#copper marans

[hyydraworks]

The three variations of pearled up chickens that will be in this week’s Etsy update!

[journiland]

Speaking of chickens, we're not thrilled with the Copper Maran. She's gone broody three times this summer. Then she has to spend three days in chicken jail, and doesn't lay for another week or so. She'd be at risk of becoming soup if I didn't like seeing her dark brown egg in the carton so much. (Google says Marans only occasionally become broody, but ours apparently didn't read those articles.)

We've been leaning more towards the hybrid chickens since they have better egg production. The 8 we just raised are 3 Amberlinks, 4 Black Sexlinks, and 1 Black Australorp (not a hybrid but I've always wanted one). The dozen new chicks we kept are 4 Amberlinks and 8 Black Sexlinks. (We like the look of the Black Sexlinks better...black with some copper, plus they're supposed to be slightly higher in egg production than the Amberlinks).

Black Sexlinks (the amount of copper can vary from almost none to a ton):

Australorp (Vampire calls her and the Maran demon chickens, because their irises are so dark that their eyes look all black, like when someone is possessed on tv):

Amberlinks:

And the roo (he's an Americauna):

[journiland]

8/6/2022

Very tired and unmotivated lately. Actually did nothing other than the animal chores today. I did let the goats out unsupervised for a while... during the entirety of the movie "Sense and Sensibility," actually. (And didn't realize Hugh Laurie was in it until the credits, so had to go back and watch parts again.)

I really like the dark brown egg. I think the Copper Marans just started laying.