Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[poularde]

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So pretty...

Love the spots!

 

[sewandgrow]

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Great eggs Medicine Man........Good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mountain Mel]

OK...here it goes....if this works it will be my first uploads of the first pictures ever taken with my first ever digital camera...
These would be my Cuckoo Maran hens (with some Welsummers & others in the background...

 

[Mountain Mel]

I can't believe it worked! I am Soooo cool right now!

 

[dldolan]

Ok...here is day 5!

I love the "what the heck" stare...

 

[Ivywoods]

Mel-Glad the pictures came through. I like your "beefy" looking hens.

dldolan-so cute!

Back to the blood spots. I don't use artificial lights. The problem is only in my marans, even though all variables are the same for my other breeds, so it has to be a genetic thing. I guess I should plan to use the marans eggs myself and only sell eggs from my BO's and BJG's.

I hatched 3 BCM's Dec. 1. It appears I have one roo and 2 pullets. The roo is definitely a cull, as I can see a spike growing off the side of his comb. I can't remember the word for it... sprue maybe?

It's too early to tell much about the hens, but they all have moderate feathering on their legs, and they all have a white feather or two in their wings. If I'm not happy with them as they get a little older, perhaps I will sell them as a trio. (I certainly won't advertise them as show quality, but simply as dark egg layers. I hatched them from my darkest eggs.)

Edited for spelling... I guess I'm tired and it's 4:15a.m. here.

Tyme two hyt thhe hey.

 

[Keara]

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I'm no pro either, but learning every day; and I will admit to being quite good at knowing a cockrel from a pullet.

Nice to meet you acechix

Between the two of us we should clean house at regoinal fairs!

When you are getting eggs we should talk swaps, and who else has nice birds. I go to Gilford NH regularly to visit my parents.

 

[Keara]

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That is my plan, thanks for the encouragement Geebs. I have been talking up the breed round here and have a few who want chicks. Thou to be honest non are as chicken crazy as me. I think!

 

[Keara]

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No I refuse to believe any westerners are beginners..... can't be true!

glad to know I'm not alone. Yes lots to learn here!

 

[berkeleysprings]

missing or underdeveloped toe ,,,, some birds do that might b genetic
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