone in the US even have Marans that lay a 9?

 

[mckenney]

Nope.

Does anyone in the US even have Marans that lay a 9?

What is average in the US? I just got some that seem to be anywhere from a 5-7