Meet Jasmine

Jasmine is the oldest hen we have in our flocks.  She is a pure cottage hill black copper marans that we purchased as a young pullet.  We bought her home before we built our first coop, so for the first few days she stayed in our kitchen in a large ferret cage.

Jasmine as a Pullet.  She was hen-pecked when we got her, and missing her back tail feathers.

Jasmine has a sweet personality and is trained to coming running when she hears us call out that we have treats.  She was known to sit on my back porch and beg for kitchen scraps through the back door before we put up the yard fence.  Now she waits by the gate and will lead her flock in when we leave it open. 

A frequent Jasmine sight!  She fluffs up at us when she is broody.

 Jasmine is a good layer and one of our top Marans layers even now that she is older.  However she does goes broody often and stops laying completely for weeks at a time.  This resting period helps her productivity when she is laying so we don't complain too much.  Her eggs are a bit lighter brown then we would prefer from a Marans, yet they hold the top spot on hatchability.  Many of her daughters have now joined our laying flock.

Currently Jasmine hatched a brood of her own.  She is making a wonderful momma to 2 young Marans and 4 young Basque chicks.    I took some treats out yesterday and called to her and was very happy to see her come running, with all her chicks close behind, to see what I had for them.