Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Braclin]

 

[Braclin]

 

[Eveil]

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Seeing you are from AK.. It got me thinking. How do Marans hold up in the cold. Mine seem to be taking the heat 85* well.. Ameraucana and EE's panting with wings out, but the Marans are fine. I am concerned about the combs in my cold winters though.
ON

Well I am not sure how they will hold up in AK. I have not had them before but I do have 4 chickens right now one being a bantam. The 4 are all muts Road Island Red mix and have been doing just fine this summer. I was a little concerned about the winter to so when i built my chicken coop I made it insulated and will be putting a heater set up on in a little bit so that I can keep the temp and 40* all winter. I was reading in some books mainly "Raising Chickens for Dummies" and a few others that say if you keep the temp at 40* they will lay all year round. I will be keeping a close eye on there combs but am thinking with a worm place to get out of the cold they should be fine.

 

[Debbi]

Thanks geebs, good to know! Braclin, if you get sick of them being pretty and friendly, you can always send them to me!

 

[Debbi]

Geebs, what about this thing with the darker ear lobes or coverts meaning darker eggs?? Any truth to that?

 

[Braclin]

 

[snowbird]

Some of the BC eyes will change when they mature. When they mature they are required to have the same color eyes, by the proposed Standard.

 

[cfd chickens]

Hi Guys,

What about toenail coloring? I've got mostly white, but some have white and black toenails?

Brenda

 

[ellieroo]

My BCMs toe nails are yellow very very yellow!

 

[cfd chickens]

What do you guys think about how this outer toe looks? Seems "deformed" to me.

Brenda