Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[gilavina]

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Oh no....that little blue is making me wanna turn the incubator back on again. NO no no no no!!! I will not do it!

you know you want to!!

Better yet send the "blue" eggs to me and I'll keep mine running

haha you're awful! such and enabler! When I feel like my blues have improved enough...I might perhaps have hatching eggs...for now they are in the project phase...but showing good improvements. I forget what colors you raise...i haven't been on at the same time as you for a while.

 

[Hens and Roos]

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you know you want to!!

Better yet send the "blue" eggs to me and I'll keep mine running

haha you're awful! such and enabler! When I feel like my blues have improved enough...I might perhaps have hatching eggs...for now they are in the project phase...but showing good improvements. I forget what colors you raise...i haven't been on at the same time as you for a while.

sure, we were talking about my Blue Cuckoo Marans boy-pictures of him are probably several pages back!

 

[gilavina]

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haha you're awful! such and enabler! When I feel like my blues have improved enough...I might perhaps have hatching eggs...for now they are in the project phase...but showing good improvements. I forget what colors you raise...i haven't been on at the same time as you for a while.

sure, we were talking about my Blue Cuckoo Marans boy-pictures of him are probably several pages back!

ahhhh yes yes...what pretty boy indeed. I promised you a pic of that boy of mine that reminds me of yours didn't I? this has been a crazy week....surprised I still have my head on straight haha Maybe I can run out in a few minutes and see if he is around and get a pic for you

 

[Hens and Roos]

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sure, we were talking about my Blue Cuckoo Marans boy-pictures of him are probably several pages back!

ahhhh yes yes...what pretty boy indeed. I promised you a pic of that boy of mine that reminds me of yours didn't I? this has been a crazy week....surprised I still have my head on straight haha Maybe I can run out in a few minutes and see if he is around and get a pic for you

no problem, I understand all about crazy weeks!

 

[gilavina]

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ahhhh yes yes...what pretty boy indeed. I promised you a pic of that boy of mine that reminds me of yours didn't I? this has been a crazy week....surprised I still have my head on straight haha Maybe I can run out in a few minutes and see if he is around and get a pic for you

no problem, I understand all about crazy weeks!

thanks! I'll run out quick and get a shot or two of him for you! Be right back.

 

[enggass]

Ok, so I just got my first egg from who I think was my BCM. Not sure because my Wellies are the same age, however I suspect the Marans because she showed signs of maturity and squatting earlier. My question is are the first eggs always dark right off the bat? Or does it take some time for the inkjets to get going? The egg I got is a dark'ish' red'ish' color, but definitely not a Marans color. There are some signs of dark smear, almost blood like, and a few little dark specs... Marans? or Wellie? Small of course as well...

 

[pinkchick]

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Congrats on the first egg! Photo is a must to identify.

Sometimes their first eggs are not dark, but they will or can have specks and yes it can take some time for their ink jets to warm up and yes they can darken upon continued laying. Is it really pointy or is it slightly rounder? All my first Wellie eggs are pretty pointy and the Marans eggs are usually a little rounder.

*Pink...patiently waits for egg photos*

 

[gilavina]

Ok...so got a quick shot of him before he was off running after the others that stole all the chunks of watermelon I took out for them.

there's definitely differences but quite a few similarities too. This boy is a cross between a silver cuckoo cockerel and a birchen. I don't know what color you would call him...he'll make a good protector for the layer flock tho

 

[enggass]

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Congrats on the first egg! Photo is a must to identify.

Sometimes their first eggs are not dark, but they will or can have specks and yes it can take some time for their ink jets to warm up and yes they can darken upon continued laying. Is it really pointy or is it slightly rounder? All my first Wellie eggs are pretty pointy and the Marans eggs are usually a little rounder.

*Pink...patiently waits for egg photos*

You asked for it... This is with no flash - window sill on a cloudy - Hurricane - day...

Marans or Wellie?
Steve

ETA, That is a Penny next to it for size reference...

 

[pinkchick]

I am going to say that this is a Marans egg....just because of how dark the speckles are, but then again some of my Wellies lay a very nice egg and they get some nice dark speckles, but I am going to stick with Marans...watch I'll be wrong.

Do you have a photo of the girl you suspect is guilty of laying this pretty little egg?

Here is a first egg from one of my girls that is almost the same age as your girl. I think she has given me about 5 eggs so far and they all look very similar to this one.

and here it is with that very pretty egg I got the other day.

Gilavina~ He is a very pretty rooster....is he a blue cuckoo? I love his barring everywhere!