Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Debbi]

"Hatching eggs" are handled like live birds at the border so they can't be shipped into Canada. They can be shipped to a border-town post office, picked up there, and transported across that way - with all the same paperwork live birds require. I've heard anything from $150 to $200 for the paperwork on the US side (originating flock has to be inspected, I believe much like the NPIP program) and then the same sort of fee at Canadian customs for a vet to review the paperwork.

There are ways around this but suffice to say - eggs can't be commercially shipped across the border.

Maybe you could get them sent as Pickled Eggs??

JUST KIDDING!!!!! What a shame it's so hard to get them up there...

 

[Arielle]

When you get time can you put up a pic of your Blue Cuckoos? I saw some at the show that someone had bought and they looked black to me. She said they were blue, but I didn't see it. They did not look like any of my Blues.

Donna, intereting that you mentioned this. I was looking at sale pages for the blue cuckoos and every picture looked like black and white not blue and white. Same coloring as BR as far as I could see in about 8 photos. YOurs are blue???

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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I don't live far from the border and I do have a friend equally close to the Canadian border on the US side. Up to 2 dozen eggs can be imported into Canada from the US "for processing" without paperwork. I have tracked down a couple of Canadian breeders of SQ bearded Silkies (white, blue, black, and splash) that are willing to sell hatching eggs that I can pick up, however, neither of them are spooled up for collecting fertile eggs yet this spring. (If one of those doesn't pan out soon, I may very well try south of the border.

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[stoopid]

I have a friend that has BBS silkies on Long Island (Vera) and she sells like 2 doz a week on e-bay. If we could find a way to get them close, I am sure we could set something up.
Are you going to Delmarva, or know someone who is?

 

[gilavina]

Got the chicks out of the hatcher and looks like nothing is happening with the 7 eggs left. I put them back in anyways to see if they would do anything. I'm really, really hoping they will do something. I have a couple of big chicks with more street sweepers! too fun!

 

[DMRippy]

Donna, intereting that you mentioned this. I was looking at sale pages for the blue cuckoos and every picture looked like black and white not blue and white. Same coloring as BR as far as I could see in about 8 photos. YOurs are blue???

Mine are blue but not really cuckooed yet.

 

[mama24]

Are black coppers the only Marans where slate legs are acceptable, or is it ok in blue marans, too?

 

[math ace]

I am back from the Newnan, Ga. show. I have spent ALL DAY trying to upload pics into photobucket to share with ya'll.

I want to share a pic of the ONE bird that I almost ( ALMOST) couldn't say NO to .... Dang it was soooooo CUTE!




This little EMU is only about 2 weeks old.... TOO CUTE!

 

[gilavina]

I am back from the Newnan, Ga. show. I have spent ALL DAY trying to upload pics into photobucket to share with ya'll.

I want to share a pic of the ONE bird that I almost ( ALMOST) couldn't say NO to .... Dang it was soooooo CUTE!




This little EMU is only about 2 weeks old.... TOO CUTE!

haha Soooo Cute! But look at the noggin on that thing!!

Seriously tho, I don't know if I could say no to that either!!

 

[pinkchick]

I tried incubating 7 Emu eggs for my neighbor a couple years ago.....I wanted them sooooooo bad. The eggs are gorgeous and the chicks can be sexed at hatch too! The eggs didn't hatch as her female was ill and it passed to the eggs, so until my neighbor gets another female I will just have to suffer along. 2 years before the females lay their first eggs and the best part about Emu besides their eggs....the male sits on the eggs and hatches them out and he raises them.
The female will kill the young and has to be removed from the pen once the chicks hatch and cannot be returned until the chicks are gone.


I've got 3 little chickies out and about 5 more pips. No action thus far in the other 3 eggs. They sure are taking their sweet time this go around.