marans

Hi! May I have your best guess on these Black Copper Marans' gender? They are 3 weeks old. Thanks in advance, DC.

Hello, needing advice. We have been hatching several breeds of chickens; as well as Coturnix Quail throughout the spring in our GQF Sportsman cabinet incubator. We throw in multiple breeds at once. Humidity starts at 30-35%. Temp a steady 99.5 F. We have chicks set to hatch weekly and haven’t...

I’m trying to figure out if “Blue Splash Marans” (sold by Meyer Hatchery) are the same as a “Splash Copper Marans”? Can’t seem to find clarification on the internet. Do they just go by either name?? I have a small flock of Blue Splash Marans that I would like to breed but worried the Splash...

For sale in NH I have 2 Wheaten Marans boys who need new homes. One is 5 months old (hatched 6/25) and one is 3 months (hatched 8/21). Both are non aggressive. Hatched from breeder focusing on SOP. Dual purpose heritage breed with dark egg gene can be used for breeding or for meat. Price...

This is my first time hatching Wheaten Marans. This group is 3 weeks old. In another week I’m sure it will be more obvious but does anyone have any thoughts? I have 7 chicks and they all seem like cockerels to me. The first one (two images) I know is a cockerel based on feather color and...

Hi all! I'm looking to start getting serious with chicken breeding.. as of now I have a mixed flock.. like a very mixed flock! I'm trying to decide which breed to go with after I sell off my hens (which is going to be heartbreaking). I've got a gorgeous lavender Ameurcana rooster... And 5...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Grew up and lived in urban city center until five years ago. Then we moved to a remote mountain in a rural setting. Started by building a small 3x8 chicken tractor. Then an 8x8 coup. Added an outdoor 4x8 run. Now another 8x12...

Hi! I know very little about breeding for color. I have some birchen Marans males. I have blue, black and splash. Unfortunately I do not have any females. I do have Lavender or self blue females and a male. I have bred the Lavenders and get Lavender 100% of the time. Would it possible to get...

Hello, I'm brand new here, though I've dipped in and out as a lurker many times over the years. Great forum :) I wondered if anyone would be kind enough to give their opinion of the sex of my 8 week (just over) chick. I was leaning towards pullet, probably because that's what I hope she/he is...

I have eggs that are a mix of a Lavender Marans rooster and eggs from Lavender, Cuckoo Marans, Welsummer & Barnvelders hens. $25 per dozen. Let me know if you are interested and I will collect and keep them in a cool dry place and rotate twice daily. Thanks! Fertilized eggs for sale in...

We have 3 baby Maran chicks we hatched from our flock. We know it is early to know the sex, but we have fun guessing with the kids. Would love to know what you think/guess!? First 2 are of our grey Maran which hatched on 4/30. Next 3 are of black and white faced which hatched on 5/8. And last 3...

Hi, We are looking for Black Copper Maran hatching eggs. Any reputable breeders you can recommend? Thank you!

Hi, it's about 4 weeks we are raising baby chickens. We have 5 blue marans and 4 black marans. We are pretty sure about a gender of 8 chicks. But the last one, I don't know. Compared to 3 other black chicks (I think they are rooster) that one doesn't have such big red comb and is pretty docile...

UPDATE: They’ve all found a happy new home together! I don’t know how to delete a post, sorry. —— I have a 5wk old blue copper marans chick, hand-raised, very friendly boy. He is NOT from hatchery stock, lines are from Eight Acres farm in FL, #6 egg genes. Raised on organic starter, Mareks...

Save yourself the time and hassle of years of work and get a flock that lays a rainbow of eggs today! I am thinning out my flock to make room for more chickens and have the following birds available. Each are priced individually. I would consider offers for all 4. 1. A Black muffless Easter...

Hey everyone , we recently got 5 baby chicks who are now 3 weeks old . 2 of them are Marans and since we got them I have had a feeling that one is a male . I was looking up different ways to tell and found one page that showed pictures to determine gender from the wings (even though it’s not...

Hi, These two roosters are 11 months old. Got them from someone not very knowledgeable on chicken breeds. Do you have any idea about what breed they might be? Especially the black one. The black one looks like a Marans, but it has this silvery-yellow leakage and the one with white I suspect is a...

On today's episode of "Guess that Chick!", we have this cute three-day-old chick, straight run, and breed unknown. Clues: dark shanks with pink feet, feathered shanks, four toes, mostly yellow fuzz with maybe blue? Source: Local breeder that does purebreds only. Was supposed to be a Lavender...

I have 8 chickens 4 are Easter Eggers 3 are Easter egger maran mixes 1 is a maran bantam. What duck breeds will be good with my chickens that aren’t too high strung or too flighty or messy. Like a duck breed that does well with chickens but isn’t loud, messy, mean, high strung, scared, and able...

When I moved back home last year, I got two unknown birds from a local poultry swap. A gent was selling both as a pair - he got them as a mystery bird in his order and sold them because he just had no idea what the heck they were. Today I saw a bird that looked similar and decided to look them...