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

[Soaring Chicks]

Thanks any info./help would be great. Very nice looking eggs. I think you should send them to me....

Good luck hatching them.

 

[aalbury]

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The only thing I know is that marans leg feathering is termed "minor feathering"? And I can't find anything on it other than an oxford journal article that is $25 to view the one article. I am tempted though.

This article infers that there is a "feather inhibiting gene" which may stop leg feathering though the bird carries the feathering gene:
http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/10E01A10.pdf


Thanks Soaring chick! If the chicks that hatch lay dark eggs, then I'll know it's a good match and will be able to send eggs in good conscience!

 

[geebs]

If you drop the capital on the article... Share the wealth!!! I must admit I have blow money on less!!! ha ha... I imagine minor refers to the fact that it is only down one toe (the outside) and that the feathering is sparse

 

[pinkchick]

I was wondering the same thing about leg feathering and its absense on a chick that I hatched out 2 weeks ago, it came from 2 feather legged parents and has one feather stub on 1 leg.

 

[geebs]

Send the poor chick on over here.. I can rig up some falseys... ha ha...

... I will gladly provide leg feather extensions!!!

 

[geebs]

Aalbury.... can you post the link that will allows us access to the site.. I only get a big pic that goes nowhere.

okay edited yet again... (fixed it)

 

[pinkchick]

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Have you been sneaking an extra shot of funnyhaha into your java?

 

[geebs]

Pinkchick.. you are slipping... We haven't seen enough pictures of those giant blue birds!! and yet to the java question... I am on my 3rd pot of coffee... If you knew what I was dealing with you would know why I am so sleep depraved...I will sum it up in one word... Teenager. (two words).... Female teenager. aaaarrrggg Now for the show... I am waiting... peep pictures will do also... he he

 

[aalbury]

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My name is Alecia btw. Alecia Albury. I will have to get a signature....

Here's the one with the pricey article: http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/20/3/111

and this is the other : http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/10E01A10.pdf

I'm using Firefox and it comes right up - I tried to cut and paste part of the article, but it's in pdf format (AH! you may not have an adobe plugin), here are pics of the article:

 

[geebs]

Sorry AAlbury.. (berry)... ooops... I will fix that.. Drat that is twice I misspelled it.. thanks for the info.. Wow beautiful posting.. I am off to read it