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Now, THAT, my dear friend, made me ROTFL!!!

And sorry I was distracted when you called earlier. Grocery shopping with DH was spent slapping his hands as he was picking up stuff when he knew I was trying to concentrate on talking with you!
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How sweet!

We used to have inside bunnies but they have passed away now. A few holes in the carpet and a few stains but they were so worth it. My Mom would sit in the den watching TV and one girl would jump in her lap and poor old mom would pet the bunny and say "nice puppy." Bless her heart. But the bunnies were good for her. The cats would not go near her very much.
 
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I don't plan to show either. I don't have the time. But I have been selling eggs around the country. Not sure I want to deal with unhappy customers if something isn't perfect. My stock is very good but not perfect.

The biggest problem with the marans seems to be the crosses out there with Penedesenca in them. I am not sure how so many of these crosses got out there but people bred the Penedesenca to the Marans to increase the darkness in their eggs from what I am understanding. We recently hatched some eggs we purchased off ebay from such a cross not knowing it and the chicks do have funky combs and are very aggressive and flighty. The eggs were not a nice deep chocolate either but a cloudy dark egg. I can say this because this past week we hatched some marans chicks from another breeder, the eggs were beautiful and the chicks are so mellow and sweet. We have not had the problems with these chicks at all that we had with the first and they have very pretty straight little combs. I so hope they do not turn flighty. We are going to cull all the roos in the first batch and put the hens in the laying flock--of course we only have 3 or 4 hens from that batch.

I really like the marans eggs and would really like to have a nice flock of them but it is turning into more work than I thought it would. We do not show but I do like to sell eggs from my birds.
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I think you will love these Marans a lot more than the crosses. They still go through a crazy stage but nearly like the Pene crosses.

Since I was raising Marans before they had a standard decided on, I focused on what I like best about them and stick close to that. The folks that are now deciding about the Marans seem to be pretty clueless. All they think is what is pretty. That is fine for d'Uccles and bantam Cochins but Marans are dual purpose birds and need to be used for that.
The RIR got messed up a long time ago by getting away from what they were originally bred for so I am using the Marans for what they are bred for on my farm.
I like dark eggs and lots of meat with an wonderful temperament. The colors are pretty on the feathers but I don't throw out my birds for being mossy. They may not get bred right now but if they lay nice eggs then I keep them.
It was rumored that the mossy hens laid the darkest eggs. I hatched a few of those girls out and I can tell you that is not true. I used to belong to both Marans clubs and finally had to get away from all their bickering and false info. Marans are a great breed for me and I am sticking with what I have.
 
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I need them to come to my house and move my coop back about 5 feet so I can encircle my (huge) dog run around it!!! Seriously!!!!

Coop door was shut when we got home last night and I thought my friend came and shut it. But the chickens spent the night outside and I can't find 1 guinea and I only found the wing of my last blrw pullet. Waaaahhhh!!! Stupid me, I should have checked and done a head count
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. I think free range time in the woods is done!

Again, I say I am sorry! It was horrid to read this first thing this morning.
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Maybe we will find you some new kids when we go Sat.​
 
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Perfect pen for them! Plenty big as long as they have places to fly up onto they are happy.

Put a dunce hat on your waterer. That is one reason I am enjoying the milk jugs cut out. They can't poop in it.
The white on the legs should change to black when it molts out. I have never had one to have white feathers on the legs even though it had white chick fuzz to start with. It may be 4-6 months old before you realize it though.

Enjoy those Marans chicks! They are beauties!
 
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You have an attic? I sure miss having an attic!
And lucky you! I know you have a basement, too!
Wow! I wish I had more room to stuff junk.....er, I mean, important stuff,
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into for later use. Then maybe my house would not be such a wreck all the time. Okay, granted, DD cleaned it up real good for 2 weeks but now it is a wreck again. How does that happen???
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Hmmmmmm. I went as a spectator last year - so going by that - doors open at 6 and cooping in has to be done by 9........that is when judging starts.

I so wanted to put my fave black silkie girl in - but she still has too many pin feathers - and a little bald still from moulting.

Clemson Show!

This reminds me, what time are we going?
I know Jackie is up and going as early as we would like. But since you have to start from your house and head this way, it will have to be up to you. I will be ready by 7:30.
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