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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    This is why I love my Wheaten Marans. They lay speckles too. Almost identical color to Wellies, but big speckles. My first Welsummer may be my darkest layer but lots of tiny speckles. I went to a LOT of trouble and drove a couple hours to a breeder for first pick from the hatches of BCMs from...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Hello again to y'all. I've been trying to catch up. Lots of new faces here! All folks who love their Marans! I've greatly expanded chicken town since I first got on here.. although my only wheaten rooster died right before I could get any offspring from him! I have np clue what happened. No one...
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    Making auto sexing chicks with a cream legbar rooster.

    I'm researching this thread to see what I can do with a Cream Legbar rooster. The CCL hens I've gotten lay blue but are not very good - no crests, eggs weird shape, too small ect... BUT - I've got great Partridge and Creole Penedceseca hens that lay terracotta eggs, and Wheaten Marans that lay...
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    Trying to understand wheaten-blue Marans Genetics.

    I want to know this also. I have some nice wheaten (Marans) hens with good egg color and a trio of Blue Birchens with good color also. I only have a blue Birchen rooster to breed with them. Can this cross work for blue wheatens? What is my goal in generation 1 and 2 - with the goal of starting...
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    3 darkest of 12 hatched on day 19/20. Day 22 the rest remain silent and no pips...?

    Still nothing. I opened 4 of them up. 2 were dead in early development. The other 2 had fully formed perfect chicks inside that were too big to get in position. Their beaks were down away from the air cell. Bummer. I left 4 in another day, just in case. Chicks too big to turn correctly - is...
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    3 darkest of 12 hatched on day 19/20. Day 22 the rest remain silent and no pips...?

    Ok I drilled a hole in 2 of them. If I knew they'd internally pipped but not externally I'd be confident that might do something. Wait and see. There was no blood. That marans shell is really thick!
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    3 darkest of 12 hatched on day 19/20. Day 22 the rest remain silent and no pips...?

    They float just right. There's an air sac in all these eggs. They all appear viable. I also did the tap thing. Yesterday and today, absolutely nothing. No noise at all. I am completely shocked. Only 3 of 12 ?? With 10 roosters covering the flock of 40? No way. They were all fertile. These chicks...
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    Quality LF Silver Laced Wyandotte Chicks for sale-Shipping from TX

    Oh I love those :)
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    3 darkest of 12 hatched on day 19/20. Day 22 the rest remain silent and no pips...?

    This is an odd situation. My 3 darkest eggs (Wheaten Marans, Partridge Penedeseca) pipped, zipped and hatched easily on day 19. Big healthy chicks emerged and tore around in the incubator moving the other eggs a bit. I removed them when dry because I was worried they would move the others out of...
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    dark egg

    I have an odd situation. First time incubating eggs for me. I have 12 dark marans (wheaten, splash not BCM) and partridge penedeseca plus 3 dark green olive eggers all in the incubator. Ran 35% humidity for 18 days. Could not see squat in ANY of them candling.Did the smell test and never had one...
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    Coccisiosis? Sick chicks :(

    I have a beautiful Swedish Flower pullet that I'm trying to nurse back after her symptoms pointed to Coccidiosis. She's been weak and less active for 3 weeks but was fully sick not eating at all for 3 days last week. She improved after some homeopathic treatments and...
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    Meyer Hatchery

    I agree that is a common practice but in my specific case I had an opposing experience. My Welsummer from MPC lays the darkest egg around but my welsummer from Meyer lays light brown. In my boxes, the birds selected by MPC for my shipment were bigger, healthier, and developed into stunning...
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    Meyer Hatchery

    Attention ALL. This Meyer order seems way better. Success. I may be eating crow. There ARE some bantams in my order packed with standards and they all survived the trip. The Birchens they packed are a perfect trio of blues, The Swedish flower is perky, they are all vigorous! They packed the...
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    Meyer Hatchery

    MPC told me openly on the phone. The box from My Pet Chicken says Meyer Hatchery is the origin address. Their websites synch with new availability. In my experience My Pet Chicken sent me bigger more robust chicks. But I may have to eat crow about my long post because this recent order I just...
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    Meyer Hatchery

    My Pet Chicken is a partner with Meyer. The birds they sell come from Meyer
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