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

[drom]

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oh, aren't they pretty. Their little fuzz coats are pearly!

 

[kathyinmo]

What is it with these broody Marans?

I now have yet another broody .... one of my Splash Marans. I thought she was on that nest alot the past two days. I just went out to check, and sure enough ... she is sleeping in the nest! Tomorrow I guess I will give her some eggs. I tire trying to break broodies. It just isn't worth it! I guess she will be getting the Lavender Orpington project eggs.

 

[Illia]

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They're telling you to bid on the SLB eggs.

Man I cannot wait to have a bunch of broodies. . . .

 

[littledel]

My blue splash layed her first egg yesterday Unfortunately, she layed it on the ground and it got stepped on and broken

, but it was a really nice dark egg.

 

[Illia]

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I would've still taken a picture of it, or at least preserved the shell bits and taken a picture of them elsewhere. - Have you seen how many people take photographs of "Their first egg" - A softshelled splat on the ground?

 

[pinkchick]

Drom~ Thanks and Congrats on the babies!

Geebs~ Thanks for helping me out!

ADozenGirlz~ Love those little Splash babies!

Littledel~ Big Congrats on your first egg! Bummer that it was squished!

Kathy~ You can borrow my Bill for unbroodying your broody!

He does a wonderful job! One of my older BCM's decided that she needed to go broody recently.......after 3 days in a pen with Bill........she is no longer broody!

Remember the eggs I gave to my best friend to incubate in her new unused 'bator????? I'm so happy that she finally got the nerve to use it!!!!!

Here they are! (Sorry not the best pic....I took it with my phone)

 

[berkeleysprings]

havent shut the incubator off in 4 months lol , thought id post some random pics
of wheaten 4 month old first generation of the line im working to improve

 

[kathyinmo]

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Send Bill on over! Miss Fattie is head hen here!
Funny thing about Fattie (the light colored Cochin), she got up off the nest to do her business, and did her usual routine. First eating, drinking and pooping. Then, she usually does her leisurely 5 minute dust bath. Since it was all muddy out today, that was not an option. SO, she took the time to terrorize everyone else in the coop and run! I am telling you, it was just hillarious. She would go from one to the next, to the next, and just let them all know that she is still in charge! She sure did get her daily exercise!

That was soooo sweet of you to give her those eggs. When are they due to hatch?

 

[littledel]

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Got the second egg today. WOW, very smooth and clean, but kinda small (pullet egg). But really nice and dark. Kind of like milk chocolate. Really happy with my splashes.

 

[DaKid]

Thanks for posting the links on the egg coloring chart on the marans even if I about 8 pages late here maybe more ,

this coming year and the yr of 2011 I plan on breeding some true breeds of chickens , I'm just about finishing up on and added large area of 100 ft by 100 ft run which will be divided into ????? runs and coop for the new chickens and turkeys plus to my old reg. chicken run and turkey run now of 50 by 75 ft ........with a 12x 12 coop plus some small coops for the turkeys ......

plus I be adding on this winter / coming spring if need .