Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[upthecreek]

Birchens eggs look very dark to me .... or is it the camera ?



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[rancher hicks]

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There are lots of us out west

Rancher there isn't such an animal aparently or maybe I just didn't hold on to the bad ones long enough for them to be GOOD husbands HAHA!



Yeah it's a good thing women think that or some men would never get married. A woman thinks of three things when she gets married. The Aisle, the Alter and Him. I'll , alter him.

 

[chevgrl]

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Rancher there isn't such an animal aparently or maybe I just didn't hold on to the bad ones long enough for them to be GOOD husbands HAHA!



Yeah it's a good thing women think that or some men would never get married. A woman thinks of three things when she gets married. The Aisle, the Alter and Him. I'll , alter him.

HAha!

 

[rancher hicks]

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Are Birchens auto sexed?

 

[gilavina]

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Are Birchens auto sexed?

no they are not auto sexed like say cuckoos can be. Once you get familiar with a line of birds tho it becomes easier to tell who is who.

 

[rancher hicks]

Clearly I'm going to have to follow this post. What can you tell me about Green Fires and where else would they come from? The ones I expect are from the Green Fire line. I realize they don't work for perfection but it's a place to start.

 

[gilavina]

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I know that Green Fire has worked with Bev Davis in the past to procure stock for them to sell. I also do know however that they don't exclusively work with only her line. Was it blue birchens you said you were getting or silver birchens (black)? I can't remember at the moment.

 

[flgardengirl]

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Aww thanks they camera shows the right color but they aren't as dark as some people's lol. It is a start. I would love for them to look more like my BCMs eggs though...
kinda like this

or this

or this lol

or possibly maybe even this

 

[gilavina]

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Aww thanks they camera shows the right color but they aren't as dark as some people's lol. It is a start. I would love for them to look more like my BCMs eggs though...
kinda like this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/45258_cheepas_egg_12-10.jpg
or this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/45258_100_7921.jpg
or this lol
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/45258_dark_egged_roo.jpg
or possibly maybe even this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/45258_dark_egg.jpg

ughhhhh!!! you're killin me Lenette!!!

 

[flgardengirl]

haha but you see what I mean about the birchen eggs-seems like they are really light compared to even a typical bcm egg color or even the other marans varieties. Makes me wonder if they or some of the ones in the US were originally mixed with something else? Those pics of ones from the show are nice and dark though.