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phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
October 17, 2009
11:54 AM Post #7179311
| I received three Blue Splash Marans yesterday. One rooster and two hens. How do they look? Paul
Pic of Hens
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phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
October 17, 2009
11:55 AM Post #7179313
| Pic of rooster 
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beclu727
Dacula, GA
(Zone 7b)
October 18, 2009
09:17 AM Post #7181980
| I'm no expert, but they look beautiful to me. (I have 3 Wyandotte pullets.) How old are they? Their colors are very pretty. |
phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
October 18, 2009
08:23 PM Post #7183996
| Thanks, The rooster was hatched in March and the Hens in May Paul
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shellimac
Puyallup, WA
October 30, 2009
10:20 PM Post #7225734
| The splashes are fine, the rooster is a birchen Marans. are they from the Bev Davis line? I hatched out eggs from her line and ended up with a Birchen Rooster also. A splash roo will have same look as your pullets. You can use the Birchen on the splash. You will end up with mostly Blue Birchen. |
shellimac
Puyallup, WA
October 31, 2009
11:53 PM Post #7229020
| Here is my splash Marans rooster 
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shellimac
Puyallup, WA
October 31, 2009
11:55 PM Post #7229027
| Here is the Birchen 
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porkpal
Richmond, TX
October 31, 2009
11:59 PM Post #7229038
| Beautiful birds! |
shellimac
Puyallup, WA
November 01, 2009
12:00 AM Post #7229042
| Here are the eggs from this batch of Marans. 
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shellimac
Puyallup, WA
November 01, 2009
12:06 AM Post #7229059
| If you are talking to me, Porkpal, thankyou. Phicks birds are nice also and since she is from the state where mine originated and she ended up with a Birchen in the mix also I suspect hers are from the same line as mine. Birchen are kinda hard to come by, so I'm keeping my accidental Birchen. I culled all but the best two roos out of that hatch. I imagine her pullets will lay some very nice dark eggs also. |
phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
November 01, 2009
01:36 PM Post #7230322
| Hey am a He LOL Paul H |
Jayryunen
Sapello, NM
(Zone 5b)
November 01, 2009
02:17 PM Post #7230438
| Oh dear, another hen is really a roo...
LOL
You might as well get used to it, Paul... unless you make a habit of signing your name, default position is hen around here. =0) |
phicks
Lakeland, FL
(Zone 9b)
November 01, 2009
05:15 PM Post #7230993
| shellimac your hens are a lot biger then mine. Does Both your Roos have Fhears on there feet? Paul
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shellimac
Puyallup, WA
November 01, 2009
11:48 PM Post #7232319
| I am really sorry to have made a gender mistake. Didn't mean to call you a she. Mine do all have heavy feathers on their legs and down outside toes. I have two different lines of birds. My others came from Pat and Dennis Pisapia in Texas. All shipped eggs . The eggs were pretty dark. They started laying Sept. 08 and layed non-stop all winter until just lately they slowed down due to their first molt. Those really aren't feather-legged. These other ones started laying in Sept. 09 and already I'm not getting squat for eggs out of them. I also have about 30 blue mottled and black mottled cochin bantams which I dearly love. They are the tamest, sweetest little birds. Again, sorry for calling you a she. Karen in Puyallup, Wa. |
