NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

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Nope ..cowboy is my only Maran...hes the only one that hatched ..
(my fault ..I didnt take care of the eggs properly )
time will tell if I get some more Marans ...he is mating age ..I cant remember who he has mated ...with yet .
Hes in with the pullets his same age ..which 1 just started laying

Metella has Marans not sure what kind ..Im sure she will peep up

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Nope ..cowboy is my only Maran...hes the only one that hatched ..
(my fault ..I didnt take care of the eggs properly )
time will tell if I get some more Marans ...he is mating age ..I cant remember who he has mated ...with yet .
Hes in with the pullets his same age ..which 1 just started laying

Metella has Marans not sure what kind ..Im sure she will peep up

she has black copper Marans. They are beautiful and lay beautiful eggs but she says not quite show. I'm hoping to get some from her in May.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

I found a nice home for Chippy, my mean EE. He is going to live with a family from Thailand. Every Christmas they have a tradition of processing a cockerel for their Christmas dinner. I told them I can provide them with as many as they want. The are now a customer for meat birds and eggs in the spring and the largest cockerel every December.

 

[Metella]

Yep - lovely Marans - all Marans BUT I don't breed for feather color - hence you see Cowboy who had a white father with the most lovely leg feathers and a Black Copper Marans mother ....

My goal is a dual purpose bird that lays super dark eggs .... I don't show - that is what I have - I do have a BCM baby roo heading to my place in a few weeks - so if he covers the current girls - there will be very nice pure BCM - but I can't promise anything at this time. So my birds come from some very nice lines -but I don't cull or fuss with the feather color issue - in fact - I have some lavender copper hens, blue/black/splash ... so it is a fun guessing game on peep color for me.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Yep - lovely Marans  - all Marans BUT I don't breed for feather color - hence you see Cowboy who had a white father with the most lovely leg feathers and a Black Copper Marans mother ....       

My goal is a dual purpose bird that lays super dark eggs .... I don't show  - that is what I have - I do have a BCM baby roo heading to my place in a few weeks - so if he covers the current girls - there will be very nice pure BCM - but I can't promise anything at this time.    So my birds come from some very nice lines -but I don't cull or fuss with the feather color issue - in fact - I have some lavender copper hens, blue/black/splash ... so it is a fun guessing game on peep color for me.

 

1 dozen assorted reps for me .. Please

 

[Aria]

Thanks. I KNOW she is a wonderful person with Super birds.
Regards, Aria

 

[Metella]

All the birds are in the coop wanting me to serve them today .... they DO go out in the snow - but I do spoil them by laying down hay for them to walk on ... They are slow to come out on these winter days - but I always seem to see a few that find their way all the way to the bird feeder to snag the dropped seeds.

I've got a yellow bellied sap sucker that is coming every morning - a lovely addition to just the jays, chickadees and cardnials.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

I'm so happy I'm not the only one who puts hay out as a walk way for the birds. I was starting to think I was obsessed.

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[PhoredaBurds]

I'm so happy I'm not the only one who puts hay out as a walk way for the birds. I was starting to think I was obsessed.

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I use lots of straw over mud, snow, ice, etc. and they love ripping it apart. No judge of obsessed here. I put a roof over part of the chicken runs so they can be outside & not get rained or snowed on, lol.

 

[Gramma Chick]

All the birds are in the coop wanting me to serve them today .... they DO go out in the snow - but I do spoil them by laying down hay for them to walk on ... They are slow to come out on these winter days - but I always seem to see a few that find their way all the way to the bird feeder to snag the dropped seeds.

I've got a yellow bellied sap sucker that is coming every morning - a lovely addition to just the jays, chickadees and cardnials.

I dont put out straw , etc for them to walk on ...dont have any ..
Instead I shovel a path down to the grass ...most days ..
For them to walk on & eat .
Try putting some scratch mixed with bird seed......Shake it so they know you have it ..That will bring most of them out .
Mine will walk in the snow if I dont shovel ...
On the way to their Rec Room under the deck which is dry & all dirt .
which is where I throw the scratch mix