are maran's friendly? quiet?

[chkinut]

i'm researching Marans....and wondering if they're friendly or quiet? both attributes are important to me....

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

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My BC Marans are docile and the roos is very easy going

 

[TurkeyMountainChickens]

My roo was easy going too - never chased the kids - but he was LOUD! Ra-ROOOOOOOOOOO-ROOOO!!!

 

[amazondoc]

This depends on the bird!

I have a coupla wheaten hens that are about the flightiest birds I've got -- and I've got a lot of birds!

OTOH, I have a splash copper hen that is about the calmest bird I've got -- and I've got a lot of birds!

I've got a coupla evil splash copper roosters, and several perfectly nice wheaten roosters. You get the picture. Personality varies!

As for quiet.....hmmmm....the roosters have very loud, resonant crows. Never really thought about the loudness or quietness of the hens.....

 

[Bluemoon420]

My Roo gets a little aggressive, but he's not bad. My female is a sweetheart to people. Other chickens is another story.

She's a bit of a bully.

Bluemoon

 

[ChickenWisperer]

My hand-raised roo was the sweetest, most gentle thing. If I had had some bigger hens, he woulda NEVER left here.

He was a cuckoo, btw.

 

[Crunchie]

It's split about 50-50 here, and I've had a lot of Marans roosters. I have culled several nasty, nasty boys, but I also have some real sweeties. I have a very mild-mannered black copper rooster (and it's a good thing, 'cause he's the most ginormous bird I've ever had!

). I have a very nice cuckoo boy that lives in the same pen as a white rooster. Both are very sweet to people and to each other. Then I have a golden cuckoo rooster, a young one, that just decided about two days ago that he'd try to take my leg off every time I walked into the pen.

All of my Marans, regardless of their attitudes toward people, have made excellent flock protectors. They take their rooster-ing job very seriously!

I've never had a hen I didn't like, personality-wise. All of them have been nice girls, never aggressive. Unless they are sitting on eggs. You endanger life and limb messin' with one of those girls if they're full-on broody!!

But they make excellent broody hens and great mothers, if you let them set.

My whole point being, personality is really going to vary, especially with the roosters--and with them, you likely won't know what you've got 'till they've reached maturity. Most of mine didn't exhibit aggression 'till they started noticing the ladies. And no, they are not quiet. I wouldn't say they are worse than any other large fowl breed--but plenty of crowing and plenty of normal chicken noises.