Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[sabella]

Wynette, I think it would cost less than feeding a flock and babies till their old enough to keep/cull. And I agree with Snowbird that it would be expensive. Sherman has got to be 8 pounds now. He is a hunk of a rooster!

 

[snowbird]

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Can't remember the exact weight but believe it is 7-8 pounds for the single shipper. From where I live everything has to go to Detroit Metro for shipments. It is much cheaper and less of a chance if you can find someone that is honest and will ship good bred fowl.

 

[sabella]

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Sabella, I will give you some advice on breeding this BC female and get some Blue Copper young . You would want to use a splash male out of the Blue Copper for best results. I am going by what I know and not from any of the formulas out. Your male has some Mahogany on his back and should only be bred to a splash female to get the best results.

I will have splashes in the future. I have a Blue Copper female so I expect some splashes out of her and Sherman. If I don't sell the problem pullet I will try to get a splash cockerel worth keeping from Sherman.

My current flock is Sherman, one Blue copper female and two BCM females. They're my first chickens. I recently added three EE girls, but that isn't relevant to this thread.

 

[geebs]

So are you saying Don.. that you would consider shipping???? I would love to see what you have been working on....... Wanna trade... (just kidding)...you would probably eat mine!!! LOL

I guarantee them to all be food....

I do have room for some of your stock here in Oregon..Just give me notice and I will clean out a spot!!! You said they are Wade Jeanne... Where did you get your original stock (if you don't mind my asking). I do have that Presley influence that is a bugger... I would love to get rid of the skittles with a wide load of a dark rooster...

 

[snowbird]

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Jan, It will be a while before I know for sure what I have made this year. I will cull the oldest three hundred this weekend and looking mostly for cull males. They are 6-7 weeks old. I have a lot more that I had planned, and I have two more incubators yet to hatch. All the culls I do not put in the freezer will go to a local auction for the ethnic groups.

 

[geebs]

That was my other question... what in the world do you do with all the culls... Sheesh.. that is a lot of birds.

 

[geebs]

Well I have seen the pictures you posted of the coops....

Now lets see the FREEZER

It must be a bigun!!!

I am sorry to be redundant but what stock did you start with... I know they are clearly yours at this point but what was the jumping off point... I still have the baby colors stuck in my head... and how different yours look from mine.

 

[math ace]

KEARA,

TODAY is DAY 21. I hear peeping, but don't see any pipping yet.
This is my LAST HATCH for a while

Hoping it is a GREAT one

Just want to say :

 

[Keara]

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Lisa,

Does that mean I can take your address out of my wallet now?

Peeping is good

Glad to hear it.... keeping my fingers crossed for you to get more roosters!

Summer arrived here in Vermont today, hope the weather is treating you nice in Fl?

-Keara

 

[Wynette]

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BEST of good hatch vibes comin' your way!