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

[Solsken Farm]

Hey Cottage Garden

I would keep the blue cock and the black hen. I would rehome the rest. The US proposed standards calls for feather shanks. So that is my criteria. Your cockerel looks like he'll have good color. So does the pullet. They would be a nice pair.

That "splash" is interesting.....


Simple Life, CONGRATS!

 

[the simple life]

Thanks for the kind thoughts, it has been crazy this week. Two kids with completely unrelated issues in the hospital.
I slept there with my son and as soon as we got home and settled in for some rest my daughter needed to go to the hospital and I stayed there with her.
While she was being treated in the emergency room I see my sister wheeled in, she is having heart problems.
I was going back and forth checking on her until her family could get there and then back to my daughter.
She is still in there. They have to get her heart problems sorted out before she can go home.
I'll go up there again tomorrow to see her.
I just got home again today so I am wiped.
I am glad to know that the freckles do mean something, it would be nice if they got even darker.
I was surprised they were as dark as they are already for their first.
As soon as I get a camera I will take some pictures and get your thoughts.
Thanks again

 

[cottagegarden]

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Monarch23-your Marans are going to be lovely. NP has done alot of work on hers, and while I havent seen the Funny Farm adult birds yet she is breeding to the standard and the egg color blows you away. She just seems like a very neat person & I look forward to seeing your babies grow.
As she is 20-30min away I will have to go see her soon. I am planning on buying some pullets to go with the extra guys to find them new homes.
Her birds are Wade Jeane line from Whitmore Farm, Bev Davis, Suzanne Osio, Presley...maybe a few more.. and she has been actively improving on them. The breeder I got mine from, peachick, also got hers from Whitmore

 

[monarc23]

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I honeslty dont know exactly where, I forget her address hahaha! But i can supply ya with her email!

She's on the east side of pa is all i know

 

[monarc23]

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Monarch23-your Marans are going to be lovely. NP has done alot of work on hers, and while I havent seen the Funny Farm adult birds yet she is breeding to the standard and the egg color blows you away. She just seems like a very neat person & I look forward to seeing your babies grow.
As she is 20-30min away I will have to go see her soon. I am planning on buying some pullets to go with the extra guys to find them new homes.
Her birds are Wade Jeane line form Whitmore Farm and she has been actively improving on them. The breeder I got mine from, peachick, also got hers from Whitmore

NP, ninjapoodles? I ask because I got two babies from her and am supposed to be getting more hatching eggies from here soon

I LOVE The two from her I hatched out gorgeous babies already! NPs eggs are DARK!

Now as for Funny Farms, those babies are in the gangly stage but I can tell they are going to be gorgeous as well! If I'm not mistaken she said her eggs were 7s!

 

[cottagegarden]

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Thank You Solsken Farm I guess that's what I have been planning and getting gals so they get good homes b/c they really have grown on my heart. . Almost want to keep the tie dyed crazy color one
to see what happens when you breed it. Any market for crazy mixed up color Marans?-oh no..we are trying to avoid that!!

Simple Life-praying for peace and health for you all so that in the near future you can
relax and enjoy your eggs!!

 

[drom]

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I'll have to drive 1200 miles AGAIN?

ahahhahahah

 

[drom]

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Love the color of your eggs.

Thank you Gamebirds. Hey did your eggs from Greg hatch yet?

 

[Solsken Farm]

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Thank You Solsken Farm I guess that's what I have been planning and getting gals so they get good homes b/c they really have grown on my heart. . Almost want to keep the tie dyed crazy color one
to see what happens when you breed it. Any market for crazy mixed up color Marans?-oh no..we are trying to avoid that!!

Simple Life-praying for peace and health for you all so that in the near future you can
relax and enjoy your eggs!!

CG, I love the crazy colored one and sure you could start a new color.

He is really interesteing. I HATE getting rid of my roos, in general. I completely understand. I sobbed a few mondays ago packing up 15 of them to send to auction. But most of them sold for pretty good money (between 5 and 13 bucks a piece) so I knew they went to homes that weren't eating them.

Oh Simple Life, I did not see that your kids were in the hospital!!!!!

and prayers

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

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Funny Farms here in PA would I got a trio shipped in

PM me if you want her contact info They range from $15-$25 each, $10 for the box, and it was $30 for shipping weight. She has both feathered legs, clean legged, in BCs, Blue coppers and I think she had a few other colors as well.

Do you know if she has a website?