Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

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Morning!

It's all good....I don't do anything for it until Thanksgiving day.

wow...you are much braver than I am...how many people are you cooking for?

Not sure how many this year...but last year we had 38, the house was full and so was everyone's tummies.

As for being brave...no bravery required .... it's called almost 20 years of practice. I took this task over from my mother when she had kidney failure almost 20 years ago a few days before Thanksgiving and as we were standing in the hospital room with her discussing her coming home in a few days, one of my siblings blurted out...."Whose going to cook Thanksgiving dinner?"

I said I would do it, but it would have to be at my house and it meant that I would be doing it from here on in. So it has been.

 

[gilavina]

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wow...you are much braver than I am...how many people are you cooking for?

Not sure how many this year...but last year we had 38, the house was full and so was everyone's tummies.

As for being brave...no bravery required .... it's called almost 20 years of practice. I took this task over from my mother when she had kidney failure almost 20 years ago a few days before Thanksgiving and as we were standing in the hospital room with her discussing her coming home in a few days, one of my siblings blurted out...."Whose going to cook Thanksgiving dinner?"

I said I would do it, but it would have to be at my house and it meant that I would be doing it from here on in. So it has been.

Dang! That's a lot of people! Sounds like a good time and good cookin too!

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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Not sure how many this year...but last year we had 38, the house was full and so was everyone's tummies.

As for being brave...no bravery required .... it's called almost 20 years of practice. I took this task over from my mother when she had kidney failure almost 20 years ago a few days before Thanksgiving and as we were standing in the hospital room with her discussing her coming home in a few days, one of my siblings blurted out...."Whose going to cook Thanksgiving dinner?"

I said I would do it, but it would have to be at my house and it meant that I would be doing it from here on in. So it has been.

Dang! That's a lot of people! Sounds like a good time and good cookin too!

I'll be there!

 

[gilavina]

Its been a quiet day in here! I was working outside and figured when I came in this evening there would be all sorts of activity. I hope everyone had a great day!
Kim, I tried to get a pic of that big splash girl of mine...and guess what!? When I opened the door to the stall that opens to the goats pen, she ran out and up and over the fence and off like a shot to the neighboring cemetary. I finally got her back in tonight when it was getting dark...but that will teach me to go through the other door that opens into the barn. I don't know what got into her! I'm just glad she made it back safe and sound

Barb! What's the progress on the chickers??!!?!?!

 

[SD_Paulo]

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wow...you are much braver than I am...how many people are you cooking for?

Not sure how many this year...but last year we had 38, the house was full and so was everyone's tummies.

As for being brave...no bravery required .... it's called almost 20 years of practice. I took this task over from my mother when she had kidney failure almost 20 years ago a few days before Thanksgiving and as we were standing in the hospital room with her discussing her coming home in a few days, one of my siblings blurted out...."Whose going to cook Thanksgiving dinner?"

I said I would do it, but it would have to be at my house and it meant that I would be doing it from here on in. So it has been.

Pinkchick-

Almost 40 people cant all be wrong. They must know something we dont? Hmmmm, its sounds to me that they know exactly where the best food is being cooked up!!

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Got 7 so far at the beginning of day 21 - 2 BCMs, 3 Ameraucanas, 1 Cuckoo Marans, and the Silkie!

 

[flgardengirl]

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Got 7 so far at the beginning of day 21 - 2 BCMs, 3 Ameraucanas, 1 Cuckoo Marans, and the Silkie!

Congratulations!! GO Babies GO!

 

[aalbury]

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Hello DMRippy -Just for clarification because this may help you and/or others --- blue does not replace the black allele. Blues still carry 2 black alleles at the extension locus, they just also carry blue at a different location. Does that make sense? So your splashes? They still carry the base colors in addition to the 2 blue alleles....hence the differentiation between regular splash (black based) and Copper splash (birchen based - and by birchen, I'm talking about the allele that forms the gene, not the variety). So Blues do not have one black gene and one blue gene. Blues have 2 black alleles (E/E) and one blue allele (Bl/bl). Copper blues are birchen with gold plus one blue ( E^r/E^r, s+/s+, Bl/bl).

Blue is a dilution, black is a base color.

Barring is another story - a roo with only one barring allele will have thicker black than a roo with 2 - kind of like an incomplete dominant. One copy definitely shows, but the full effect is intensified by the second.


I hope I haven't muddied the waters or repeated some one else explaining this....I was looking to see if Geebs had been on lately (she never emails me anymore!) and I saw your post.

 

[aalbury]

Barngoddess -Barbara? that you? From Crossroads?

I want to see pics! Of the babies!

 

[Debbi]

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Got 7 so far at the beginning of day 21 - 2 BCMs, 3 Ameraucanas, 1 Cuckoo Marans, and the Silkie!

Congrats! What color is the Silkie?? You know we'll need pics, right?