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

[Illia]

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I am SO sorry to hear of that!

 

[upthecreek]

Sorry to hear this but it happens to us all at one time or another , i just try to remember that there is a good reason for all things - whether we know it or not .
Love your Children , Good things will happen each day , just wait and see



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[drom]

Oh, bummer Geebs, I'm really sorry.

 

[kathyinmo]

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OH NO ! ! I am soooo sorry for you! I know things happen, but darn it anyway!

Recently we took a bunch of roosters to auction, and the ONE possible BCM roo that I thought was half way descent, was taken instead of the obviously crappy one! I don't know how it happened, but it did. I am still sick about it! Oh well .... movin' on ....

I am happy you hatched some of Leopold's chicks, geebs! That has to be some consolation anyway.

 

[drom]

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Well, this roo I used this time obviously carries it but I don't which hen does. I have 3 other roosters I can use.

 

[berkeleysprings]

thank you for your post , my oldest (only 3 hens ) are right at a year old and never moulted .

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Those look like a 5, maybe a 4.

As for the adult birds - How old are those?

 

[berkeleysprings]

it takes 2 or so weeks to tell the sex, there comb plays no role in sexing chicks for me because one hen has a tall comb so feather is the best way some times

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I have a question for you. How and when do you sex Wheaten chicks?

 

[Bluemoon420]

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That hen in the third picture. Was she crossed with a welsummer? I have one right now who looks exactly like that one except she has light blue legs with white feathering on the legs. She is beautiful, and we named her Lily. Her blue legs are confusing me however. She is the only one out of that test hatch to have them, and I know the two breeds ( Rooster is a BCM ) she was crossed with aren't mixed breeds. I'm hoping I get more like her in the future.

Bluemoon

 

[geebs]

Bloomoon... You may put a pic up and we will help you.... I suspect you have a mossy. That is where the feathering takes on a duckwing appearance a real muted coloration of the feathers... It is an undesirable trait among serious breeders that are trying to establish APA standards, however my personal experience is that the mossy hens lay really nice eggies!!!

 

[geebs]

Hey thanks guys.. I am feeling a lot better today about my loss yesterday... (I hope to get a nice replacement out of the new crop)...I actually needed to thin down on roos and I have another one that is nearly as correct... I like Leopold for the quality of red/copper and his size. My replacement is a little smaller and has a little better green quality and has nicer legs....He is a little stockier...(If he is as nice to the hens I can make the adjustment).. Leopold was a really kind fellow... (he did attack me when I entered his pen last week but it was because he had newly hatched babies and I didn't know) Truth be told it wasn't much of an attack...Ruffled feathers and noise.

R.I.P. Leo