cluckbok Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I went into our local garden centre to get some food for our guinea pigs and they had chickens in there again. The other lot they had all sold. They had some labelled as follows:- Pecan Bantums Meran chickens I think they mean Pekin Bantams and Maran chickens?? I couldn't resist but to correct them while I was at the till, bet they loved me I did say Pecan was a kind of nut!! Now you'll all tell me there is such a thing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Wonder if Meran was supposed to be Maren? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Dunno, I've always thought it was moran, perhaps another omleteer could let us know out of interest really. They were very sweet little bantums, would have loved some, not got any more room though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I think it's Maran, Cluckbok. http://www.poultrymad.co.uk/chickens/maran.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Oh yes, so it is, thank you Claret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Which garden centre? I want Pecan Bantums! Just look at the sig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 Ooh it's quite a way from you, we are in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk! They were cute and had little feathery feet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Aww, how sweet! So I take it they don't resemble the nuts? Sleek and shiny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Nope, they are rounded and fluff-tastic! I've always had two pekins in my flock and they are great fun - not so good at the egg thing as they far prefer to be broody (and make great mums), but they have such brilliant personalities. My Lily is a gobby little madam, rather like a feathered version of Pat Butcher... and as for Lavinia.... She chases me around the garden and shouts at me if I ignore her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Great! That's just what drew me to that breed in the first place, little balls of fluff running around the garden! I heard they had great personalities and I wanted them for that, more as pets that becoming eco and self-sufficeint Anyhow I should be getting my liitle balls of fluff very soon some time in August, when I get around to ordering my eglu and the chooks, which is next on the list after a holiday in the Lake District! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 We have two balls of fluff, Scurry is a right little madam, came strolling into the living room the other day..........that is thro' the conservatory & kitchen....I didn't know wether to be cross or to laugh! but loves a cuddle, often seen tucked under the arm of LMW. As for Snowy she is a scatty, dippy little chook, hopeless and always last. She ends up flying at six inches above ground level to keep up.Often seen standing in the middle of our tiny lawn looking completely baffled 'cause the other two chickens have disappeared into the flower beds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I love their saddle bags of fluff - gives them a real strut and attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckbok Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 I would LOVE some, maybe one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I have 3 teeny balls of fluff & a frizzle! Donut likes perching on the brick in the run & muffin likes to jump on & off the glug. Cookie iswell behaved & Spongebob ( frizzle cockerel) is a nest hogger! I will be breeding next year - I'd like to try & get some frizzles from a hatch! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Fluffy feet like these.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Awww, look at those little starfish toes! A couple of years back, Lesley, Carl and I went to a farm shop near to them (can't remember which one now), and they had two broods of little, fluffy pekin chicks running around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brown Clan Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 oh dear how funny or not as the case maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
