THE Blue/Black/Splash Copper MARANS Flock in the Front Yard (Part 3)

[@scclif]

Hope your flock will stay safe with the cold weather coming..

[@RobertasArtisticAdventures]

I love your handsome Maran's rooster. My favorite chickens are the Splash Marans. Thank you for sharing your chickens and their daily adventures with us.

[@JB43186]

Keeping my fingers crossed that your chickens weather the upcoming storm!

[@burnindaylighthomestead2977]

Your music is delightful.

[@charlenegrady8781]

Wow you really know your stuff when it comes to chickens. You have beautiful birds. Thank you for sharing. Take care Jeff. Stay warm❤️✌️🇺🇸

[@SeeLionsInTX]

You are a wealth of interesting information, Jeff. You would make an awesome radio DJ. Great voice 👍 Your chickens look pretty perfect to me! They are so beautiful 😍

[@jamesjessee4064]

Stay safe and warm 🌲🙋‍♂️👍❤️

[@barbarahopkins5239]

keep warm

[@armidaperez5360]

All ⭐ flock

[@nicolem376]

Ty for all the info! Very helpful. The roosters are some of the most beautiful imo. ❤

[@karenladwig3856]

You have beautiful birds! Happy Holidays Jeff !❤❤👍🐣🐤🐦🐓

[@vidili68]

Hi there Keep warm good job narrating see you next time have a good day. 🐕🐶👍🇺🇸🐔😎

[@gregganderson1454]

Very interesting.

[@rockkline7096]

Nice video Jeff.👍👍👍👍

[@pattiwhite9575]

Happy Holidays Jeff! I want to know what Christmas cookies you will be baking this year. I hope you are able to go visit with you elderly family there in Arkansas before Christmas. Be safe and enjoy you holidays.

[@cherylcallahan5402]

*Groovy Eggs Homestead with Jeff appreciate your videos Listening 🌟 from Mass USA TYVM 💙 🇺🇸 Jeff*

[@denisemacdonald2062]

Merry Christmas Jeff…keep warm the next few days!

[@peggynorton5535]

Hope you got enough wood to keep u warm!! Your chickens are just beautiful.. have you tried old crockpots to warm the water for the chickens to keep from freezing? Even a few would help.

[@deedunn7563]

Crockpots. That is a fantastic idea. Never thought of that.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi..... Thank you for showing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐣🐥🐈🐦🌱🌺🌹🌻🌼🌸🌷🏡🎥👍👍👍

[@patgarry493]

Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

[@nicolem376]

I have wanted BCM for a while. If anyone is in the Tulsa area I recommend you contact Chris at H-Farm. His birds are NPIP certified and AI (avian influenza) free. He has two beautiful flocks. One is the highest quality BCM that lay 7-8 color eggs. Some of the ones I got are so dark they look mahogany red colored. His other flock is a mix of blue/black/splash and they are gorgeous. The roosters are ❤. That flock has more 5-6 color eggs but very nice. The main thing is he is passionate about the breed. I’m only 2 years into chickens and have wanted dark BCM eggs for a while. Not only did he take us through the coops to pick out our eggs from the nest boxes he also gave me some 7-8 eggs for free to eat because they had reached exactly 7 days old. He encouraged me to try to hatch them but he won’t sell them at 7 days old. I’m incubating them. I thought that was extremely kind of him. I think he is more about spreading the love of the breed than anything else. And after all that he text me several times referring me to FB groups that he is on & recommends. You won’t find a friendlier or more helpful person.

[@evalinawarne1337]

Love my visits with you JEFF and learning about the flocks. BLESSED CHRISTMAS FROM S E MICHIGAN 🀄🀄🀄🛐🛐🛐🌹🥀👍🤟

[@g.cosper8306]

nice charting. luv ya Jeff

[@mickichikwinya5519]

Flock on front lower or top level would be great prep for a small garden. Easy to walk out and pick a meal.

[@BobbleheadHomestead]

Yep, especially with all the wood chips I put there after bringing them from the other place. Too bad I won't have any time for gardening until I can comfortably pay my basic bills and the 14% self-employment tax. It'd be nice to have enough time to garden again some year in future.

[@nourltuber]

That's a lot to know! You're the man! Happy Holidays, Jeff! 🐔🐓 🌲🧑‍🎄☃️❄️ 🐤🐣

[@sherryo360]

Wow Jeff!

[@scottslinger1003]

Very interesting video, Jeff.

[@peggynorton5535]

Jeff, I hope all is well with you.

[@AfterTheRains]

Wow Jeff, the way the camera was angled outside I saw a car coming towards your head at one point! I love your genetics knowledge.

[@BirdSaver]

Beautiful birds Jeff. You are the chicken whisperer. Merry Christmas.

[@veragamsky1734]

My favorites are blue and splash hens. A lot of families i follow have the black copper marans. I do like the dark brown eggs. Not sure which ones lay the darkest though.

[@tracybruring7560]

Hope all is well up there. i was thinking of you trying to keep those waterers unfrozen

[@judysetran9198]

Hey Jeff...missing you friend ..hope you are well

[@RR-up4my]

I want some of these!

[@beebop9808]

That's a perty boy you have there. I've got a couple Black Copper roosters. Those two are a mess and a hoot to have around.

[@cassandrahens8627]

Marans are one of my favourite breeds. I have three varieties, BBS copper, Wheaten and Cuckoo. The Cuckoo I have are offspring from birds imported into Australia from the UK so are clean legged

[@creinicke1000]

Nice genetics info...

[@onetuliptree]

Hi Jeff, I like the egg colors, but chicken breeds are interesting too. Stay warm!

[@starlenekalinski5633]

I bred Cochin Frizzles in black, blue and splash. It's the same in Cochins and Frizzles. The ones that come out black don't have the nice glossy color and can have brassy colors. My daughter always won big with her splash rooster.

[@starlenekalinski5633]

I have a blue Frizzle Cochin hen that is a beautiful blue, but has white in her earlobes.

[@melissaedwards498]

Have you heard of a Blue Olive Egger?.. mix of Cream leg bars & Splash Marans. Wondering what colour eggs they lay?!…

[@pamneal6483]

Will you talk about Cuckoo Marans. Difference between all the other Marans and the Cuckoo marans. How many eggs per year, how long they live and hardiness.

[@barbarahopkins5239]

[@hannakinn]

I'm a bit worried about your chicken's with this Arctic blast storm and the insane low temperatures. I had to cancel my own Christmas travel plans so I can stay home and let sink water drip if the power/heat goes out. It's going to be 5°F where I live Friday night. No telling what the windchill will be so no Christmas for me but keeping my pipes safe, if I can, is more important than food and gifts. Maybe if it gets way too cold you can bring a few chicken's inside, like a few of Number 2's offspring, we can't lose those genes, they're super special. My grandmother used to bring some of her prize chicken's into her kitchen when it was crazy cold. One year a cow had a calf during a blizzard and granny had a baby calf in a big wooden shipping container in the kitchen next to the wood stove. She did that again with a calf born during a hurricane, lol. Good luck to you, I'm sure your flocks well being is on a lot of your viewers minds and hearts during this storm.

[@BobbleheadHomestead]

Chickens have been existing and roosting in trees in cold weather for centuries longer than we have been raising them. There are breeds that originated Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, people keep chickens in Alaska and Minnesota and Maine and even Canada. Many breeds were developed in cold weather France and England. I don't know why so many people freak out about chickens and cold weather, it only takes a minute of research.

[@hannakinn]

@@BobbleheadHomestead oh sorry guess I didn't do the proper research. I was seeing videos from a lot of people, farmers and homesteaders that raise chickens prepping them for the cold weather. I also saw a video from one homesteaders in a southern state that lost some hens to a cold snap. I was also remembering how my grandparents treated their chickens during bitter cold. My grandfather was a chicken farmer in the 1930s but converted to dairy, tobacco and fruit and vegetable farming. I was neglectful in not researching the specific breeds you have to see how hardy they are. I really only became concerned after you talked about the rooster you have with a damaged comb from frostbite. It made me think that chickens are suspectable to injury from cold weather. I'm glad to hear yours are not. I should've thought about all of the cardinals and small birds that are fine in the winter at my mom's property. As long as those wild birds find enough food to eat to maintain their body heat and a nice bush to shelter in they're fine resting with their feathers fluffed up. Believe me Jeff I won't ever comment again about chicken health because you're the chicken expert not me. My comment actually came from a kind place it honestly wasn't intended to incite anger or hostility.

[@rt3box6tx74]

I'd like a couple zebra hens. My last hens were some fancy breed that were temperamental as heck. No more of that will be tolerated here.

[@Zombie-adventures]

Question: you mentioned that it’s not good to bring in outside stock? I thought it strengthens the group to do that. I also am fascinated by that color chart you showed us. It’s impressive how you manage all those birds!! Also is it true that chickens will lay more eggs if you add red pepper flakes to their feed?

[@juliajohnson6022]

Hello Jeff. Was wondering where you go to order some of your chickens and do you ship to Tennessee?

[@PatricePumaPaw-boston-so8qn]

Hi I am new to chicken hood and your channel... Just trying to suck out your knowledge 😅

[@solovable1ify]

I have a blue French Marans, she's our biggest hen in my flock, it took her 9 months before she started laying. My other breeds started laying around 4-5 months. Has anyone else had a late layer?

[@armidaperez5360]

🙋👍💞

[@Southernbred52]

Hope you are ok??

[@SandraNelson063]

I've been in the hospital for a year. I don't care what day it is either.

[@chrisbgarrett]

What about Blue copper marans roo over black copper marans hens?

[@halfcenturyfarm607]

👍👍

[@madcat2713]

❤⚔❤⚔❤⚔❤

[@jerylynbean9904]

Eggs are very expensive in grocery stores now and not very plentiful.

[@AfterTheRains]

Here in U.K. they are. So many flocks being culled because of bird flu 😢 which is causing a shortage but the shelves have not been bare as yet. The prices are stable at the moment.

[@user-vg6zz8fv3k]

May I buy some blue egg layers from you? Send me a pm. Thank you!