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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Just some observations from someone that has bred a few BC and several other colors of Marans. The middle toe Gene has nothing to do with the Marans having stubs on the middle and a little fuzz on the web. Thinking this just muddles up the whole breeding process. Until something is proven please...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Kim, good post. I could also add that if anyone breeds for the super heavy feathered shank and outer toe, you will get lots of chicks with feathered middle toe and web fuzz. It boils down to be a exercise of averages and culling. Don
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Vicki, I would rather the BC chicks have considerable white around the head and white throat and chest and run down the belly. I originally thought that was where all the white feathers were coming from but through testing that it had no bearing on the white in wing and tail. Don
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Barb and Vicki, The one thing I learned the hard way was that we want white around the head, chest and even belly on the BC chicks. When I did the mating with the male that threw the chicks with virtually no white I thought I had hit the jackpot, If you remember the chicks had a brown cast to...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Just a short note on the Brown spot on the BC Marans. The last 400 chicks I hatched last year and showed pictures on here had the brown around the head. The female ended up Mossy and the males were over brown breasted and all were sent to the vietnamese for food. Don
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I believe she belongs to the Marans group MCCusa and maybe Marans of America, they might have contact info. Don
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    That will be the best Poultry investment you will ever make. Don
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Yes you are right. In the 2001 SOP on page 5 they give a definition for all these term. I am not really that smart I just know where to look for the answers. Don
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    The shank is the part below the hock and does not include the Foot or Toes.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I didn't explain that very good did I, When you get the feathering real nice and heavy it is a very fine line not to get the middle toe feathering and the fuzz on the webs. I would not breed one of the over feathered female. In case of an emergency you could breed the over feathered male and...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Hi, I would not breed these unless you absolutely had to in case of nothing else. I would not breed the females at all. If you had some female like most everyone with very little feathering you could put one of the males over. This is one of the draw back to getting the feathering real nice like...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Just to clearify , If you do the Brother-sister matings you would never want to start with DQ's and major faults. Nowhite feather in wing and tail, fowl must have feather shanks and feet. No sprig or Carnation. If you have these faults then do not waste your time with inbreeding, as each...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Lisa, if the judge deems that there is not a bird in a class good enough to place they have the option of not placing anything regardless of a DQ or not.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Lisa, go to page 4 of the 2001 SOP
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Lisa, if you do single mating and mark the chicks, any fault or DQ that shows up you will know where it came from. Better to have one good breeding pair than 10 that are middle of the road.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Barb, the reason I got away from the Marans had nothing to do with the chickens, only the higher up leaders in charge. That is all I will say on the subject.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Lisa, the only thing at present that I am really incouraging everyone is the Carnation and sprig combs. The main thing about test matings is you can put all the female offspring in a pen and breed them with one male. Testing for the Carnation would be just like any of the other recessive...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Debbi, to save on headaches I would cull all if they were from the same breeders. I bought one dozen wheaten eggs last year off ebay and had two chicks showup with the carnation Comb, I cull the entire hatch. I have never had a Carnation show up on Marans bred here. Your two BC males should be...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Just cull the fowl that needs to be culled, to start you can breed as many pair as you would like. Just keep records and you can breed them several different ways.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Hens, unless you want to test hatch the balance of the hatch and there is one with Carnation type Penne comb I would cull all the group. The wavy comb could still be used if need be. With all the combs type problems showing up it is time to start test mating all the Marans before putting in...
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