Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[berkeleysprings]

 

[berkeleysprings]

I wanted to post a bunch of pictures hoping it might spark conversation if anybody has questions please feel free to ask

 

[snowbird]

Randy, The young Wheaten are really looking good. Males look real good

 

[berkeleysprings]

thanks don i hope to be getting closer to getting nice roosters and il keep 2 of the five in the group. i have 3 more young roos i havent evem considered yet till there older. the remander of roos will live a good life for a few months than i will cull for dinner. this fall i hope to keep the two roos in wiith main flock depending how they get along with the 14 hens

 

[knjinnm]

Hi Randy,
Looks like you eliminated the white tail puffs.
Joe

 

[OldChurchEggery1]

thanks don i hope to be getting closer to getting nice roosters and il keep 2 of the five in the group. i have 3 more young roos i havent evem considered yet till there older. the remander of roos will live a good life for a few months than i will cull for dinner. this fall i hope to keep the two roos in wiith main flock depending how they get along with the 14 hens

Will they do well with a 1:7 ratio of cocks to hens? With my Jersey Giants, I have to keep it closer to 1:4 to make sure that all the hens are paid equal attention. Maybe it has to do with their size.

I'm wondering because I'm hatching out some late season chicks (2 out this morning and one more had a sizable pip so far) and I'd like to keep a relatively small flock but want to be sure I have enough "spares" that I don't find myself in the same predicament I'm in now- no males after the double whammy of raccoons and a heat wave!

 

[Debbi]

Nice crop of young birds Randy!! I see quite a few nice boys in there, if I was closer, I might come relieve you of one or two.

We finally got some good rain yesterday, with more coming today. Right now it's sunny and breezy, temps around 85*, so the chicks are outside playing in the big run. Hopefully if the weather stays cooler, they can finally get out of my house! Wheatie-Pie is going to be a plus sized gal, what a chunker!

 

[snowbird]

Will they do well with a 1:7 ratio of cocks to hens? With my Jersey Giants, I have to keep it closer to 1:4 to make sure that all the hens are paid equal attention. Maybe it has to do with their size.

I'm wondering because I'm hatching out some late season chicks (2 out this morning and one more had a sizable pip so far) and I'd like to keep a relatively small flock but want to be sure I have enough "spares" that I don't find myself in the same predicament I'm in now- no males after the double whammy of raccoons and a heat wave!

The Marans I have worked with will be fine with 1-7 ratio. The young male can cover more female and be fertile. I have run as many as 25 female on the yard with one male and had great hatch rate. If you run more than One male with a group of females most likely the fertility will go down due to the males interfering with each other. I never run two males in a breeder pen.

 

[berkeleysprings]

1 to 10 and thwre will be a few hens that will get torn up. theres always a few of the roisters favorite . or there just hoes lol . he will tear the backs up bad . some tumes i pull roo our all together to let girls rest & recover

 

[berkeleysprings]

I realize I posted 100 pictures but somebody asked to see in a rooster with the wings spread there's a picture with white in the wings and 1 with no white