Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[DMRippy]

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haha well they do say the redheads are kinda ornery like that...so I'll let the 'devil' comment slide

considering its one redhead to another. haha

Speaking of the devil.... Did you get my email?

 

[gilavina]

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haha well they do say the redheads are kinda ornery like that...so I'll let the 'devil' comment slide

considering its one redhead to another. haha

Speaking of the devil.... Did you get my email?

Yes! I was just playing catch up on emails tonight...I have wads I didn't check over the last couple weeks. I'll go back and look at the email again and reply

Thanks for being patient...things should hopefully be settling down now that I've gotten past the show and the exotic sale stuff.

 

[DMRippy]

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Speaking of the devil.... Did you get my email?

Yes! I was just playing catch up on emails tonight...I have wads I didn't check over the last couple weeks. I'll go back and look at the email again and reply

Thanks for being patient...things should hopefully be settling down now that I've gotten past the show and the exotic sale stuff.

No rush.... just anxious

 

[gilavina]

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Yes! I was just playing catch up on emails tonight...I have wads I didn't check over the last couple weeks. I'll go back and look at the email again and reply

Thanks for being patient...things should hopefully be settling down now that I've gotten past the show and the exotic sale stuff.

No rush.... just anxious

workin on replying now lady! I'm typing as my fingers will let me

 

[DMRippy]

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No rush.... just anxious

workin on replying now lady! I'm typing as my fingers will let me

Faster! Did I ask that many questions????

take your time really!

 

[gilavina]

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workin on replying now lady! I'm typing as my fingers will let me

Faster! Did I ask that many questions????

take your time really!

haha...I sent it off...you didn't ask a ton of questions, but ones I felt needed a clear laid out reply.

 

[DMRippy]

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Faster! Did I ask that many questions????

take your time really!

haha...I sent it off...you didn't ask a ton of questions, but ones I felt needed a clear laid out reply.

You're the BEST! Thanks! Hubby wants one for thanksgiving... the mean one. I am going to be putting him in a small pen by himself SOON. Sick of not being able to go in the Marans pen.

So the new Marans Babies... Both seem to be roos.... what do you have in the water over there Becky!

One is Blue (not splash) no copper yet at 3 weeks but the Black copper has lots of copper on his wings. Both are just huge next to the other chicks, even my production reds! That poor tiny Lav Am in with all those giant chicks...

Soon to have a bachelor pen so roos will not be a problem anymore.

 

[gilavina]

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haha...I sent it off...you didn't ask a ton of questions, but ones I felt needed a clear laid out reply.

You're the BEST! Thanks! Hubby wants one for thanksgiving... the mean one. I am going to be putting him in a small pen by himself SOON. Sick of not being able to go in the Marans pen.

So the new Marans Babies... Both seem to be roos.... what do you have in the water over there Becky!

One is Blue (not splash) no copper yet at 3 weeks but the Black copper has lots of copper on his wings. Both are just huge next to the other chicks, even my production reds! That poor tiny Lav Am in with all those giant chicks...

Soon to have a bachelor pen so roos will not be a problem anymore.

haha no problem...happy to help! Last year I had two cull boys for thanksgiving and everyone loved them. They were fantastic.

I don't know what the deal is with the last two hatches for me...but out of 7 chicks I have 5 or 6 pullets. I seem to be having the opposite problem. The funny part is that I really wanted more cockerels....always seems to be that way. All these chicks were cuckoos...and the funny part is that the three pullets in the oldest hatch are just huge and dwarf the cockerel in that hatch..its kinda funny! They are gonna be big girls!

 

[DMRippy]

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You're the BEST! Thanks! Hubby wants one for thanksgiving... the mean one. I am going to be putting him in a small pen by himself SOON. Sick of not being able to go in the Marans pen.

So the new Marans Babies... Both seem to be roos.... what do you have in the water over there Becky!

One is Blue (not splash) no copper yet at 3 weeks but the Black copper has lots of copper on his wings. Both are just huge next to the other chicks, even my production reds! That poor tiny Lav Am in with all those giant chicks...

Soon to have a bachelor pen so roos will not be a problem anymore.

haha no problem...happy to help! Last year I had two cull boys for thanksgiving and everyone loved them. They were fantastic.

I don't know what the deal is with the last two hatches for me...but out of 7 chicks I have 5 or 6 pullets. I seem to be having the opposite problem. The funny part is that I really wanted more cockerels....always seems to be that way. All these chicks were cuckoos...and the funny part is that the three pullets in the oldest hatch are just huge and dwarf the cockerel in that hatch..its kinda funny! They are gonna be big girls!

Most of my hatches so far have been pullet heavy.... I think. I pulled 10 roos out of 26 (11 weeks old so should be close) and the next hatch of 15 I see 6 roos. I have not yet done a head count on the 2-3 week olds yet.

I need some good unrelated Roos for the Marans so that is fine. Just the next batch from Becky needs to be ALL pullets.

 

[gilavina]

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haha no problem...happy to help! Last year I had two cull boys for thanksgiving and everyone loved them. They were fantastic.

I don't know what the deal is with the last two hatches for me...but out of 7 chicks I have 5 or 6 pullets. I seem to be having the opposite problem. The funny part is that I really wanted more cockerels....always seems to be that way. All these chicks were cuckoos...and the funny part is that the three pullets in the oldest hatch are just huge and dwarf the cockerel in that hatch..its kinda funny! They are gonna be big girls!

Most of my hatches so far have been pullet heavy.... I think. I pulled 10 roos out of 26 (11 weeks old so should be close) and the next hatch of 15 I see 6 roos. I have not yet done a head count on the 2-3 week olds yet.

I need some good unrelated Roos for the Marans so that is fine. Just the next batch from Becky needs to be ALL pullets.

haha man...if I could speak and make it so on hatches...I'd be hatching left and right! haha