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

[Rockpile99]

Beautiful eggs! Congrats.

I need some help deciding who to keep. I have two hatchery Cuckoo's. They are ten weeks old and both have turned out to be cockerels. Been crowing now since they were 8 weeks old, to answer a previous posters Q.

There are several pics so I just left them on my host site:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kkucera89/CuckooMarans?feat=directlink

They are clean legged so I obviously won't be breeding for conformation, but I still want the best representation of the breed besides that. Any help you all can give will be greatly appreciated. I have some thoughts about it, but want to get your opinions first before I say anything.

Thanks!

 

[drom]

They're both really cute. Roo 1 looks like maybe he is the handsomer fellow right now, but they can really change as they mature and surprise you. My BC Roo who was the bottom of the pecking order and smaller than my other two when he was younger ended up being the most correct of my three roos. So, I am glad I kept them to see how they matured.

 

[cariboujaguar]

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It's nice to see someone else is having the EXACT same problem I am!

 

[cariboujaguar]

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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

 

[Reinbeau]

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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

I'd love to laugh at them, too, but the pictures are gone

 

[okiehen]

I'm hooked I got some beautiful Wheaten eggs from Katy.
Had a good hatch on shipped eggs.
I have 7 chicks looks like I have 3 pullets and 4 roosters. The feathers are starting to come in pretty good now. They are growing nice the pullets are very sweet the roos are more standoff.
I kept the egg shells from the hatch too pretty to throw away.

Were can I get one of the marans egg color chart?
Would like to get one before my pullets start laying this fall.

I cant wait to start working with them

This is a picture of the chicks after hatch I need to take some new ones.

 

[texasbartrambaby]

Those are gorgeous chicks!

I guess I will share too - Here is one of my cuckoo marans, he? is about 16 weeks old now.

 

[GracefulBantams]

Pretty Wheatens, Okie

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

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Hi okiehen I really love wheatens...I was wondering if you can show how you tell pullets and roosters on a wheaten

I have some in the bator from 92caddy..

Thanks

 

[onthespot]

Nice cuckoo! Where did you get the feather legged cuckoo from?