Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

Math~

Are those your SS's? Too cute! And I L-L-L-LOOOVE that little Splash chickie!

 

[Debbi]

enggass

Yes, one was 15 days, the rest were 14 days old today. Keep thinking pullet, so far, I've had more than I ever had!

 

[gilavina]

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congrats on the pullets Debbi!! thats gotta be exciting!

 

[pinkchick]

Keara~ Good luck with your eggies!!!!!!

 

[pinkchick]

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Thanks Jeremy for posting some pics. As I mentioned in my PM - I had one lone Blue Copper roo from Whitmore Farms who was clean legged. I put him in that pen of my FBCM (feathered legs) in hopes of getting some feathered-legged blue offspring. I too just hatched my first eggs from that pen and I got 4 blues, all with feathered legs, and 3 BCM. I have more due to hatch in a week so I'm hoping for some more Blue Coppers. I've removed the roo from the pen so now I only have the pure BCMs in there. I'm hoping to start my own line of Blue Coppers with this group of hatchlings. I hope you end up with a few more - keep us posted.

More exciting news coming from Bethel Farms!!!! Can't wait to see more Blue Coppers from your birds Monique! Nice job on the leg feathering of the little blue that Jeremy posted.

Bring on the Blues!!!!!!! Bring on the Blues I say!

 

[Debbi]

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Thanks Jeremy for posting some pics. As I mentioned in my PM - I had one lone Blue Copper roo from Whitmore Farms who was clean legged. I put him in that pen of my FBCM (feathered legs) in hopes of getting some feathered-legged blue offspring. I too just hatched my first eggs from that pen and I got 4 blues, all with feathered legs, and 3 BCM. I have more due to hatch in a week so I'm hoping for some more Blue Coppers. I've removed the roo from the pen so now I only have the pure BCMs in there. I'm hoping to start my own line of Blue Coppers with this group of hatchlings. I hope you end up with a few more - keep us posted.

More exciting news coming from Bethel Farms!!!! Can't wait to see more Blue Coppers from your birds Monique! Nice job on the leg feathering of the little blue that Jeremy posted.

Bring on the Blues!!!!!!! Bring on the Blues I say!

Yes! Bring on the blues, and throw that nice hackle color on your hens up to the north of you!!

 

[math ace]

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Those are my ebay SS. I have to tell you that the SS I ordered from Texas do have pinker leg color ( like they should). I am waiting to see how the two different sources of SS look in a few months.

I thought that little one was a splash. Dd was oooohing and awwwing with anticipation of having a splash marans.

So, if it is a girl and I breed it back to my BLACK copper marans roo - - - what do I get?

YEP, I was bad and always ignored any information concerning splashes, especially since I didn't have any.

 

[Debbi]

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Those are my ebay SS. I have to tell you that the SS I ordered from Texas do have pinker leg color ( like they should). I am waiting to see how the two different sources of SS look in a few months.

I thought that little one was a splash. Dd was oooohing and awwwing with anticipation of having a splash marans.

So, if it is a girl and I breed it back to my BLACK copper marans roo - - - what do I get?

YEP, I was bad and always ignored any information concerning splashes, especially since I didn't have any.

100% BLUE!

 

[pinkchick]

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Those are my ebay SS. I have to tell you that the SS I ordered from Texas do have pinker leg color ( like they should). I am waiting to see how the two different sources of SS look in a few months.

I thought that little one was a splash. Dd was oooohing and awwwing with anticipation of having a splash marans.

So, if it is a girl and I breed it back to my BLACK copper marans roo - - - what do I get?

YEP, I was bad and always ignored any information concerning splashes, especially since I didn't have any.

100% Blue

 

[enggass]

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Thanks, from what I can tell so far I'm very hopeful on the roo/pulet ratio - only 2/9 are really showing signs at this point. Still early though!
Steve