Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Keara]

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Debbi,

They are 6-months old. The roo has been all over my older chickens for months. But just this week I caught him on one of my BCM hens that is the same age as he is. I'll wait a week before I go searching the neighbors garage.

thanks!

 

[berkeleysprings]

its starting to get cold here to, in the 30,s ..... a few years back when we started the first of our wheaten marans it toook 10 months to get the first egg i started running a light in the coop for 2 hours in the evening and i up the Protein level ,,but its been almost 2 months since we got a egg from wheaten they all starting molting process about 2 months ago and feathers are almost completely in soo I hope to have some eggs soon !


All the time needed to go frombought egg to laying an egg I don’t know how people have so many generations of birds ,,,I started about 2 years ago and I only have the parent stock of pure davis , and Presley and i have a first generation of cross birds and its almost 2 years later and cant wait to start the next around xmass is when they start back to heavy laying for us Protein level ,,but its been almost 2 months since we got a egg from wheaten they all starting molting process about 2 months ago and feathers are almost completely in soo I hope to have some eggs soon !


All the time needed to go from egg to layiong an egg I don’t know how people have so many generations of birds ,,,I started about 2 years ago and I only have the parent stock of pure davis , and Presley and have a first generation of cross birds and its almost 2 years later and cant wait to start the next around xmass is when they start back to heavy laying for us …when they say (i think they say )in the apa you have to have been breeding for 5 years or something like that they don’t mean the same 6 hens and a roo for 5 years they mean from generation to next generation breeding true ?i have never entered a bird in a show but I would like to some day but it seems to me it should say instead of 5 years of breeding it should say 8 generations of breeding true ,,,,i was just wondering on others thoughts about this


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[pinkchick]

Poularde~

Don't lose hope with them. We work with what we have, I too think that I saw something that I am not very happy about on my Gnarles boy yesterday while I was escaping the masses in my house, yep......the dreaded white feather in the tail. I almost cried. He is a year and a half old and I thought for sure I was home free.....no way could a white feather pop up now I told myself, so I went in for a closer inspection and sure enough a small amount of white is showing. After I picked my jaw up off the ground and headed back to my very full house, I reminded myself that it could be worse and that these birds ARE project birds. I took a moment and recalled some of the first Marans that I had, talk about a bad joke, after reflecting on the first ones for just a second and ending up in a hearty laugh, I turned and took another good look at what I think is still one of the best Marans roosters I have ever had, I am happy with him even with his faults and I will continue to work with him.
No use tearing down the barn if the structure is still good and all it needs is a maybe a loose board or two fixed and a new coat of paint.

 

[geebs]

Pink... Where did you find your chickie again...I looked everywhere... So glad to see it has return in true form.... Good morning all.
Hope the holiday was as wonderful for you as it was for me.. Have to go outside yet and check on birdies... Such a worry leaving em... but it would be crazy to take em...... wouldn't it????

 

[Happy Chooks]

Kim, maybe it was the wine making it look white.

Even if he does have a white feather, your birds are beautiful, don't let it discourage you.

 

[pinkchick]

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Found it in the deep dark depths of some dumped files on my 'puter!

Thanks!

Holiday was great! Tiring, but great fun!

 

[geebs]

Gnarles is useful as a breeder regardless.... He is too pretty to waste... What is show and what is used for breeding are not the same thing... No worries about him, friend. I too am chilling after the throngs of ppl... I just want a dark room and a puzzle...LOL.

 

[pinkchick]

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Wine!?!?!?!?!?!?! I totally forgot the WINE!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew I was missing something.

Thanks Chooks!

I am not discouraged now.....I was for about 30 seconds, until the images of the first Marans I ever had flashed back across my minds eye. Like I said......no use tearing down a perfectly good barn if the bones are good and it only needs a little paint.

 

[pinkchick]

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No worries Jan, I will still use him. A white feather is not going to hold me back. I think OntheSpot asked once not too long ago, who would rather work with a white feather and good tail set vs something else I can't remember, well anywho I stated that I would rather work with a nice tail set and a white feather.........so be it then, thats what it is.

 

[Debbi]

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No worries Jan, I will still use him. A white feather is not going to hold me back. I think OntheSpot asked once not too long ago, who would rather work with a white feather and good tail set vs something else I can't remember, well anywho I stated that I would rather work with a nice tail set and a white feather.........so be it then, thats what it is.

...or, you could fill Gnarles' backpack and point him towards MO, specifically, MY HOUSE!