Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Raven1]

Good Morning everyone

 

[Debbi]

Funny, mine are just the opposite. The young ones were the ones I was worried about when I first put them out there. Figured being the lowest on the pecking order, they would be the last ones in. They fooled me, and the older birds too. They get in there and get their "prime" roosting area and are all settled before the older birds are even thinking about it! I thought that was pretty darn smart on their part...good babies.

 

[Debbi]

Mornin' Raven!

Any babies??

 

[pinkchick]

Oatmeal on top of the Welsummer coop. I will have to get a photo of him sleeping in the box for ya. He has never tried to hurt any of the chickens. He is the best cat in the world. I have found him snuggled in the corner of the corner of the coop under the feeder too, just snoozing away.

 

[Raven1]

Nope No rockin, peepin, pipin,or poppin pretty sure its a lost cause, but hey it happens. I really didn't think they would in the first place after the dogs knocked the bator in the floor, but had to give them a shot at it. Getting ready to put my roos together with their hens soon and see what I can get from my own, better luck there hopefully. Thanks for asking all you guys are the best!

 

[Harris5]

Oatmeal looks like a love!!!

 

[Debbi]

Oh, what a sweet little face on that Oatmeal! Good kitty!


Sorry to hear that Raven, better luck to you next time

 

[Debbi]

Hey Pink, blue question here. How soon can you tell if the blues are going to be solid blue or blue coppers?? Is it pretty much the same timeline as for BCMs, or can you tell anything by a darker head coloring when they are little? Thanks!

 

[pinkchick]

They are just like the BC's, but blue. Some may show copper and some may not and they can be too dark in the copper or too light just like BC. It's been my experience that the darker headed and hackled one do not show as much copper to very little. It has also been my experience that the lighter blues will have better coppering, but can sometimes lack in crisp lacing like the darker blues. Bev shared with me that she too noticed the better copper in the lighter blues. That said I have seen some nice pitures of medium darker blues that have nice coppering, a few lucky folks hit the jackpot somewhere.

 

[Debbi]

Thanks Lady!