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

[klf73]

anyone have a bc that is red? I mean he is vibrant red, not orange(well at least to me

). I will try to get a pic this weekend.

 

[onthespot]

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The show is on the 21st and if you are shipping, Angie Harrover needs your eggs by the 18th with your entry form and 5 clams. You can also bring them in the day of the show, but you have to be there by 9:00am. If you go to the MCC in the files section you will see the Fresno egg show form and I believe it has the mailing instructions and address. You can also call her or e-mail her if you need clarification. The form says the fee and form are due by the 4th but that is apparently a typo.

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Aw shucks. I read that you had to be paid before 2/4/09. Oh well...

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

amazondoc wrote:
So far as I know -- which isn't much -- you can't sex the black/blue copper birds as baby chicks. That's one of the convenient things about wheatens.

O.K Just curious how do you sex Wheatens? Inquiry minds want to know!

 

[amazondoc]

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When they're itty bitty babies, sometimes even when they first hatch, you can already see dark wingtip feathers on the boys. The girls will have tawny (wheaten) wingtips.

See my pics here for 12 day old chicks:

http://eggheadhill.doberinfo.com/Maranspics/maranschicks--2.html

I could definitely see dark wingtips on one of the boys before he was even dry, but some of them you have to wait awhile to be sure!

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

amazondoc wrote:
When they're itty bitty babies, sometimes even when they first hatch, you can already see dark wingtip feathers on the boys. The girls will have tawny (wheaten) wingtips.

See my pics here for 12 day old chicks:

http://eggheadhill.doberinfo.com/Maranspics/maranschicks--2.html

I could definitely see dark wingtips on one of the boys before he was even dry, but some of them you have to wait awhile to be sure!

Thank You amazondoc! Now that's another good reason to raise Wheaten Marans,besides them being beautiful.

How are the Wheatens egg color? Are they dark,or are they in the works ? I know my Blue Coppers will need work on the egg color.​

 

[amazondoc]

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Like any variety, it's going to depend on who is selling em. The ones I got from Bev were beautiful.

Oh, I've got a pic. I've posted it here before, but it was many pages ago. Here it is again. From left to right are bantam araucana eggs, Wellie eggs, bantam leghorn eggs, and the Marans eggs that my chicks hatched from:

 

[ninjapoodles]

Those are gorgeous eggs, Ione. I wish my place on Bev's waiting list would roll around--I even said I would take any variety!

*pouts*

 

[amazondoc]

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Yeah, but I'm an idiot. I got so involved with helping the chicks hatch, that I lost all track of who came out of which egg or even which eggs ended up hatching successfully. I'm a maroon!!

 

[ninjapoodles]

I've got a hatch going on right now, which I am watching like a hawk, and the one chick I want to ID, I can't be sure which egg it came out of. Even though one is blue and the other is brown. *headdesk*

 

[ruth]

Has anyone had their BC Marans go broody? Two out of eight of mine have gone broody the same day. They are 7 months old. I have a third that looks like she may also go broody. Gets on nest, stays a day or two, gets off, gets back on - so not sure about her - but the other two have not moved their butts at all. Haven't even gotten off nest to eat or drink that I've seen. I'v set them each up in their own open crate in Marans coop and have marked three eggs each for them to keep and hatch. Of course they are going broody left and right just as I have a waiting list of hatching egg orders to fill. I haven'tt read whether or not this breed is prone to broodiness or not but mine sure seem to be. THe first warm weather we have and they start dropping like flies. Personally, I prefer them to hatch and raise their own chicks - it makes my life so much easier.