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Standard of Perfection- it is a book that has breed information for showing.

Hi Pink , we still have the 1 blue copper marans hen hatched from some of your eggs a few years back! currently no rooster to pair with her.

congrats! hope she lays you nice dark eggs

looks like a splash

How old are they? Looking at the pictures they seem to have more growing to do and that will bring changes. From reading the thread it sounds like Marans will continue to change even after a year old. Your boy seems to be showing some coloring coming in around the neck- it will be interesting...

splash- it will dilute any blue color and become lighter

Very pretty color!

You might be able to moved younger boys into the pen with the older ones as long as the younger ones aren't mature yet, you'll need to watch and see how they get along so that no one is picked on and stressed out. We have had to remove younger ones if they are being picked on and hiding. It's...

I will try and give ideas of what works for me. We have had no problems adding hens to a pen with the rooster already in it, but have had hens pick on the rooster when he is added in with them. The hens will have a pecking order and a "boss" hen and it might take a bit for the rooster to...

Hey Gilavina we justed started our 4th incubation of eggs, mostly Cuckoo Marans and Welsummers and a few Andalusians- about 62 eggs. We fixed the thermostat on the wine-bator and it has been working great- holding steady right at 99.6. We just finished a hatch at the start of the week-ending...

There is only an aprroved Standard for the Black Copper Marans at this point. From what I have seen when my kids are judged at fair for 4-H, the judges will also follow what is written in the 1st section of the SOP- Interpretation of Standard. extra comb points would be a deduction in points...

nice beefy looking guy you have!

we were lucky when my DD started showing chickens for 4-H, we have a poultry leader who has been raising and showing chickens for atleast 13 years with her daughter, so they took the time to helped us get started and is just a phone call away for us. Finding someone who is willing to mentor the...

Hi Pink , had to go back and look at our records- she is almost 2 years old- hatched April 2011. She only show smugges of cooper -not sure how well the picture shows it. She hangs out in the mixed pen with an Andalusian rooster so we have never tried to hatch any eggs. She is a very...

Here is my 1 blue copper marans hen that I kept from the group I hatch from Pinkchicks eggs The 2 eggs on the left side are what she lays and is a consistant layer She hangs out in the layer pen as we have no blue copper boys.