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

[the simple life]

She really is cute! I think its probably a barred rock/ee mix.
I think its great, very different.

 

[onthespot]

I just got her yesterday, don't know what her egg looks like. The lady said no hens laid a green or blue egg in the pen, so it must be brownish because she was in with marans. One of these days I will find out which one she lays. Sometimes it takes a while to "bust" them while laying and know exactly which egg they laid.

 

[the simple life]

Oh right, if she was in with cuckoos then she could definitely be a marans/ee cross.
I know, you will have to follow her around to find out what color egg she lays huh? Good luck with that.

It would be great if she turned out to be one of those olive eggers!

 

[ninjapoodles]

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He's beautiful, that's for sure. Can roos with more color be used on hens with less color? I've read that many people keep two separate lines going: one to produce ideal hens and one to produce ideal roos, since you want different things color-wise from them.

 

[klf73]

Since so many of you have had chicks, please let me know if you experienced this. I just hatched chicks. They look wonderful (will post pics after the kids go to bed). I had one I helped, it was breech, could tell because it's beak was not in the typical upside down position. I helped it out last night and it was looking like a normal chick by this morning. It looks just like a typical bc marans but it's beak is not black except for a small spot at the top above the nostrils. Anyone have any that didn't have a black (or mostly black) beak? Also it has a little spraddle let(it's butt was off to the side, suspect from being in small of egg), how do you treat it on these feather legs? I have done it on clean legged breeds but don't want to pull out the fuzz

Thanks!

 

[onthespot]

I am keeping three roos, one too dark, one too brown and one "just right" feather color wise. I am planning to let them rotate on sixty day rotations and keep track of who fathers the darkest egg layers. I know it's a drawn out project, but... time is going to pass whether I keep records or not. May as welll keep records.

 

[onthespot]

I have heard you can put him down in a drinking glass with a paper towel liner and all he can do is keep his feet under him. Let him out several times a day to eat and socialize. I had a cochin hatch this spring that was slightly spraddle legged too, and I didn't do anything and in a day he was fine. Kept him on paper towel footing is all, with lots of crumbles sprinkled everywhere so he was never far from food.

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Right you are. And this breed, hinging so much on egg color, is just "drawn out" by nature. I mean, you can't just watch what the rooster produces...you have to see what the produce of the rooster produces, and so on!

 

[Solsken Farm]

Onthespot, I just sold a beautiful roo who was the mate to your pretty little girl. He was EE/barred. She is adorable. And your very copper Copper B roo is a beauty! I like your roo system idea.

Ninja! I love that pic of your roo! Your roo looks alot like one of mine, Tristan. I will try to take a pic and post it tomorrow.

KLF73, the beaks are not always black. Sometimes a bit reddish or black or some whitish. They change a great deal as time goes on. Congrats! I would wrap something non-stick around the legs and then do the bandaids, gauze perhaps.

 

[klf73]

Thanks, but I tried a pipe cleaner and all the chick did was pick at it, constantly. It kept falling over and it seemed very ineffective so I will give it a day or so to see if it self corrects. If not then I will address it.