Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Keara]

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morning pink! It's snowing here. Looks soft and white out there, very priddy.

 

[geebs]

Coool.... Have you had him start roping.. I teach young riders and about that age... I give em a rope.... That helps reinforce why we western riders use the correct hand!!! I have a 4 year old class too... Nothing cuter thant a couple of 4 year old "dudes" on their ponies dressed like team ropers!!! ha ha..

I have a screaming little Exmoor cross that is a hoot for roping off of... he stands 12 hand!!! Looks just like a big thoroughbred in minature... big head!....

Keara.... where is "here"?

 

[Keara]

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Here is Bristol Vermont. Here kids often are not allowed in a lesson barn till they are 6, (Liability I guess), but he has been on my horses since he was inutero. Here, most everyone rides english, and though I asked about starting him western, as his barn does both, it was recommended to start english. I am not attached to any discipline, but I am attached to horses!

sounds like a cute horse, my mare was ranch broke, and is a lot of fun... but not supper well trained. I love the fun part though.

chickens have been good to me, they keep me from buying too many horses!


didn' mean to sound brisk..... but sometimes easterns are just too ridged about horses and it winds me up.... even though I am born and breed eastcoast.

 

[geebs]

That's right... you are in VT... sorry... slipppery brain!!!! English is good...I like all disciplines and teach most... Lower level in both english and Western but upper level in Liberty classes and gaming!!!

How do your marans fair there in VT??? Resolution was from VT and he is now in Colorado.

 

[math ace]

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I will confirm that there is a difference in these two - - meat and blood spots.

The UF links that I posted had info on both.

 

[pinkchick]

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I will confirm that there is a difference in these two - - meat and blood spots.

The UF links that I posted had info on both.

Lisa, I found this on ehow:


Meat Spots
•A brown spot in a chicken egg is called a meat spot and will not harm you if consumed. Meat spots are excess reproductive tissue released from a hen's ovary following the formation of a yolk, and range in size from 0.5 to 3 mm. They may appear maroon, tan, gray or white. They are hereditary and more common in older hens. Aging blood spots can be mistaken for meat spots, indicating an old egg. Meat spots do not indicate that the egg is fertilized.
Blood Spots
•Blood spots are caused by a rupture of blood vessels in the yolk sac. Occurring in less than 1 percent of eggs, blood spots appear red but turn brown with time, so a bright red spot indicates a fresh egg. Spots appear on or near the yolk, and are easily removed with a clean knife. Like meat spots, blood spots are safe for consumption.


Read more: What Causes Brown Spots in Chicken Eggs? | eHow.com

 

[ginasmarans]

I read once that meat spots and blood spots were more prevalent when greens weren't available. Almost nothing is green here and I've seen more of them. I try to feed greens of some kind.Mine love cabbage (cooked until slightly tender). I hadn't thought about sweet potatoes. I might boil a few and try it.

 

[math ace]

I am off to the sunshine classic chicken show - - - WITH CAMERA - - - will post pictures as soon as I get back - - MAYBE~

 

[ginasmarans]

I think I'll get a cup of coffee and make pancakes.

 

[Keara]

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Back from son's lesson!

Marans do fine so far, this is my first winter with them. We have had some extended really cold windy weather, after a warm fall that none of us were ready for. This was the first time I have seen frostbite on my rooster comb (at least since I had an overly tight coop, yrs ago, with a moister problem). I think it was as much the wind as anything else.