Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

I'm holding out hope on hope for some of your eggs! You know what I like!!...and what I sure don't like!
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up to 9 chickers now. I have a blue cuckoo cockerel that has the most fantastic leg feathering, on legs that are just enormous!!!
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He is just a beast and a half!!
 
up to 9 chickers now. I have a blue cuckoo cockerel that has the most fantastic leg feathering, on legs that are just enormous!!!
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He is just a beast and a half!!
Cool! How many eggs made it to lockdown?? Love the street sweepers for sure!!
 
Cool! How many eggs made it to lockdown?? Love the street sweepers for sure!!

40 eggs went to lockdown. 9 are out, at least another dozen pipped and a couple zipped and not far from hatchin!!! Its goin really well, esp since its only about an hour into day 21!
 
Got some birchens need Help with Breeding Genetics
Hey all, been a long time . I hatched some Marans eggs about 6 weeks ago , They look like Birchens. I was hoping for BCM , but I can't complain to much , I spent few min. fixing a incubator for the eggs , and she normally gets $100.00 per Doz. Anyway I can tell they are fine stock Perfect Combs developing in the 2 Cock's and Heavy shank feathering on all . Her marans win 1st in show every year at the Fair . My Question is what to do with them , I have 2 Blue copper Boy's , Looks like 2 Birchen Boy's and and 3 Birchen hens what will I get if I cross the Blue Coppers with the Birchen any chance to get back to BCM down the road a few Gen. LOL.or maybe I should just be Happy with the Birchens , the Eggs were 7-8 color range Nice shape large and very dark. What do you all feel about the Birchen color?
 
BACK, back away from the hatcher!!! I do know that feeling though!
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haha..no worries! Those chickies are hatching so well that I won't be touching it! Now that I can watch them hatching I feel so much better! By the way....gonna be up to 11 chicks here in a couple of min. They are starting to pop like crazy now! a bit over a 1/4 of the way done now
 
haha..no worries! Those chickies are hatching so well that I won't be touching it! Now that I can watch them hatching I feel so much better! By the way....gonna be up to 11 chicks here in a couple of min. They are starting to pop like crazy now! a bit over a 1/4 of the way done now

So great! What were your settings for this hatch and incubation??
 

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