Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Hens and Roos]

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Nice fruit bowl, highlights the egg color and really shows them off!

Wish we were getting that many eggs-of course they wouldn't be all that color since I have only 1 Marans hen

 

[Debbi]

Pink,

Love the bowl and the eggs!!

Start telling the chicks you're going to pull the plug if they don't start hatching! JK! I've had them go a full day+ from the time of rocking & pipping, hang in there. Of course, we WILL need pics of the babies!

 

[Ivywoods]

My marans egg color chart got here yesterday. I am getting some very nice dark eggs. 6, 7 and 8's.

None that I can say are a 9 on the scale.

I had someone that wanted to buy 5 of my roosters. I had them all crated up and ready to go when she got unexpected company and now doesn't know when she will make the trip. Gotta go let them loose.

I have a dilemna. I want to raise some for egg production, and breed some for show. How the heck do you guys get rid of all your unwanted roosters? I can't seem to even give them away. I know a lot of people put them in the freezer, and I am not against that, but I have a problem there, too..... I can shoot a deer, field dress it, skin it and process it. I can clean fish or whatever, but when it comes to plucking a chicken I can hardly even think about it without getting gaggy. I would definitely peuk.

I think it goes back to when I was a kid. We would raise fryers and then butcher 50 to 100 at a time. I have tried to get over this, but so far haven't. My hubby says he will do it, but then he never does.

We just keep feeding and feeding them.

I think I need to develope a good means for getting rid of extras before I start hatching too many.

 

[hcammack]

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Skin the roosters instead of plucking them.

 

[Organics North]

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Skin the roosters instead of plucking them.

I am a wimp.. Just dislike killing anything.(Yet we try to eat meat that we harvest or grew) Chickens are especially hard for me too.. I also had bad experiences with the axe and butchering as a kid.. (Still have a decapitation phobia.) With that said, I have found you can not find home for all the extra cockerels.. (Some yes)..

So I use a killing cone.. (So much less traumatic for both me and the chicken).. I skin the birds and I grind the meat.. Use it as a replacement for ground turkey, or ground beef. (This way if the kids named them, we do not know who is who in the chicken tacos.).

... Sure would love to see some pics of birds and eggies....

ON

 

[fdnick]

HI guys.. here is my 20 week old wheaten roo..
"hollywood".. he is looking pretty good but I count 6 points. daddy has 5 on his comb.. daddy is HUGE boy.. he is straight Bev lines).. what faults can you see? Plan on him going to the breeding pen next year so be HONEST!!!
thanks
Denna

 

[Debbi]

fdnick ,

Type wise, I think he is very nice. More filling out to do, but he's young yet. I really like his back and tail set. The only thing that detracts from his looks for me is the belly/thigh fluff area, that should be black, yet his is very mossy looking. Other than that, I like him!

 

[bigoakhunter]

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So glad the nasty weather did not materialize....I know how we both like storms.

We got about 5/8 of an inch of rain, here.

Dave

 

[Debbi]

Dave, Me too! Although there is still a good chance for tonight they say. Hope they stay out of your area too, we so love those storms!

 

[bigspringshatchery]

Does anyone raise Golden Cuckoo that would sell me some eggs? I'm love them and can't find anyone with any. I know that they won't be perfect and that's fine with me.