Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[DMRippy]

wow...that's not really that bad! did I ever tell you I have family that lives in TN and my uncle drives down that way from time to time to visit them? I just never really thought about how far it is

OHHHHH You could send them to me though a Chicken Train thing...... You really need to visit TN I could come to you. It only take 8 hours or so to drive from one end to the other and I live right in the middle

 

[gilavina]

I am thinking of getting some of those Dewlap Toulouse Geese and park their pen as close to the neighbor's property line as I can legally get. I saw them at Newnan last year and I know they are LOUD lol. They will have to do until I can get the laughing hyena chickens that me and Debbie like LOL. I hear peacocks are pretty loud too.

Vicki did you ever get back over there and look at that property you liked?

i have tomorrow off and if it doesnt snow was plannin on headin over to see it. i really like everything about it....just waitin on price to flex a little

 

[newchickens2009]

Yes you have had some bad luck. Sometimes the younger girls take awhile to get a larger egg size but 4 mos does seem like long enough. The eggs do seem to vary in size and shape. Some people actually get very round eggs from their Marans and they like them. Sometimes they are very ruby red looking vs more brown. It just depends on the hens. Sooo don't give up: do what we do...GET MORE! lololol

When my Wheaten starts to lay again I may hatch a couple of her eggs and see how her offspring do. As far as the BCM, I don't think she will be a good candidate with such small eggs?

 

[gilavina]

OHHHHH You could send them to me though a Chicken Train thing...... You really need to visit TN I could come to you. It only take 8 hours or so to drive from one end to the other and I live right in the middle

heehee! i've been thru TN but never explored much...its beautiful tho. Perhaps when I start getting things more squared away on some of my birds egg train possibilities aren't out of the realm of reason.

 

[DMRippy]

heehee! i've been thru TN but never explored much...its beautiful tho. Perhaps when I start getting things more squared away on some of my birds egg train possibilities aren't out of the realm of reason.

 

[gilavina]

haha....you realize that might be a couple years or more on some of these colors, yes? haha I think its safe to say I'm a bit if a perfectionist sometimes....not that they ever will be, but just want to do my best by them

 

[DMRippy]

haha....you realize that might be a couple years or more on some of these colors, yes? haha I think its safe to say I'm a bit if a perfectionist sometimes....not that they ever will be, but just want to do my best by them

I need some layer..... I will take you culls really

BTW SLW eggs should be here tomorrow or Saturday

 

[math ace]

Oh you guys are a bad influence. I thought I was doing good with the new 6 coop breeding pen. We already have 5 large coops and several portable brooders. I'm not listening to how many you all have and might have to get more LOLOL. I also am not looking at any more breeds of birds even if they are all clucking my name. Oh but I forgot, I just put a deposit on some sebastopol goslings...is that a bad thing? Dang I really really want some peacocks too. Do you know how large of a pen you have to build for peacocks? Just huge..its gonna hog a lot of chicken breeding space lol.

Peacocks get the WHOLE YARD.. The top of the cars.... The picnic table top .. . TREE Tops. . .. AND ANYTHING else they want!

 

[math ace]

What kind of seedlings did you plant Lisa?

Seedlings that are up are...
Cinnamon basil
Lemon basil
Lemon Grass
Verde Tomatillos
Serrano peppers
Sweet banana peppers
Jalpeno peppers
Habernero peppers
Cayenne peppers

Seedlings still waiting to germinate because I just planted them yesterday

Ace 55 Tomatoes
Flordale Tomatoes
Celebrity Tomatoes
Hugarian wax tomatoes
Red Bell peppers
Yolo Wonder Peppers
more lemon grass
Sage
black eye susans
carriabean red hot peppers

I would love to see some seedling pics! I'm still learning more about the new site as well Lisa...I don't know how to do double quotes so you are ahead of me!

I am done for tonight.... I read through the last 4 days of postings and am ready to call it quits for tonight.
I will post pics first thing in the morning. I have to upload them to photo bucket first

 

[gilavina]

I need some layer..... I will take you culls really

BTW SLW eggs should be here tomorrow or Saturday

fantastic! I can't wait to see what you get out of those eggs!