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Marans chickens

Marans chickens

Regular readers will know that we hatched out three Cuckoo Marans chicks [https://www.limesendcottage.com/marans-chicks/] towards the end of last month. Being slightly disappointed with only getting three chicks from a dozen eggs (and realising that we had two cockerels and one hen) we decided to look around

Marans chicks

The weekend after our last post [https://www.limesendcottage.com/getting-ready-for-spring/] we had four little Cuckoo Marans chicks hatch out in our incubator. One of them was sadly a little too weak and didn't make it through the first 48 hours but the remaining three all appear to be healthy

Getting ready for spring

Getting ready for spring

The first day of March marks the official start of spring in the meteorological calendar but things have already started to get a little busier for us as we gear up in anticipation of longer days and warmer weather. After the long dark evenings of winter the lengthening days are