2013 Show win pics: http://maranschickenclubusa.com/2013showresults.html
Went to the site and looked at the national pictures. Pretty disappointing that of 195 Marans exhibited that all they could show is 6 pictures. This is a National Specialty!!!
This is the boy we used. We bought him from Ava. He was 2nd place at the nationals in Newnan. We were told he is a Silver Blue.
Here are our two girls. We believe it is the blue that is the mother of both.
The hatch date is 04/22.
Not sure if this posted last time as I have yet to receive a response.
I have a question for those wiser than I...
I have a silver blue cock that covered my black copper and blue copper Hens. Here are two of the resulting offspring. I am concerned about the white in the wings. Will this...
Thank you. I was wondering where the white would come from but they had very few markings! What are the theories on using splash in a breeding program?
The link that I sent you was from the Marans Club of Am. Blue Varieties. The breeder, Ava, that we bought him from said that he went 2nd place blue at the Nationals in Newnan.
We were told that he was a blue when we bought him. But when my husband researched the Maran Club of America website he found out that he looked more like the Silver Blue Maran.
Our first batch of Marans hatched yesterday. We bred our Silver Blue Rooster to our Blue Copper and Black Copper hens. We ended up getting 8 Blue and 2 black chicks. Only 3 of the eggs came from our blue hen!!! Is blue more dominant than black? My husband was hoping for more blacks!!!
The...
It must be the coloring in the picture but his tail feathers are not white but are blue. We were told he was the 2nd place Blue from the Nationals in Newnan Ga last month.