Midnight majesty maran

[frstimeflock]

Where did you get the chicks?

Atwoods

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

Were the purchased as straight run?

 

[Kjm279]

Atwoods

Very disa if they’re all roo’s. Were they straighten run? I’m unfamiliar with how stores like this sell chicks.

 

[frstimeflock]

Were the purchased as straight run?

Yes

 

[frstimeflock]

Very disa if they’re all roo’s. Were they straighten run? I’m unfamiliar with how stores like this sell chicks.

Yes, SR

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

That's a real bummer, because if u had only known, it would have been easy to pick females. (Black feathers with No head spot). When i first started getting chicks from feed stores, i fell into the same trap. Amongst auto-sexing straight-run breeds, the pullets had already been picked out before i arrived. I resorted to googling various chick breeds i was interested in right there in the store. For example, "Midnight Majesty Marans difference male female day old chick." Very sorry this happened to u, but it happened to me several times also, and no doubt countless others. Now u have a tip to help u select pullets from straight runs. Not All breeds show auto-sexing differences, but quite a few do. If u want pullets in breeds that are Not auto-sexing, best to pay a bit more for pullets.

 

[frstimeflock]

That's a real bummer, because if u had only known, it would have been easy to pick females. (Black feathers with No head spot). When i first started getting chicks from feed stores, i fell into the same trap. Amongst auto-sexing straight-run breeds, the pullets had already been picked out before i arrived. I resorted to googling various chick breeds i was interested in right there in the store. For example, "Midnight Majesty Marans difference male female day old chick." Very sorry this happened to u, but it happened to me several times also, and no doubt countless others. Now u have a tip to help u select pullets from straight runs. Not All breeds show auto-sexing differences, but quite a few do. If u want pullets in breeds that are Not auto-sexing, best to pay a bit more for pullets.

I learned the hard way thank you for your help!

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

Yes i learned the hard way too. It'll be ok. Just try again with new information.

 

[nicole28557]

That's a real bummer, because if u had only known, it would have been easy to pick females. (Black feathers with No head spot). When i first started getting chicks from feed stores, i fell into the same trap. Amongst auto-sexing straight-run breeds, the pullets had already been picked out before i arrived. I resorted to googling various chick breeds i was interested in right there in the store. For example, "Midnight Majesty Marans difference male female day old chick." Very sorry this happened to u, but it happened to me several times also, and no doubt countless others. Now u have a tip to help u select pullets from straight runs. Not All breeds show auto-sexing differences, but quite a few do. If u want pullets in breeds that are Not auto-sexing, best to pay a bit more for pullets.

Curious, mine did not have the head spot, but have white tips growing in on the feathers. Is it possible there are female and not midnight majesty maran? They do have feathered feet and we're marked as pullets

 

[Kazzandra]

Asking for an update, because I got two TSC midnight majesty marens that were marked as pullets with head spots. As i have 7 roosters to 10 females right now, I can't do more roosters, I just can't. Does TSC have a policy on this? I already got one rooster out of another store's pullet box and decided to try another store... get two more roosters? Very annoyed and worried about what I can do about this. Hoover's themselves are VERY unclear on headspot/when males show as barred etc.