Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[The Point]

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POINT - - Dh wants to know what exactly your incubator is made from - - -

Is it a wine cooler? Deli meats cooler ? ?

Who makes it ? ?

Give me more infor - - PLEASE - - BEFORE I have to HURT Dh!

It is a Kenmore wine cooler. It is 33.5 in tall and 20.5 deep and wide.

 

[Hens and Roos]

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, cute chick, not sure what you have there- we just got our eggs today to hatch out. Hopefully someone else will be able to help you out.

 

[math ace]

Thank you Ruth for answering . . . I appreciate that you took the time to answer my questions.

 

[wolftracks]

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I'll probably look dumb, but I say pullet. LOL

 

[math ace]

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HEY LURKER - - - Welcome to the MARANS thread.

Princess, I have had horrid luck sexing chicks. I would do better just closing my eyes and flipping a coin - - Heads (girls) or Tails (boys).

So, I am not even going to volunteer a guess. I just wanted to say "HI" and welcome to the thread!

 

[ruth]

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HEY LURKER - - - Welcome to the MARANS thread.

Princess, I have had horrid luck sexing chicks. I would do better just closing my eyes and flipping a coin - - Heads (girls) or Tails (boys).

So, I am not even going to volunteer a guess. I just wanted to say "HI" and welcome to the thread!

Ditto.

Welcome and I too don't even attempt to sex them. But hang around, there's lots of info here.

 

[math ace]

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POINT - - Dh wants to know what exactly your incubator is made from - - -

Is it a wine cooler? Deli meats cooler ? ?

Who makes it ? ?

Give me more infor - - PLEASE - - BEFORE I have to HURT Dh!

It is a Kenmore wine cooler. It is 33.5 in tall and 20.5 deep and wide.

I WON that little disagreement with Dh!

Now Dh wants to know - - -

1.) SHELVING - - is that original shelving or something else?

2.) TEMPERATURE CONTROL - - How are you regulating the temperature?

3.) Air Circulation - - Are you using the original fan for air circulation or did you install something else.

THANKS

 

[sewandgrow]

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I probably can't be much help Lisa but here is how it is here..........I have 5 girls in the breeding pen that are cloer to Sop than the 5 exiled to the layer pen that weree mossy & had feather shaft problems. The layer pen seem to have at least 2 good consistent dark layer (5) & 2 or 3 a little lighter (4). The ones in the open breeder pen seem to do real weel for awhile then boom................a lighter egg shows up but then back to the darker ones. I haven't trapped them to figure out what is going on. I am now keeping the darkest eggs from only the breeding pen. For me that is only a 6 but from decent looking ladies. I am doind a test hatch of 10 eggs that I put in today. I hatched out 30 chicks yesterday but they were all Ameraucanas from Harry Shaffer (Lavendars) & Chickie Lady Blues, blk/splits & lav. I have been selling most of my own hatching eggs because the incubator was full of other breeder's eggs. Now I have a little room.

 

[math ace]

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It helps. .. it sounds like your girls lay the same color pretty consistently. Do you know which line your stock originated from?

 

[Lotsapaints]

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