Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

All of my Marans roosters have had and or do have spurs and I was also told that Marans did not have spurs.

That said.....they didn't grow them until after they were approx. a year or so in age and they are not as long or big as my other breeds, like my Barnevelder roosters spurs, his spurs could be used as weapons.

 

[pinkchick]

Breast meat. Bill's got it going on.

Debbi says he is part turkey. He's a turkey alright.

 

[Debbi]

That's why Bill is checking out the geese! "Wow! Look at dem breastsests!!"

 

[Arielle]

Pink, is he a typical roo, or atypical in the breast dept? tee hee.

 

[pinkchick]

He's a in your face kinda guy.

 

[pinkchick]

Arielle~



Nothing typical about Bill. LOL!

 

[Debbi]

I'll have to get some pics of the non-existent Marans spurs I've got here! I was just asking Vicki the other day in a PM how to trim these honking swords down! I came up with the idea of a towel to wrap the boys in, (remember, it's just me here ), and using my Dremel tool with the sanding wheel to wittle them down quickly, without getting into the quick. I've used this on my dogs for many years, why wouldn't it work on roos??

 

[pinkchick]

I like to file them. To file spurs....I use a very coarse grit nail file like the ones that the nail technicians use to do acrylic nails. They are pretty cheap and be purchased at the beauty supply house, just make sure it is the very coarse ones. I hold the birds by their legs with one hand and lie them down on their tummies on a bench and file the spurs with the other hand. I just file the points down to a nice rounded shape. I don't clip them because I don't want them to bleed because the quick is not to far from the point of the spurs. The quick grows with it as you know. I have some photos of spurs on my boys. I will go through them in the morning with coffee. Late night for me tonight, but I did sell 4 of those new goslings.

 

[Arielle]

Arielle~



Nothing typical about Bill. LOL!

If marans are supposed to be sual purpose, why is the meat lacking? Bill excepted!

 

[themadchicken]

GOOD BY COPPER. WE WILL MISS. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW FAMILY AND HOPE YOU HAVE LOTS OF LADY FRIENDS TO .KEEP YOU CROWING.