Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Hens and Roos]

Love the pictures-don't you just love how they nap!

 

[math ace]

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Considering they run around non-stop until they CRASH - - - it reminds me of when my children were two and I would lay them down for a nap. They would scream - - - " I NOT TIRED, I NOT TIRED" and then they would sleep for a couple of hours.

Not the fuzzy butts though! They sleep for a couple of minutes and then off they go again!

 

[Hens and Roos]

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Considering they run around non-stop until they CRASH - - - it reminds me of when my children were two and I would lay them down for a nap. They would scream - - - " I NOT TIRED, I NOT TIRED" and then they would sleep for a couple of hours.

Not the fuzzy butts though! They sleep for a couple of minutes and then off they go again!

Kind of reminds me of my DS(5), he is non stop from the time he gets up until you can get him to sit still for 5 minutes. He sits down and one minute he's talking and the next out!

 

[kathyinmo]

I went to the ILL-MO show today. There were 2 BCM females, 2 splash females, 1 blue. I did not photograph them.

My honest opinion .....

My rumpless boy looks better than what I saw.

 

[math ace]

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There was some talk on here about there being large quantities of good show quality stock.
If we, byc members, are a represenative of the marans population in whole, then I have a hard time believing that there will be that many breeders who are going to have marans that meet the new standards . . ..

I hope I am wrong - - - really hope I am wrong. Only time will tell. I won't get to a Florida chicken show until January. The one I went to last year did not even have any on display. There was a table set up with information about them, but no one was showing any.

 

[pinkchick]

Hi Friends! Congrats Math! The babies are great!

 

[math ace]

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WHAT did you like ? ?

 

[kathyinmo]

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WHAT did you like ? ?

I liked the chili dogs and brownies.

Well, it was a small show. 800 entries, 62 exhibitors. Less than 100 Large Fowl. Alot of water fowl. 147 Junior entries (YAY for our future!)

 

[bigspringshatchery]

I picked up 3 bcm hens from a guy in Georgia yesterday. Two of them are laying. About how long till they get use to being here and start giving me dark eggs?

 

[The Point]

OK, While all is quiet I have 8 4 1/2mo. old cockerels for everyone to look at. Don't need any sugarcoat, they here to learn from....

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I think I will save the other 4 for later, so it doesn't become even more overwhelming than it already is

Edited because the top of #4 pick was wrong