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

[klf73]

the source of the cuckoos will be a good indicator of what that chick is....when I spoke to Bill Braden he said his lines throw golden cuckoos......looks like yours may be that

 

[Crunchie]

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It's kind of hard to tell, but my first impression from the first photo is all girls and one boy.

The second photo is definitely a roo. The little roo w/the little bit of reddish color on his head looks to be out of my one rooster who is directly from Bill Braden--the rooster is not a golden, but he does have a few random gold feathers. I don't know what your little roo will grow up to look like, but like klf73 said, Bill's birds sometimes throw goldens (and they sometimes throw white sports, too). That one roo of mine is the only one with any gold, and it's just a little, but it's there. So I guess your little guy might be anywhere from having just a couple of gold feathers to being full-blown golden. I haven't hatched any goldens out of him, though.

He looks to have nice leg feathering. How many did you get with feathered shanks, out of curiousity? I have a few clean-legged hens and one clean-legged roo (can't help it, they came out of dark eggs and they lay dark eggs...I figure in another year or so I'll have all feather-legged though, as I'm working towards that), but almost all of the chicks I just hatched have nice feathering.

 

[klf73]

well, even if he only has a few golden feathers he would be valuable to someone with goldens to add feather shanks

 

[amazondoc]

I hatched my second batch of BBS birchens last night. I gotta say, baby chicks are just SO CUTE!!

None of these eggs were especially dark -- but, oddly enough, all four of the darkest eggs produced splash babies (one may actually turn out to be a very light blue). Also, I think only 5 of all 13 chicks has feathered legs, but fortunately all the dark-egged ones did.

I can't wait to see how these turn out. It's an adventure!

 

[klf73]

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oh, now you're just teasing us

where's the pics????

 

[amazondoc]

My good camera is AWOL.

 

[siz8003]

I think they all have feather legs.I am gonna get some clear pics today

 

[monarc23]

I just had to spaz about the good news coming my way here and i think you all will appreciate it with me

Next week I will be getting a trio of BC Marans (1 and 2 months old) from a breeder in Philly (her place is called Funny Farms- she doesnt have a real website but a blog---and WOW is she an awesome artist!!!) anywhooo she sent me a pic of her eggs and im getting a cockerel and two pullets sent my way!

I have never had birds shipped to me before but since they're being overnight shipped to my moms work I'm all for it (if they came to me they'd take 2 days urgh).

From Wayde Jeane lines (did I spell his name right prob not...). Tomorrow im getting a chick from Wayde Jeanes as well, and another BC marans from a line im unsure of at the moment but I'm happy to get it none the less!

So counting my two cuties I already have from ninjapoodles, the two im getting tomorrow, the trio im getting next week AND the 12+ marans eggs being shipped in to me from two different breeders sometime next week I assume.....I think it's safe to say im on my way to a good and happy start in feathered legged BC marans!

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

Thats Great!!! Sooo Happy for you!!!

 

[klf73]

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how about the *bad* camera then