3 month old Marans

[Chickenheadmate]

Thanks for sharing, larned alot from first two pictures, alone.
Is the BB roo in the middle of your two Marans in terms of width, would you say?

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.

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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?

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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.

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[mandelyn]

Yeah, he could be wider. The Splash in the line were getting wider, but I like the Blue color better so I'm working on getting that width in there. I have some fat bottom hens for him, from crossing the leaner Blue hens I started with to the wide built Splash rooster I had.

This is the dad to the BB cockerel, at about 9 months old.

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Yeah, he could be wider. The Splash in the line were getting wider, but I like the Blue color better so I'm working on getting that width in there. I have some fat bottom hens for him, from crossing the leaner Blue hens I started with to the wide built Splash rooster I had.

This is the dad to the BB cockerel, at about 9 months old.

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You're going to get some good looking birds, for sure!

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Do you, by any chance, have a front shot of the roo in the first picture?

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.

View attachment 1529310

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?

View attachment 1529312

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.

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[Chickem707]

Mines looking a lot like yours

 

[mandelyn]

Yeah, with a bonus cat. LOL

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Mines looking a lot like yours

How old is yours?

 

[Chickenheadmate]

Yeah, with a bonus cat. LOL

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Good looking! (Yum) lol

 

[mixedbreeds]

Yeah, with a bonus cat. LOL

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If looks could kill

 

[Chickem707]

How old is yours?

2 months now