Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Raven1]

Donna almost all of my Bl/BCM girls are broody so I will probably only have a dozen for you but I will bring them. I was going to talk to you about a feed buy.

 

[aceschix]

I hear you on busy but boring...that is why I do not post here much.

I have some new birchens this spring that I like the looks of too. May post pics for feedback soon.

Just stopping by to say hi.

Hi Debbie and everyone! Congrats on everyones hatches and sorrys for all that did not hatch. I am here most days lurking just too busy to post, but got to have that Marans (and friends) fix. I did get some new Birchens 3 roos and 2 pullets, we will see how they grow out, look better already than the ones I got rid of. Been hatching and culling like crazy and have a big cut to make tonight for a sale tomorrow. I have hatched out 2 peachicks YEA Me! Got a new set of Whites in the bator so

. Thats about it, so see I am so boring that is why I don't post much.

 

[DMRippy]

Donna almost all of my Bl/BCM girls are broody so I will probably only have a dozen for you but I will bring them. I was going to talk to you about a feed buy.

My broody Marans, is getting moved back to her pen. She is laying and I found an egg shell yesterday... I don't want her to teach the chicks to eat eggs. I think it was a accident. She has never eaten an egg before.

 

[flgardengirl]

I'd like opinions on this Blue Copper cockerel. He is 6 months old. His sire had to be put down, so this is the only cockerel from that sire, all the rest of my blues are from blue copper or splash with a Black copper cock. Trying to decide if I should keep him or not. I know he has a bit too much color on his breast, and his leg feathering is a bit sparse. But just in terms of a more diversified gene pool, trying to decide... The blue coppers out of my black X blue and splash are really too young yet to evaluate, but I am seeing a bit too much color in some of their breasts, too. And so you can see them together, here are also pics of a 6 month old blue copper pullet from same breeding as the cockerel. She has no copper at all, and some foot feathering, but sparse. What say you all about her? Thanks for the feedback.

I agree with Kim that it does look like your male might have a cinnamon wing triangle. However, his legs do not look as light as a wheaten's should from the front...so maybe a mix of BL copper and Wheaten? His chest has a little too much color but he is a handsome looking fellow otherwise. His tail angle in the 3rd pic looks nice and so does the comb and shank/outer toe feathering.
Beautiful hen you have there.

 

[flgardengirl]

Vicki~
I have kept a few, but they are still very young. A couple splash pullets and couple blues. I rehomed my Polly Esther girl and a nice Blue Copper girl to a fabulous young lady from Oregon. Hope she comes around here and keeps us posted on them. I can't wait to see what they lay.

I will try to get photos of the ones that I have kept,but also trying to get my garden in and the last couple of nights wouldn't you know it.....it froze and about did in my corn, totally did in my giant pumpkins and regular pumpkins and most of my Zucchini's and Squash plants. ARGH!!!!! I am glad it happened now instead of a couple weeks from now....atleast I still have time now to restart them, it will just be a late harvest.

And tomorrow we are going wedding dress shopping with one of my twins. Here she goes and runs off to college..... and now she and her high school sweetheart decided that they are getting married in August. They grow up toooooooooooooooo fast I tell ya!!!!

Have tons of babies in the brooders right now that need homes. Actually turned off my 'bator yesterday after I took out the last chick that hatched. Needs to be thoroughly cleaned before I put the next set in. Gosh I don't even want to turn the dang thing on again but I have eggs sitting on the table that must go in. G

So jealous of your growing giant pumpkins! I have always wanted to and just do not have much luck with pumpkins in FL other than the tiny ones lol. I would love to see pics on your progress
MY dd just got married as well. Her new dh is a MP at Ft Bragg and she is living on base there now. I am really missing her!!!

 

[gilavina]

Well, there will be other hatches for me with the Showgirls, but next I will be concentrating on the Wheatens. I need to get the neighbor boys down here to see if they can dig me some post holes. We haven't had any rain to speak of lately, and the ground is like concrete! Then to start on the new run and coop.

All the new Silkies and Lazarus are doing great! Little pigs! I'm pretty sure I'll get a visit this weekend as far as the eggs go. Velma asked me how I eat them, they are so pretty! It's hard sometimes!

The niece's daughter was offered a free Silkie cockerel, which she said she wanted, but they never came a got it. So, I may kill two birds with one stone this weekend! I can't wait to see your little puffy cheeked chicks!

I can't either! My uncle has some pretty good stock. I just moved all my oldest chicks including those birchen girls. I took a few shots. working on loading them now....I'm in LOVE

 

[gilavina]

UGH! Why is it whenever I have time to load photos, my internet decides to move slow! Tried three times. I'll probably have to try again when I get home.

 

[gilavina]

Ok! In business with getting them to load. Here's my birchen ladies in the making I bought in Kansas. Still can't believe I picked them up for $6 apiece. There are only 2 of the 7 that have yet to get some silver in in their necks, but the ones that do have it so far are nice and pure silver. They all have feathered legs and outer toes. I'll get better shots once they are more acclimated to their new run, but for now these should do. They are pretty big!

 

[flgardengirl]

Would'ja just look at the street sweeper feet on that baby girl !!!! Love her! They all look really good. I wonder if you could use the pure black girls for a black marans project if they don't develop any silver on their hackles? They are silver based soooo....I would think so.

 

[desertmarcy]

Hi Marcy!
Does he have a cinnamon wing triangle? If he does like it looks like he does in the photo's then he is a Blue Wheatens Marans and I would not cross him with a Black Copper/ Blue Copper or so on. Other than that he looks like a nice bird and I think he is pretty.

It doesn't look to me to be a true cinnamon wing triangle. His wing triangles are blue with some color bleeding into them. I wonder if this is a consequence of him having too much color overall in places where it should not be, like his breast.