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Marans Cuckoo By Littlecreekfarm

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By: littlecreekfarm
Posted 01/11/12 • Last updated 01/11/12 • 1486 views • 8 comments

Marans
 Cuckoo Created by littlecreekfarm

Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed:

Cuckoo Marans are layers of Dark Brown or speckled eggs. They lay well about 5-7 eggs a week. All but one of my marans went broody, they are good broodies and attentive mothers. Your marans may lay lighter or speckled eggs when she first starts laying, but will work up to the beautiful chocolate brown eggs! They do not show well often will have wrong leg color, folded combs, and not right cuckoo pattern. But they are very friendly and love to free-range. Overall Marans are a good layer,and friendly.
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Description / Information
Female
7 msn
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This is one of my Cuckoo Marans hens.

Comments (8)

mates5 1/13/12 at 8:16am
We just got 3 hens at auction and are learning about chickens. Very sweet...just waiting to see those beautiful eggs we keep hearing about! Thanks for helping to educate me.
Spellbound 2/13/12 at 4:07am
Hi there, could you possibly take a look at my hens on the fourm chicken breeds - what breed or gender is this? Regarding 3 hens i have just bought and whether they are cuckoo marans or not and give me some advice please??
TheMacDonalds 6/4/12 at 7:05am
We just got 5 of these! not sure the genders though, they are one month old
sissyjo 6/10/12 at 8:36am
The Cuckoo is very easy to sex at a young age. The cockerels/rooster will be much lighter like the barred rock vs. the pullets/hens that are darker as in the picture
TwistOfFate 6/19/12 at 12:27pm
I'm getting six of these beauties soon!
DNA Ranch 9/9/12 at 3:00am
At what age do they start laying eggs? Ours are about 5 months and they started sitting in their boxes, but no eggs thus far.
whitetiger21897 10/24/12 at 9:13am
At what age dose the cuckoo Marans stop laying eggs , we have 7 hens and one roster thats just had their third laying season and I'm now getting only one to two eggs a day
kian 12/25/12 at 1:38pm
I have 4 Cuckoo Marans, 18 weeks old. Unfortunately we ended up with two cockerals (I wouldn't mind but we aren't allowed to have them). :( No laying as yet. My pullets are great at running the dogs off! Totally cracks me up: one especially has zero fear, she's chased off my Great Pyrenees!
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