Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[stoopid]

Rudy's got hairy toes!

 

[upthecreek]

Any one know how to get in touch with "little grey bantam" ?
Thanks

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

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Look under their user name and avatar, see if there is am email link to be used, otherwise PM or wait for them to post back here.

 

[upthecreek]

wish i had avatar and used name (thanks )



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Look under their user name and avatar, see if there is am email link to be used, otherwise PM or wait for them to post back here.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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I've got crooked toes on one raised by a broody!!

 

[Lotsapaints]

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How about if we listed different parts of the Marans and listed the DQs and faults for each, maybe number in sequence toward being the worst. Let me know what you would like to see in a chart. We can also include what to look for as they grow out.

Very good idea and it should be posted at the SOP thread too Now to get photos of the faults....better yet I'd like to see photos of some birds who have the correct things going on like shank feathering and color, head shape, eye coloring etc

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Maybe it's just small time crazy old Canadian me but seems to me if we culled according to that list of faults and DQs, we wouldn't have any Marans at all. The perfect chicken simply does not exist and certainly not in a variety as new as Marans.

Surely we have to pick our battles and work on eliminating the problems a bit at a time?

 

[snowbird]

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I've got crooked toes on one raised by a broody!!

This would usually happen during very hot weather when the humidity would also be lower. this can be corrected if we set them in a box with out a bottom and set right on the ground.

 

[snowbird]

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Maybe it's just small time crazy old Canadian me but seems to me if we culled according to that list of faults and DQs, we wouldn't have any Marans at all. The perfect chicken simply does not exist and certainly not in a variety as new as Marans.

Surely we have to pick our battles and work on eliminating the problems a bit at a time?

Barb, If you never plan on showing it would not make a difference, we are just trying to show faults and DQs so the new people will know what to look for in the future. With all the breed I have ever had I believed in culling heavy and eliminatinh everything I could each year.

 

[slick4591]

My only blue. If there's something wrong with him I'd sure like it pointed out. *Edited to add that now looking at the picture those hackles sure look light.

This guy has the best conformation out of any of the boys, but these two pics are why he's being culled.