Wrath's Marans

[Tstraub]

I think she’s just a small girl. Marans hens should be 7 lbs, so 5 1/2 is quite a small hen. I think that is a matter of her genetics since I know you’ll take good care of her.

Small hens lay small eggs, so I doubt her egg size a matter of her health. Correct me if I’ve missed something because I didn’t catch the start of this conversation.

There was some discussion about incubating small eggs and I mentioned my Marans have never laid above small size. Then overweight hens was suggested as one possible reason for poor laying

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

There was some discussion about incubating small eggs and I mentioned my Marans have never laid above small size. Then overweight hens was suggested as one possible reason for poor laying

That makes sense, though I might suggest that you wouldn’t want to hatch from her eggs anyway to make sure your marans are as big as they should be. At the same time I wouldn’t rule it out if her type or egg colour would improve the standard of your flock.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

A few pics of my Wheaten Marans cockerel, Langdon, and some of his ladies

 

[wrathsfarm]

A few pics of my Wheaten Marans cockerel, Langdon, and some of his ladies

They're all gorgeous

 

[wrathsfarm]

A barrage of chicks with Chloe...probably 20 pics of the same 3 but there's 8 of them.. Little blue band is right at home.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

They're all gorgeous

I didn't mean to post them here, sorry, lost track of threads, lol

 

[WingItRanch]

A barrage of chicks with Chloe...probably 20 pics of the same 3 but there's 8 of them.. Little blue band is right at home.View attachment 4094221View attachment 4094222View attachment 4094224View attachment 4094225View attachment 4094226View attachment 4094227View attachment 4094228View attachment 4094229View attachment 4094230View attachment 4094231

Look at that! Such a cute family.

 

[2ndTink]

A barrage of chicks with Chloe...probably 20 pics of the same 3 but there's 8 of them.. Little blue band is right at home.View attachment 4094221View attachment 4094222View attachment 4094224View attachment 4094225View attachment 4094226View attachment 4094227View attachment 4094228View attachment 4094229View attachment 4094230View attachment 4094231

They're so crazy cute! Look at them

 

[wrathsfarm]

I didn't mean to post them here, sorry, lost track of threads, lol

Your more than welcome to post any pics you'd like...

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I think she’s just a small girl. Marans hens should be 7 lbs, so 5 1/2 is quite a small hen. I think that is a matter of her genetics since I know you’ll take good care of her.

Small hens lay small eggs, so I doubt her egg size a matter of her health. Correct me if I’ve missed something because I didn’t catch the start of this conversation.

Her coloring is lovely, though! I'm very new to chickening, but a BCM is next on my list. I didn't realize that hens could get so much copper coloring in them!