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Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!
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Go chickies, GO!!!!
Thanks Wynette, you've been so helpful & supportive
It will be an exciting next 24 hours!!!
Go chickies, GO!!!!
Thanks Wynette, you've been so helpful & supportive
Darn my long backed, mellow crow, marans roo (Reeder) has high tail!!!
Will he grow out of it?
Will he grow out of it?
I can't wait to see your chicks, Debbi! I want to hatch chicks someday. I haven't shared this with my dh. He'd really roll his eyes then!
I have my almost 3 month old BCM cockerel home (my neighbor kept him with her chicks so that he was in a flock), and I'm trying to integrate him with my 6 hens. So far, it hasn't gone well at all. I've got him in a chicken tractor right next to their pen, so they can see each other all the times, but he is terrified of the older girls. If I put one hen in the tractor with him, he keeps trying to get away, and the hen just sat there, looking at him like, "What in the world is YOUR problem?!"
I'm hoping with time he won't be so intimidated by the older girls. He was very much the top of the pecking order with his nestmates, so I'm guessing his ego suffered a huge blow when he met these birds and they put him in his place.
I'm thinking he probably is overmelanized, am I right?
I have my almost 3 month old BCM cockerel home (my neighbor kept him with her chicks so that he was in a flock), and I'm trying to integrate him with my 6 hens. So far, it hasn't gone well at all. I've got him in a chicken tractor right next to their pen, so they can see each other all the times, but he is terrified of the older girls. If I put one hen in the tractor with him, he keeps trying to get away, and the hen just sat there, looking at him like, "What in the world is YOUR problem?!"
I'm hoping with time he won't be so intimidated by the older girls. He was very much the top of the pecking order with his nestmates, so I'm guessing his ego suffered a huge blow when he met these birds and they put him in his place.
I'm thinking he probably is overmelanized, am I right?
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He does not look over melanized to me. He has nice color balance so far, and at 3 months he's still got a way to go to be fully colored. Nice long back and nice tail set too. Please be careful rushing the integration with the flock, they can be quite brutal to a new comer! The hens are worse than the roos!! What I do is put young chicks in their own pen within the flock's run. They can see them and get used to them, without getting them. Then after about 6 weeks in their own pen, I move the chicks into the main coop at night, before sunset so the big birds can see them. The chicks are in a seperate pen inside the main coop. A few more weeks of this action. Then and only when the chicks are almost the size of the adults, do I turn them loose in the main run...and SUPERVISE! There will be a few skirmishes, but they usually get bored with it after awhile. Pecking order needs to be established, and it usually is within a few days. It may sound like a pain to do, but this has worked great for me. Others will have their own ideas on the subject.
He does not look over melanized to me. He has nice color balance so far, and at 3 months he's still got a way to go to be fully colored. Nice long back and nice tail set too. Please be careful rushing the integration with the flock, they can be quite brutal to a new comer! The hens are worse than the roos!! What I do is put young chicks in their own pen within the flock's run. They can see them and get used to them, without getting them. Then after about 6 weeks in their own pen, I move the chicks into the main coop at night, before sunset so the big birds can see them. The chicks are in a seperate pen inside the main coop. A few more weeks of this action. Then and only when the chicks are almost the size of the adults, do I turn them loose in the main run...and SUPERVISE! There will be a few skirmishes, but they usually get bored with it after awhile. Pecking order needs to be established, and it usually is within a few days. It may sound like a pain to do, but this has worked great for me. Others will have their own ideas on the subject.
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I've been told that "the trick" is to be able to sit on the eggs for three weeks without breaking any. Good Luck!
I've been told that "the trick" is to be able to sit on the eggs for three weeks without breaking any. Good Luck!
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I've been told that "the trick" is to be able to sit on the eggs for three weeks without breaking any. Good Luck!
He might not be overmelanized sometimes they lighten up a little as they get older especially on the hackles. I would put one or two of the most docile hens in with him and make sure he has a few hiding places. He will get used to them and be trying to mate them in no time lol.
I've been told that "the trick" is to be able to sit on the eggs for three weeks without breaking any. Good Luck!
He might not be overmelanized sometimes they lighten up a little as they get older especially on the hackles. I would put one or two of the most docile hens in with him and make sure he has a few hiding places. He will get used to them and be trying to mate them in no time lol.
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