Marans Thread for Posting Pics of Your Eggs, Chicks and Chickens

[karanleaf]

Oh

My Babies have been hatching

Lookie

lookie

The Cuckoo Marans Mix Bator hatching

4 of these are mixed and 1 straight Cuckoo I now have another box setup for the Straight run

The Straight run Cuckoo Marans Bator hatching

Put a total of 22 Straight in the bator 22 days ago

I love baby fuzzies in the spring

Karan

 

[shmooborp]

thanks so much for the answer

does anyone one know what the name of the gland is the colors the eggs? or like the anatomy of it?

 

[onthespot]

Dude! CLOSE THE INCUBATOR!!! You are freaking me out! I have killed a lot of eggs in the act of hatching by doing just that... Somehow i thought the rules didn't count because it was ME opening the incubator, not some faceless BYC poster, lol. Nope, found out the rules applied to me too. Keep the bator closed until they all hatch.

 

[Krys109uk]

I expect most of you already know....but if you have to open the hatcher after the eggs have pipped, spray a fine mist of tepid water over the eggs to rapidly replace moisture loss. Otherwise it can take a couple of hours to make up the lost humidity &, in effect, put the chicks trying to hatch into a straight jacket.

 

[onthespot]

I know this is not a marans, but there were some people on here that were talking about making Mille Fleur marans. Someone just gave my friend this roo a few days ago. Not sure what he is. He sorta looks like a MF wyandotte due to his rose comb, but he has five toes and white feet. Also, he has feathers running down the sides of his shanks and outer toes, which would only be a plus for breeding MF marans... Anyhow, better late than never, here are pics as promised. I know and she knows he has scaly let mites. Just showing you how he just showed up. no frills no fancy poses.

 

[amazondoc]

WOW that's a pretty bird!

 

[GracefulBantams]

My gosh, he is gorgeous

Do you think he might fit in that box of eggies

 

[GracefulBantams]

Also, I am not convinced he even has leg mites, he may simply have dry legs...

 

[onthespot]

If anyone wants to try to start some mille fleur marans with him, she said I could borrow him and use him or have him if I wanted. I could spare a couple of hens for the sake of genetics... I only have black and copper black that lay dark though... Maybe wheaten would work better?

 

[Solsken Farm]

OTS, he is beautiful!

I wonder if he has some faverolle mixed in with the wyandotte and mille fluer d'uccle and whatever else he has. Just such a handsome boy....