Got 15 blue moran chicks ordered for early July.14 hens and a rooster from Meyers hatchery.I really like the dark brown eggs.

nice looking birds

You can buy an incubator and get your grandson set up in the chick selling business.

Keith

Neat color

Have two incubaters.Will start hatching some out next year.

We've had Cuckoo Marans in the past. They are good layers and make good chicken soup after they stop laying.

I wanted to order some of those as I had some before but could not find them in stock other then fall time.

I'm thinking there's not much difference in the various types of marans. They are probably all good layers and good to eat.

As a fly tier I'd sure like to have the pelt off that bird! Sure is pretty.

When will you have eggs then, mid winter?

Should start laying sometime in December.

I currently have 10 each black sexlink, red sexlink, and cinnamon queen, they just turned 2 months old.

They are replacing my 16 hens that are a mix of cinnamon queen and rhoad island red that are 2 year olds. I’m still getting 10-14 eggs daily but it is time to reload.

That's how we do it Crappiekiller. We get new chicks every other year in the spring. When they start laying, usually in September or October, we butcher the old birds.

Cool looking birds

Yup....get chicks the first week of May ...

Then they start laying in October...when the temp ain't bad...