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  1. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I start my chicks out on a 28% gamebird starter feed for 2-4 weeks, then switch to a starter/grower that is 21%. I have had no problem with my breeders by doing this...... The thing I don't know is what other things are different in the meat maker compared to the starter/grower.
  2. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    My Marans have generally laid around 24-25 weeks, but if their combs are bright red, it shouldn't be much longer.
  3. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I hadn't thought about it, but mine have been at POL in the winter, so that may account for their age
  4. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Wow, mine are usually don't lay until about 24 weeks!
  5. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    @Turkeytruff
  6. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Sounds like you need a caponizing kit....
  7. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    You will like their disposition too. They are quiet, docile, and for some reason seem to go to bed early.
  8. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    DMRippy posted a picture of one of her Splash Coppers on 1/27/14. Post # 47661. Here is the link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/383387/marans-thread-breed-discussion-pictures-are-welcome/47660 I have copied and pasted it from her post: She said that not all splash coppers...
  9. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I remember someone else here on BYC posted a picture of a rooster similar to your guy and I think they said it was a splash from a copper breeding that had bleed over of copper......but don't quote me on that. I can't remember who it was....DCChicken maybe??..., but it was on one of the Marans...
  10. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I think if it is from a copper mating that there can be copper. Is that good or bad??? I don't know, but I am sure someone will
  11. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    There are Black Marans, but they are not common, as I understand.
  12. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    X 2!! I love my Marans. They are so docile and mine are very quiet. Even the roosters are quiet.....unless they get going with dueling crows. And for some reason, they always seem to put themselves to bed early. They are always the first ones to roost at night. I get to use them to raise...
  13. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    At eight weeks, I would be expecting coloring in a cockerel.....but that comb popping up and the size lead me to wonder about Luna being a late blooming cockerel....so my vote is I would give it a couple of weeks to see if coloring develops.
  14. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    It looks like a pullet.....how old?
  15. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

  16. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    The Bresse cockerels are the same way.
  17. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    If the comb is prominent compared to the other, then you are very likely to be looking at a cockerel. The other things I look at are the wattles. Often the wattles are curved up under the jaw and not easily visible, but I try to keep a very close eye on them because it seems to me that the...
  18. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    It is in my opinion, because if they are caponized, the meat doesn't get tough and stringy like rooster, so you can let them grow longer and get more meat on their bones, yet have it remain tender. I have a Marans/Orpington cross that currently weighs 10 1/2 pounds. He is getting processed...
  19. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I caponize and butcher them. Marans are very tasty.
  20. BCMaraniac

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    The issue regarding keeping him would be whether or not that discoloration is genetic, correct? If he doesn't pass that to offspring, it wouldn't matter unless you were going to show him, right?
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