Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[gilavina]

me, too! I set eggs on Saturday! Marans and bantam cochins

Vicki - cool box - I need something just like that to slide right into my incubator!!

yipee! So many of us hatching at the same time! I can't even handle it! the anticipation of fuzzies!!!!

 

[DMRippy]

Where is that woman! WE NEED PICS!!!! Pink!!!!! We need chicks..... you are teasing us over here!

 

[gilavina]

Where is that woman! WE NEED PICS!!!! Pink!!!!! We need chicks..... you are teasing us over here!

x2!!

 

[berkeleysprings]

do u have just one goose ? that hens gunna need stitches after a egg that big[VIDEO][/VIDEO]

 

[gilavina]

day 4.... I sure hope the rest of the days go faster than these have. I just can't even wait to candle for the first time.

At least I have seed starting to distract me....just a little

 

[Raven1]

I have eggs going to lockdown tomorrow! I will be setting eggs every Friday for a while. I am in the planning stages of building a cabinet type bator.

 

[pinkchick]

Can't stop sharing this egg I got today. This hen usually lays a round, dark egg, but this is the first egg from her in months. She's almost 6. Think maybe she's only going to lay one a year at this rate?

UFF-DA!!!!

 

[pinkchick]

Morning Everyone!

Trying to get photos of the chicks.


Got 4 clean legged little buggers. It's been a while since I had to deal with the clean leg thing...they must have come from #96, my only clean legged hen. She is such a nice bird, I can't not use her in hopes of helping to rebuild a stupid-comb free flock.



Good luck Raven!

Good luck Cad!



Hi Randy!

 

[pinkchick]

day 4.... I sure hope the rest of the days go faster than these have. I just can't even wait to candle for the first time.

At least I have seed starting to distract me....just a little

Ahhhhh....seed starting here today and the rest of the week, after I finish a couple chicken related things out in the coops. Dad had 2 huge piles (I mean huge PILES) of milled cedar from some old trees that came down on their property about 10 years ago. True 2"x 6" and some 8"x 8" beams....they were all stacked into 2 huge burn piles and he was ready to torch them. I couldn't have that, that wood is still in perfect condition....BURN IT?!?!?!?! DH and I made about 4 trips with the flatbed and brought it all home. There is sooooooo much.....we have enough to frame up 2 10' x 20' structures with extra. I am using some of it to build nice sized raised beds for one of the gardens. Next after the raised beds....I'm going to tear down one of the chicken coops and rebuild it bigger.
Can't wait to see how things go this year in raised beds. Chickens are going to love the garden yummies this year.

 

[flgardengirl]

Great deal on the wood Pinkchick! You will have some awesome new coops. I have been debating making some raised beds here. Right now I do a lot of stuff in pots, raised beds would be so much easier. I do plant most food stuff in the ground but I like the raised beds so much better. I used to have them at our old place. I want to make a raised bed with a tall frame above it just for all our dragonfruit. Then I could just cover it in the winter if it decides to freeze and stick a small heater in there if necessary.

Cool on the seed starting. That's what I've been doing for the last month. I have a bunch of baby papayas, maters, peppers, etc. Now I need to start a bunch of brugmansia seeds next. I have my pods all maturing in the greenhouse now.

Looking forward to seeing everyone's fuzzy butt pics!