Here are photos of disqualifying comb sprigs seen all too often in the Marans. These were 2 month old cockerels, sprigs already showing up. Usually takes longer to see them in the pullets.
Here is my Black Copper Marans cockerel that won Reserve Continental at the Tucson show this past November:
His one fault is the back end of his comb tilts to the left, not perfectly straight. I have seen more "funky" combs with the Marans than any other breed. Some of the combs are absolutely...
Sometimes it is because the birds are hot. I had thought split wing was caused by a missing feather, but one of my Barred Rocks has split wing on one side only. He has all the correct number of feathers, but wing looks like photo posted above. I took him to a show just because I wanted a...