Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[math ace]

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Man oh Man, I just seem to have all your answers tonight robnms!

For those interested in showing, here is the point system French Black Coppers will be judged on:

Symmetry 4
Weight or size 4
Condition & vigor 10
Comb 5
Beak 3
Skull & face 4
Eyes 4
Wattles 2
Earlobes 4
Neck 6
Back 12
Tail 8
Wings 8
Breast 10
Body & fluff 8
Legs & toes 8

 

[math ace]

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MISSED YOU TOO!

GEEBS is in the HOUSE !

 

[Ivywoods]

Math- You need to go to bed, girl. Get some sleep so you will be ready to finish that coop.

You are already WAY ahead of me. With out rain it is too muddy to get back to the old barn with the skidsteer to pick up all the old block that is laying around, and I'll be durnden if I am going to haul that all out of there by hand!

I bet it will be the end of summer at best before my barn is ready for chickens.

 

[Ivywoods]

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OH MY! Those hens are BEAUTIFUL!

I wish mine looked like that. Some of mine show almost NO coppering on their necks.

 

[VillageChicken]

Those are Moniques hens aren't they? Yeah, they're what we're all shooting for I think.

Hey Geebsie, we've missed you. It's not the same thread without you. Welcome back.

 

[VillageChicken]

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I personally like a little less spindly comb points, out here where it gets cold, I think a chunkier comb that is more blade base and less point height survives the cold better. I wonder if there is an ideal, like 50% blade:50% points, or 60% blade and 40% points. I wonder what pleases judges more? I know most of us are just happy to get 5 uniform points.

 

[Hens and Roos]

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We have you in our thoughts and prayers that it works out

 

[robnms]

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Man oh Man, I just seem to have all your answers tonight robnms!

For those interested in showing, here is the point system French Black Coppers will be judged on:

Symmetry 4
Weight or size 4
Condition & vigor 10
Comb 5
Beak 3
Skull & face 4
Eyes 4
Wattles 2
Earlobes 4
Neck 6
Back 12
Tail 8
Wings 8
Breast 10
Body & fluff 8
Legs & toes 8

Thanks for the info!!

 

[robnms]

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Yes, those are Moniques. I just used the pic because it was clear.

 

[Debbi]

WELCOME BACK GEEBS!!!!

robnms, I thought that second pic looked like Ruth's birds! Her pic gets used a lot!

VC, As to the proportion of points to blade ratio, personally, I would love to see the 5 points, evenly serrated, and a neat, off the neck blade, that maybe encompasses about 1/4 of the comb. I agree with you about the height of the points, it is rough on the roos in the cold weather. I had some get some frostbite this past winter, but luckily, it has healed and no height was lost.