I have decided Marans are impossible to breed. I think birds that fit within SOP in every way are very rare and ones that reproduce their selves are only in fairy tales. Obviously I am inexperienced and impatient lol but I would bet a lot of you have come to the same conclusion.
I have also decided that I will no longer worry about getting "perfect" birds. I just want the darkest layers I can find because focusing on one breed trait is about all my pea brain can handle.
That being said, what lines lay the absolute darkest eggs. Feel free to promote yourselves! I know many of you focus on dark eggs mostly.
As a side note, I don't sell very many chickens and Marans will only be a small part of my chicken flock. I just want pretty egg baskets and will sell/give extra chicks to my friends as dark egg layers, not Marans, since they may or may not be true to breed type and I don't want to pollute the Marans gene pool with my proposed unbalanced birds. There is already enough of that going around with people selling $10 'Marans' chicks that came from a 3 or 4 egg.
I have also decided that I will no longer worry about getting "perfect" birds. I just want the darkest layers I can find because focusing on one breed trait is about all my pea brain can handle.
That being said, what lines lay the absolute darkest eggs. Feel free to promote yourselves! I know many of you focus on dark eggs mostly.
As a side note, I don't sell very many chickens and Marans will only be a small part of my chicken flock. I just want pretty egg baskets and will sell/give extra chicks to my friends as dark egg layers, not Marans, since they may or may not be true to breed type and I don't want to pollute the Marans gene pool with my proposed unbalanced birds. There is already enough of that going around with people selling $10 'Marans' chicks that came from a 3 or 4 egg.
