attn: marans people!

[onthespot]

I wouldn't count him out yet. He still has down all on his neck still!

 

[fshinggrl]

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Ha ha why do I get the feeling that you just wanna see pics?

Me? Want pictures?

Cute little cockerel!

 

[kari_dawn]

Cockrel is bad! Suburbia and cockrels don't get along!

 

[kari_dawn]

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Thanks for all the great info! I really apprecate it! This is why I love this place...I learn so much here! (as long as everyone remembers to play nice lol)

 

[kari_dawn]

...SO, all three have turned out to be girls! They are not at POL yet, but they are definately girls. This one is the only one that really has any copper showing on it's neck, but it's leg feathering is so sparse I am beginning to wonder if it is a mix....kinda reminds me of a black sex link with a couple of feathers on each leg

I will update with pictures soon! (read-daytime when I can see what I am taking pictures of!)

 

[they'reHISchickens]

Not all FBCMs have equal feathering on their legs. It varies from heavy to none and I am not quite sure how much is considered "right." Mossiness is brown feathers on the chest where it is supposed to be pure black.
Our hens have anywhere from a little copper necklace to a full ring and shades vary among hens too.
From my reading, consistency is not a hallmark of FBCMs at this point. We are all working at it.
Egg color does fade as laying progresses. Don't count the first few weeks either as some take longer to get their sprayer working right. After a molt or hatching session, the color returns. We just have our first hatchings coming to POL and only a small percentage of the pullets are laying as dark as their mamas. As I said, it's a work in progress.

 

[larsonll]

Oh! Your Marans are too young to make the call. I have Wheaten Marans, and I was worried about their sex for so long since it is hard to tell. Mine did all turn out to be girls but it was really hard to tell early on because they do develop those spiky combs early on. Mine are only 28 weeks old, but their colors are not very striking because they are hens. Black copper Maran hens do not develop a lot of copper. You still have time to tell

 

[turbodog]

Out of 6 FBCM chicks I ended up with two roos and four hens. Nice, robust looking chickens. The roo is a very handsome fella and proving, so far, to be a good roo to his girls. The hens coppering varies from a "hood" of copper on head and neck to just a little in the same area. As far as egg color, none of mine lay the really dark eggs. A darker brown than the usual you see in other breeds but not the "dark chocolate" coloring the Marans breed is famous for. Oh well, they are still beautiful birds and I enjoy them.

 

[ceeceeholt]

I have a cuckoo marans Roo and he started crowing at about 12 weeks and likes to crow pretty much all day. He also can imitate the egg song. He is huge and is only 23 weeks now. He has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a Roo and had them as a little guy. I new pretty much at knew at 3 weeks he was a Roo as he too had a big yellow comb unlike his sister who did not and she had very slender dark legs.

 

[kari_dawn]

Well, here are their updated photos.

marans #1, the one I originally posted on this thread


Today, she looks like this:


Marans #2 scared me cause of the way she carried herself as a chick, but I guess it was just the short legs she seems to have

Today, I think she is quite beautiful, and I love the elegant way in which she holds her head.



This is Marans #3. She is way harder to get pictures of because she is always two inches from my face...she is a very sweet inquisitive girl.

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