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The Marans, French: Poule de Marans, is a breed of chicken from the port town of Marans, in the département of Charente-Maritime, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It was created with the local feral chickens descended from fighting game chickens carried from Indonesia...

That's what they said he was at Rual King. I'm new to chickens, so I don't know much more on them. They were wrong about the gender so..maybe he is part buff.

Oh my really? I thought so. Thanks!

Here's another pic.

Can anybody help me figure out if this chicken is a male or female? The breed is a polish maran. It's 3 months old. We were told when we got it that it was a girl, now it's crowing in the mornings. It acts like a male, but no spurs at all. Thanks ahead!

Maybe try sand. Pigeons do need a grit. Mine like sand paper on the ground to keep their beaks and nails trimmed, plus that's flat. There's also a safe sand you can get for chickens etc, but you can't use regular walmart or playground sand. Since pigeons are ground eaters, less bedding is...

Has anyone tried this using a sandwich baggie, or some thin plastic to keep the water from actually touching the shell?