Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[gilavina]

Congrats!!

thanks lady! I'm already impatient! I just wanna know what babies are waiting for me at the end of the 21 days!

 

[snowbird]

Vicki, I posted a picture once on my light box with Marans inside. Let me see if I can find one of the picture and can also give you demisions for building one.

 

[gilavina]

Vicki, I posted a picture once on my light box with Marans inside. Let me see if I can find one of the picture and can also give you demisions for building one.

that'd be great! its been discussed in the past, so I'm sure others will appreciate the ideas as well

 

[Cadeau]

Don - I remember that box - was a really neat idea!

 

[Debbi]

Hey, welcome back Don!!

Vicki has a swollen head now!

Just kidding, but that was some compliment coming from Don! Way to go!!

 

[gilavina]

Hey, welcome back Don!!

Vicki has a swollen head now!

Just kidding, but that was some compliment coming from Don! Way to go!!

haha too funny Debbi! No poofed up head for me, I've still got lots of work I want to do! haha
It is encouraging that I'm making a difference enough in the stock I started with for others to notice tho! Sometimes I wonder if I really am making progress sometimes because I see the birds everyday. This is why I keep a photo journal on my birds, otherwise I would have a harder time seeing what I want eliminated and what I want amplified if that makes sense.

 

[Debbi]

haha too funny Debbi! No poofed up head for me, I've still got lots of work I want to do! haha
It is encouraging that I'm making a difference enough in the stock I started with for others to notice tho! Sometimes I wonder if I really am making progress sometimes because I see the birds everyday. This is why I keep a photo journal on my birds, otherwise I would have a harder time seeing what I want eliminated and what I want amplified if that makes sense.

Well lady, any kudos you get are well deserved! Your birds are some of the best I've seen yet!

 

[gilavina]

Well lady, any kudos you get are well deserved! Your birds are some of the best I've seen yet!

 

[gilavina]

so when are you going to give in to the power of the birchens lady?! I can hear them calling you!!

 

[Kansaseq]

Hi Kim!! Nice to 'see' you again, too. Been a while, and it's good to be back.

I see on the BC some feather shafting and eventually will have too much breast color to use as a breeder. The Comb would be called uneven serration not a sprig I believe.

The splash is all around the better male. Are all of these out of the same breeding pen or seperate ?

The Cockoo is most likely a male as he has saddle feathers. Looks to have a lopped comb and maybee Vulture Hocks.

These are all full siblings. Here are a couple more pics.
Is the uneven serration as bad as a sprig?



And here's a random pic of one of my 4 blue pullets


Thank you Pink, Debbie, Snowbird, and everyone for your input. I really appreciate it!