Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Raven1]

Yah for you glad they are on the way! Too bad we are a week apart. I put a set of Whites in also that are about 4 days behind my Birchens so

for both of us!!

 

[pinkchick]

Vicki~ He does have a nice amount of shank feathering....not heavy, but not sparse, but no feathers on the outer toe. The gals that I have in mind to test him to have nice shank feathering with feathering on the outer toes so it should help even the offspring out. And yes he is a nice size, my best friend saw them for the first time this weekend since they have been here and she argued with me that he is bigger than Bill Sr. but he is not. If I have time someday I will get a weight on him and some more photos. Gotta get some more photos of Lil' Bill for Jeremy too.
Have a great day all! It's a beautiful sunny frosted morning here, burr!

 

[Debbi]

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LIKE A SILKIE???

Oh lawdy, no!

A Silkie vault is a cerebral hernia, literally. My Marans would be dropping dead left and right with the way they can get to pecking!

 

[WildHorseMountain]

Just curious, has anyone here bred their different colored Marans, and what was the outcome?

 

[geebs]

Outcome was chicken soup.

 

[math ace]

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indeed...that's why I just said it might be something to watch for...I might be a bit unconventional in how I do things, but I am fascinated by growth and development of birds and sometimes they do grow out of it and sometimes they don't. I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers by mentioning it at all

Gilavina,

You didn't ruffle any of my feathers... I just don't know how common or reliable or easily identifing weird shaped heads can be done at this age.

UNCOVENTIONAL - What a HOOT! CHICKENS are the epitome of UNCONVENTIONAL when is comes to pets

I think it is GREAT that you have observed something like this.... I am just wondering if others have noticed it too. If so, then it might be a reliable tool to assist with culling decisions especially since crows head is a DQ.

I LOVE it

when people share what they have observed... It helps us all out!

The marans thread has ALWAYS been the BEST thread as far as people being willing to share what they are observing....

Snowbird and the brown fluff....
Geebs and the amount of white on the chicks...
and now
Gilavina with head shape of chicks...

So, my turn to apologize Gilavina, I didn't mean to offend you will I questioned this observation. It was just my way of seeing if I could get anyone else out there to validate or confirm your observations....

 

[math ace]

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Thanks!

My dad is keeping me away from the computer. I get enough time to read, but am to tired usually to respond to much.

 

[gilavina]

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indeed...that's why I just said it might be something to watch for...I might be a bit unconventional in how I do things, but I am fascinated by growth and development of birds and sometimes they do grow out of it and sometimes they don't. I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers by mentioning it at all

Gilavina,

You didn't ruffle any of my feathers... I just don't know how common or reliable or easily identifing weird shaped heads can be done at this age.

UNCOVENTIONAL - What a HOOT! CHICKENS are the epitome of UNCONVENTIONAL when is comes to pets

I think it is GREAT that you have observed something like this.... I am just wondering if others have noticed it too. If so, then it might be a reliable tool to assist with culling decisions especially since crows head is a DQ.

I LOVE it

when people share what they have observed... It helps us all out!

The marans thread has ALWAYS been the BEST thread as far as people being willing to share what they are observing....

Snowbird and the brown fluff....
Geebs and the amount of white on the chicks...
and now
Gilavina with head shape of chicks...

So, my turn to apologize Gilavina, I didn't mean to offend you will I questioned this observation. It was just my way of seeing if I could get anyone else out there to validate or confirm your observations....

You didn't offend me at all Lisa!! I have this quirky habit in a conversation having already thought through several things and so when I start talking I don't start from the very beginning or explain my reasoning...I just say a statement and don't realize the other person or people involved don't automatically have access to what's been going on in my brain

I've gotten better at it, but if I ever say something, and you are sitting there thinking...what the heck, where did this come from, its probably one of those cases. I grew up sorting and culling my dad's birds since he's legally blind and he would teach me all sorts of strange things. My favorite still is where I close my eyes and will feel the shape of the head or etc. As my dad always says, 'you can still learn alot about how a bird looks from a blind man'

 

[Wynette]

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Or....best not to mix varieties.

 

[math ace]

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It is funny... BUT I have heard Snowbird tell folks several times to go feel a birds back to see if it is narrowing towards the tail, confirming that you and your dad were onto something with the "don't just look" at the bird to evaluate it!