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

[berkeleysprings]

I was wondering how this wheaten marans rooster looks in general any thoughts on judging it like at a show he is right at a year old never molted yet . i have this one and a smaller one from another breeder id love any advice from people who have worked with wheaten

 

[onthespot]

His conformation is nice. His comb is kind of beefy, but it doesn't have a lot of extra points. does he have white feathers all down his shanks, or is that the lighting. If he does, that would be my least favorite thing about him. Also, those two long sickle feathers are kinda long and stiff and pointy. Next year I think they will be longer, and stiffer and pointier. WAY better than a squirrel tail though. I like his overall look.

 

[Zgoatlady]

pinkchick
Thank you so much with the information, I'll let eveyone know what the eggs look like once I get the other coop done. I hope to have it done this week its not going to be big..

 

[berkeleysprings]

the feathers are dark down his shanks id say and the sickle feathers i am not sure , is that the longest feathers in ihs tail ?
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[americana-chick]

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I noticed one of their eggs says BC on them.

VERY nice eggs chicken stalker!

They aren't my eggs, they belong to Nivtup. I wish they were mine.

Oops.. I looked at who was the owner of that post and i could have sworn it said chicken stalker... my bad

 

[nutmeg1980]

I wonder if anyone has ever seen eggs like the ones my wheaten marans sometimes lays. They're really large and they usually look like the two dark ones in this picture:

Dark mahogany and a little speckly.


She's laid a few like this though:

The dark spot is where I whetted my finger and ran it over the egg. There's a violet almost grey coating on top of the mahogany color. The crazy thing was that when this wet spot dried, it went back to the same violet color, it didn't get wiped off. This is one of the more extreme examples - sometimes it's a lighter more translucent coating. The folks I bought her from said that her mother did the same thing. She wasn't laying yet when I got her, but we all hoped she would follow her mother's genetics, and it looks like she has.


Here she is:

Has anyone seen an egg like this? Any ideas what the cause is?

 

[kathyinmo]

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We were just discussing that topic recently! Look at post # 5103 and continue on to see post # 5116, and see their photo examples!

 

[nutmeg1980]

Thanks Kathyinmo! I guess I should have gone through all the posts before I asked

From what the breeders I bought her from said, I'd guess this trait is genetic. I just wonder what inside of her is making it happen.

 

[berkeleysprings]

i hear chirping comeing from some of the 13 wheaten marans eggs im incubating with my cheep incubator im lucky if i get half hatch ...
we have around 14 inches of snow here in virginia
and 40 in west virginia
ive been here since 1961 was borne and things never so bad with snow

 

[kathyinmo]

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Hey, good luck on your hatch!

This winter has just been way tooooo much snow, I agree! I'm ready for spring, and so are my chickens!

Keep warm and safe!