I can understand the EU rules on names of types of cheese wine etc. i think these rules were not made to prevent hobbyists from using the name but to stop companies outside the region taking business away from the local businesses in the region.
Many of the British Marans breeders have breeding these birds for decades as their hobby. While I personally do not want to breed British type Marans & prefer to follow standard of country of origin, I believe people ought to be allowed the freedom of choice. (If I know my countryfolk they'll carry on calling them what they want anyway.
) I think seems a ruddy cheek to make a law to control or restrict them. What harm do they do to anyone if they want to call their birds British type Marans? Do you think this kind of thing warrants a law?
I can see what you're saying about the copper blues & the whites.....but we did get them with the help of the Marans Club de France. In Normandy the copper blacks seemed rather like the Light Sussex in UK. They seem to be the usual farmyard breed. And like the LS there are some very beautiful birds but many which fit into the category often described as "utility'.
While the French Marans' eggs were, in my experience, usually beautiful, the copper blacks often seem to have wheaten or other genes in them.
A girl from Belgium sent me some lovely copper black eggs .....the birds looked nice enough but they carried mo.
Krys
Many of the British Marans breeders have breeding these birds for decades as their hobby. While I personally do not want to breed British type Marans & prefer to follow standard of country of origin, I believe people ought to be allowed the freedom of choice. (If I know my countryfolk they'll carry on calling them what they want anyway.
I can see what you're saying about the copper blues & the whites.....but we did get them with the help of the Marans Club de France. In Normandy the copper blacks seemed rather like the Light Sussex in UK. They seem to be the usual farmyard breed. And like the LS there are some very beautiful birds but many which fit into the category often described as "utility'.
While the French Marans' eggs were, in my experience, usually beautiful, the copper blacks often seem to have wheaten or other genes in them.
A girl from Belgium sent me some lovely copper black eggs .....the birds looked nice enough but they carried mo.
Krys
