Is she a late developer?

[Hilary B]

I did have a cuckoo hen (home bred) with a lighter head and neck, but it's not normal. Usually the hens are the colour of her body, the cockerels the colour of her head-and-neck.
'Proper' Marans, have feathered feet, but there are a lot of 'bred-for-eggs' ones (especially cuckoos, which I gather are derived from an outcross anyway) which don't have the feathering. Mine didn't.....

[Newtothis]

She's definately got feathery legs - all the way to her toes, but just on the outside of her legs. The photo doesn't do the 'barring' on her body justice either - I'm a lousy photographer - normally I get my thumb in the way.
I must admit her feathering on the head and neck does look like our sussexs', so she may be a bit of a 'Heinz'.
We love her anyway......would just love her more if she started with the eggs!
Big feet though - much bigger toes than the other girls'.
I keep waiting for her to trip herself up....

[its hilly]

Well she doesn't look like a pure Silver Sussex, they do have the 'hood' with lacing extending down the front, but the main body is black, not mottled. And they do not have feathers on their legs ever.
My Maran hybrids are rather similar, but much darker.
However I was loaned a French cuckoo/sussex cross to use as a broody once and she was very very similar. Sadly I don't appear to have a photo of her, but it was a real feeling of deja vu when I looked at your adult pici.
Nice girl anyway. Hope she lays soon for you.

[jessmorris]

She's very pretty! If her feet look huge maybe she's not 'grown into them' yet? Like a puppy?

A lady took 2 of my wyandottes which are laying in their new home. Their sisters, still with me, aren't! (but they have bright red combs, so possibly may get one out before it gets too cold!)

Contrary things, chickens.

[Newtothis]

I'm learning that they never cease to amaze.....
Never chuckled so much as when I'm watching the four of them in a scrape dust bathing, and throwing earth over each other.
They squirm so much that I'm sure one of them spun around completely yesterday.

[Newtothis]

Horrayy!!! Eggs at last!!
Just went to the coop and found a nice clutch of 4 eggs! So unless one of the other 3 hens has laid twice today then it's definately Myfanwy!!
At long last.
The egg is a darker brown with speckles all over it.....very pretty!
And just when we'd given up on seeing an egg from her before spring!

[Suechooks]

Hooray!

[SMS6]

I got an egg yesterday, first one since October 20th. Not sure if it is my Maran who has come back in to lay, she stopped back in mid August when she had a partial moult. Her comb and wattles are nicely red again now so it could be her or it could be our new Roxy that came to us in October as a swap for her brother. Her comb is quite red too. I won't know for sure until I have a day off and can watch to see who goes in to the nest box - LOL

[Newtothis]

Hens are funny folk aren't they......

[SMS6]

we now know it is Bunty the Maran back in lay. She's laying every third day now. So all we need is for the others to start joining in and we can stop buying eggs again.

[Newtothis]

Eggsellent news SMS6!

[jessmorris]

two of mine are still laying (its amazing!). The youngest two hens - a pekin and a silkin. Yay!