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Bert

  • Joined Jan 2012
    • Isle of Mull
Re: Excited.
« Reply #30 on: June 06, 2013, 08:20:33 am »
Congratulations on your new arrivals  :thumbsup:
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
    • ABERDON GUNDOGS for work and show
    • Facebook
Re: Excited.
« Reply #31 on: June 06, 2013, 10:07:38 am »
Pics, David?
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Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Excited.
« Reply #32 on: June 06, 2013, 10:17:30 am »
will do in a bit
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Excited.
« Reply #33 on: June 06, 2013, 10:18:39 am »
I might pop in past in next day or so  :innocent:
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Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Excited.
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2013, 10:40:48 am »
any time annie!!!
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Excited.
« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2013, 11:03:26 am »
well done, good news - open the peapod wine and scrub that 'wannabe' off your nametag  :thumbsup:
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bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Excited.
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2013, 11:13:04 am »
the wannabee stays till i find space for pigs and sheep!!!
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ellied

  • Joined Sep 2010
    • Fife
    • Facebook
Re: Excited.
« Reply #37 on: June 06, 2013, 04:35:33 pm »
Rubbish, you don't need pigs and sheep to be a smallholder, plenty of us don't :P   You are keeping and breeding livestock, what more do you want?  Some don't even have that yet..

And please do post pics, I have Maran envy and want to enjoy the newcomers from a safe distance  :)
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bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Excited.
« Reply #38 on: June 06, 2013, 04:58:04 pm »
picture hopefully
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HappyHippy

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Re: Excited.
« Reply #39 on: June 06, 2013, 05:18:37 pm »
Awwwwwww bless  :love: :love: :love: so cute, here's hoping a good percentage are girlies  :fc:
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: Excited.
« Reply #40 on: June 06, 2013, 06:03:55 pm »
 :love: so cute. Enjoy while you can. Ours are 5 weeks today and I cannot believe how quickly they are growing up.
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darkbrowneggs

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • The World is My Lobster
Re: Excited.
« Reply #41 on: June 06, 2013, 07:46:45 pm »
Well done.    :excited:


Looking slightly more boyish than girlish though the one sitting on the right looks hopeful.   I would never cull any Marans at that age, it is 6 weeks to be sure when the headgear start to develop.  So they are not the most cost effective of breeds but the eggs do make up for it.  And if you keep the boys on to 5 to 6 mths they do make good eating (sorry come from a farming background  ;)  )
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bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Excited.
« Reply #42 on: June 06, 2013, 08:49:17 pm »
Is sad to report chick number 6 never made it out of its egg successfully  >:( >:( >:(


no signs of movement any more will give till the morning but not hopeful.


So thats 5 happy chicks from 9 Maran eggs set!!!
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Moregin

  • Joined Oct 2009
    • Grangemouth
Re: Excited.
« Reply #43 on: June 06, 2013, 10:43:42 pm »
Mine was sadly a complete disaster mate. Only got two out and both died about half an hour after coming out  :( . 
Beginning to think I am not destined to have Marans!!! Paid silly money for two young birds at Carlisle six weeks or so ago and one is a bloody egg eater!!!
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Beewyched

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • South Wales
    • tunkeyherd.co.uk
Re: Excited.
« Reply #44 on: June 06, 2013, 11:16:25 pm »
Quote from: Moregin on June 06, 2013, 10:43:42 pm
Mine was sadly a complete disaster mate. Only got two out and both died about half an hour after coming out  :( . 
Beginning to think I am not destined to have Marans!!! Paid silly money for two young birds at Carlisle six weeks or so ago and one is a bloody egg eater!!!

Time to put into solitary & get out the mustard methinks - naughty hen!
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