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The first web page translation from French to English was done by an American lady who as far as I know is no longer involved with the breed, she may even have passed away. Unfortunately it was not as good a translation as it could have been. As stated if , not being bi-lingual & an experienced...

The only good thing about the APA final standard it will not change with the wind like the French Marans standard. The last change to the French Marans Standard was in 1991. David

The excess red on the breast of a Black-Copper males could have two possible reasons, 1) the bird is a pure ER/ER Birchen but for some reason has lost some melanisation. or 2) the bird is an impure ER/eWh , a Birchen carrying Wheaten. Wheaten is an inhibitor of melanin, thus allowing the...

"chest black or lightly marked with red," I think you will find that was the earlier version of the Standard, not the current one, David

I can't swear to you what the **French** meant by the term, but the definition in English in this context would usually mean something like "few" or "not many" or "scattered" or "sparse". That is exactly what the French mean, and it highlights the difference in thinking. It allows for some...

Looking carefully at the photos, I see some red,but not much, on the chest in the first two photos. Seems OK to me. I would like to have him in hand to have a really good look. The European/British Standards generally "were written before the days of consumer protection acts" and they allow for...

White ear lobes are a common fault in farm flock Marans in France, due to farmers cross breeding with other fowl. Another situation the MCF is constantly complaining about, David

For instance -- say you've got two BCM roosters. One has a side sprig, but he also has sensational coloration, a good tail angle, and came from a very very dark egg. The other has a perfect comb -- but his chest is solid red, he's got a squirrel tail, and his egg was only a 4. Which rooster do...

Side Sprigs- Crawford, Poultry Breeding & Genetics, p191. Side sprigs can turn up when two lines that have never shown any are mated together. I think (personally) the idea that it comes from Penedesencas is an urban myth. I agree one should look at the whole bird, but should one purposely...

Side sprigs are the result of the combined effect of two genes. Birds may carry one OR the other and never show any effect. When combined they will produce sprigs. As a result they are extremely difficult to get rid of, and to do so will require a long and involved test mating program. Just...

"I would like to have a completely black-breasted roo-with not a stitch of extra color anywhere." That is a fault in thr French Standard " All of mine have some markings on their breast." That is what they are supposed to have. This shows a basic difference between the proposed APA Standard...