Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

Yes they are very hard to photograph accurately.
Way past my bed time and I may start not making sense even more than I already do very soon.

Please everyone and anyone feel free to give your comments on this egg...I do not mind at all or I wouldn't have posted it. It's good to see things from others eyes.

Good night everyone!

 

[coq au vin]

I'm scared to death to go to a show. Biosecurity.

Not knocking anybody who's into that scene, I'm just an OCD weirdo like that myself and even more so when it comes to my chick-a-boos.

 

[geebs]

Pink I would lean toward 6....just because I know how the camera and computer screen works agianst a good photo... NICE EGG!! good shape and color.. super even...Looks like you dipped it in enamel.

 

[Illia]

Just have to announce it though tonight. . . . I have a PURPLE egg layer!! Yea!!!

You'know, when a Marans gives that extra blumen on the egg to make it a nice lilac color. . .

I'm pretty sure, too, that it came from a Wheaten pullet.

pics later.

 

[southpaw52]

geebs, where and when is the show?
thx, anne

 

[kathyinmo]

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Gezzzzz, been gone a few days and I miss all the excitement! I have tons of show birds here ..... somewhere under all that mossiness.

One day, I think I will show some of my birds. Yes, I think I will (maybe). Don't know if my Marans will make it or not, but I may have some others that might. If I get lucky enough to have show worthy Marans, I would like to give it try though.

 

[geebs]

O my gosh Kathy.. I kept a bird born brown... just for you.... It is proper colored...No joke.. can't tell he was brown at all!!!! super cool... This was the first time I kept a brownie male to adulthood... I had kept the females to see what they turn into......Black most of the time, but not always. I will have to get pix for you... I had him posted a looooong time ago as a baby.

Next month is the show in Stevenson Wa... I will have to look up the exact date...Oct 16th I think. It is called the Northwest Classic I think

 

[math ace]

Thanks Pink for all the work with the egg photo. . . So we compromise and call that color a 5. That is what my girls lay, Consistently. I wish it was DARKER and I hope my roo will help me out with that. . . . NONE of my other birds have the personality of my marans. They have just started back laying in the last couple of days. The summer took my girls out BIG time. I was getting 1 egg per 4 girls every day.

They weren't panting as much as the leghorns, but they did quit laying.

Kathy - - - nice to see you finally show up. Where you been girl ? ? ?

Illia - congrats on the egg.

Coq-au-vin - - I worry about the avain flu virus when I attend shows. . . . How crazy is that ? ? ?
HOWEVER, I can't stay away either . . .

 

[kathyinmo]

How about this wry tailed mossy mess .....

Of course he is the nicest in size (if you like to eat Marans). He will make a nice Sunday dinner one day.

math ace .... I was gone a few days. I went north to get some Heritage stock I was wanting very much.

 

[coq au vin]

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I have one that looks similar. Is that a carnation comb?

These boys could almost be of more use to somebody's Penedesenca program than a proper Marans flock.