Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[berkeleysprings]

I thought I come over here to this thread in crash the party it's totally deadsvill in the wheaten land after years with chickens i finly get to taste some marans roosters . i sent 6 to freezer camp. i shoyld of taken your advice kim . i used a ax on a log . not perty . i dudnt have the kahonnas or hootsba to do it your way kim
i was surprised how little brest meat there was on 1 year olds. i skined them rather than pluckin. any ... houdy ya all!

 

[chickenlisa]

bad day to not be working...day 20 with 26 Marans eggs in my bator- no pips yet...I keep wishing they'd pip today or make some peeping noises....I need to find something busy to do to get me away from here! Anticipation.....patience.....huh? What's that?

Lisa

 

[stoopid]

Good for you, Randy.

 

[gilavina]

So excited...I got the chicks out of the house! It is so gorgeous here, gonna be in the upper 70's and lower 80's all week, so I figured today was the day! They are loving it, but I hate that i have to leave for work in a couple of minutes. Its just too nice to be at work today haha

 

[berkeleysprings]

Good for you, Randy.

thanks , im not a stranger to the knife . iv taken dear dear bear and turkey ( bow hunting )amd all the small game but its a first for chickens, kim had a clean way to do it but its up close and personal.

 

[pinkchick]

I thought I come over here to this thread in crash the party it's totally deadsvill in the wheaten land after years with chickens i finly get to taste some marans roosters . i sent 6 to freezer camp. i shoyld of taken your advice kim . i used a ax on a log . not perty . i dudnt have the kahonnas or hootsba to do it your way kim
i was surprised how little brest meat there was on 1 year olds. i skined them rather than pluckin. any ... houdy ya all!

Hi Randy!
You will appreciate the smaller feed bill with those 6 boys in the freezer. One would think that 6 roosters wouldn't make a huge impact on the feed but they do.

I skin most of the roosters that we cull as well. You will not be disappointed with the taste of the Marans meat. I pressure cook the meat most of the time to ensure tender meat. If I don't pressure cook it, I will boil it for shredded meat in enchilada's. YUMMY!!!!!!!

 

[pinkchick]

bad day to not be working...day 20 with 26 Marans eggs in my bator- no pips yet...I keep wishing they'd pip today or make some peeping noises....I need to find something busy to do to get me away from here! Anticipation.....patience.....huh? What's that?

Lisa

There is no patience when hatching chicks.

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[berkeleysprings]

I think there are a couple on here that may be?? Be aware, they may still be very much in the "project" stages.

project stage lol iv been at project stage for 5 years with wheaten marans lol. how are you debbie hope everything's okay

 

[chickenlisa]

Thanks Kim!
I do, I do, I do see a pip! and it's even moving too!

I'm a little excited here...can you tell?
Lisa (who is doing laundry, my DH's dress shirts (he's job searching btw- Electric Engineer....anyone know of any jobs for a 50 yr old, level 4 EE man who's worked at TI, Sharp Electronics, Vonage, and asst other small co's for the last almost 30 yrs? His new boss decided she wants her 'own' team under her so she's letting the old team members go...just like that. Thank you very much mam!)

 

[Cadeau]

Hey Randy - I appears I got a golden salmon pullet my last hatch!
Think I can get info on her over in the Wheaten thread??

or any other ideas?

To all you brave souls who cull yourself - bless you!
We pay a guy $3/bird and it is SOOOOO worth it!

He plucks, rather than skins - what's the difference, other than the obvious?