Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[rsquared]

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geebs, your gonna cave for sure....sell my extra eggs here and a neighbor down the road told me he opend my carton and exclaimed it looked like a "jewel box", made me feel great to have my efforts appreciated locally!!! Have variety of browns, blues and olive eggers in various shades. Those OEs' are just fabulous!!!!

 

[geebs]

Ug...one of these days.... one of these days.....

Hey guys if you have any pull with the man upstairs I have a lost shipment of juveniles...they were to arrive today. (all the precautions and shipping extras were covered) but they got lost somewhere between the east coast and here... I could use a little closet time... I am just sickened....

 

[Cadeau]

oh no Geebs!!

um...horse people would say they're "jingling their curb chains" for you or giving you "jingles"....what do chicken people say???

Anyhow - a some (((hugs))) and well wishes that your "kids" are just a little lost and will arrive in great shape, just a bit late!

 

[rsquared]

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Pinks....gorgeous pic. Love the contrasts in color. Starting to pack here for the move, not a fun job. Trying to pare down and simplify life somewhat even though the OR house has a 1k more sq ft than I currently have. Very stressful time here as I'm leaving kinfolk......trying to have a positive attitude.

Okay thread folks need your input. Am moving from the midwest to the Pacific Northwest and am planning on taking the best of the best of my breeding stock with me. Soliciting input on the best way to move approx 40 birds with me. Am considering purchasing a small horse trailer and modifying for Chickens. Has anyone moved with birds before? All input is welcomed

 

[geebs]

IDK... Never heard that before.... But thanks.... Post office has offered refund and insurance compensation but that doesn't fix it... There is still some babies out there LOST!!!! I hope someone has the compassion to open the box and water them.

 

[math ace]

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Yeah Yeah Yeah...thats what they all say LOL! Nice eggs though!

PINK, my last hatch for a few months is in the incubator right NOW. Hatch date for them is May 26.

I've got a broody and am thinking about letting her have some of these eggs. I didn't get to move her today because we had this huge storm come through.
Perhaps tomorrow, she can be moved. . .

 

[math ace]

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Hello Knight,

Welcome back to the marans thread. .. . . Glad you got some chicks! We love pics

 

[Hens and Roos]

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for the birds and

for you. Hope that someone will take care of them!

 

[flgardengirl]

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Yeah Yeah Yeah...thats what they all say LOL! Nice eggs though!

PINK, my last hatch for a few months is in the incubator right NOW. Hatch date for them is May 26.

I've got a broody and am thinking about letting her have some of these eggs. I didn't get to move her today because we had this huge storm come through.
Perhaps tomorrow, she can be moved. . .

Mathace, did you lose power with that storm. What a wild one that was, we had tree limbs down, plants blown over, kept losing power off and on.
The chickens all freaked and ran into their coops, under the boat or cars, etc lol. I never noticed how tiny my adult silkies were until they were totally soaked today LOL!

 

[Mountain Mel]

I thought I was done with baby chicks for the year

, then Pinkchick shows those gorgeous olive eggs that she is shoving into the 'bator

...and I just came up missing one of my OE's

....and I just gave her that gorgeous OE Roo

....oh, OK...I guess I can wait until next year....