3 month old Marans

[Chickenheadmate]

To all people who know the SOP for Marans, what do you have to say about mine. Got it from a lady who got him from Greenfire farm C line.

Not planning on showing him, but will like to know what I have.

If anyone has a picture of a SOP for a hen and rooster of the same Color Marans, please share! Thanks

 

[mixedbreeds]

Don’t know the answer to your question but here is my Greenfire birds now at one year old he is a nice boy to.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Have you ate any?what age did the pullets begin to lay?

View attachment 1528793 Don’t know the answer to your question but here is my Greenfire birds now at one year old he is a nice boy to.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Nice boy there

 

[Stepnout]

Excuse my lack of knowledge. What is SOP, at work it means Standard operating Procedure. Also what do you mean by C line?
Thanks

 

[mixedbreeds]

Have you ate any?what age did the pullets begin to lay?

No I haven’t eaten any but was told they were really good but skin is tough. Some of mine started to lay at 20 weeks.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Not sure how to explain it to be honest. I think I somewhat understand my self. Lol
S.O.P: Standard of perfection

 

[WhiteWyan]

C line is because GFF has 3 lines of BCMs. Egg color line, bird body type line, and APA certified line.
C is the last one. If I'm not mistaken.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

There it is. Thanks!

C line is because GFF has 3 lines of BCMs. Egg color line, bird body type line, and APA certified line.
C is the last one. If I'm not mistaken.

 

[mandelyn]

Marans tend to have mostly white meat (a lot of breeds have dark meat thighs, Marans have white meat thighs), they have thick skin which makes for a very juicy baked bird. Not prone to globby fat deposits. Structure wise, those bred to a more efficient layer look may be more narrow/lean in their body type, those bred more true to standard will have a shorter body length and increased width.

I've found them to be really nice dual purpose birds, productive layers with spare roosters meaty enough to invite to dinner at 5-6 months old.

I had two boys to pick from, here is the one I kept. His comb could be better, a couple of extra red feathers on the black chest, what I liked was his width and body structure, good attitude too.

This is the one who came to dinner, taller/leaner and built more narrow. Flogged me twice. White feathers hidden in the wing and leg feathering. Extra bumps on the side of his comb. Did I mention he flogged me?

We've dramatically reduced the number of breeds we were working with, down to the Marans in 3 colors, Bresse, and two projects I'm working on. Coming into my 3rd generation of Marans, starting to get them where I want them!

This is the Blue Birchen fella who graduated from the Bachelor pen for next year's breeder pen, 5 months old here.