Experience With French Marans?

[Cecisflock]

Anyone have any experience with French Marans? I adore feathered feet and I stumbled across these beauties! How do they do with your other flock members? Where did you source them? Did you show them? Are they friendly? Anything you have I will take.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Anyone have any experience with French Marans? I adore feathered feet and I stumbled across these beauties! How do they do with your other flock members? Where did you source them? Did you show them? Are they friendly? Anything you have I will take.

@3KillerBs has some Marans

 

[Cecisflock]

@3KillerBs has some Marans

I've read that the french marans are different than regular marans. Is this true?

 

[Ursuline Chick]

British SOP is unfeathered feet, Everyone else uses French SOP, which is feathered feet.
It just depends on what you plan on doing with them. I have had both in my flock. I have had all kinds of breeds in my flock at one time or another, but I have always had Marans in my flock. I love them they are not very skittish, if trained as chicks. Generally sweet, the eggs are thick and creamy, with a wonderful taste. Lots of chefs in New Orleans keep them for their home use. If you are interested look up Cypress Duck Farm on the net. They handle mostly French Marans and a few other birds. I have been using Dan Barger, owner of Cypress Duck Farm for like a decade and have had major luck with both hatching eggs, under my own broody and pullets, when he has them. Let me know what you think. I am waiting for one of mine to go broody and will be hatching when that happens. Good Luck.

 

[jus10inla]

@Ursuline Chick ; is cypress back open? I was in Thibodeaux at the MIL house about 2 months ago and called him up, he was still recovering from Ida. Said he had almost a 100% loss.

 

[QuartsRidgeFarm]

I have 2 French Black Copper Marans girls and I absolutely love them. I ordered a surprise box of chicks from Alchemist Farm and they were in it. Out of all my breeds they are my sweetest and most curious. Mine won’t start laying until March/April. they are absolutely beautiful and sweet birds. I plan on getting more and breeding my own to preserve this breed.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

OMG. He had projects he was in he middle of and some beautiful stock. I need to call him and see if there is anything I can do to help. I have one of his French Blue hens and a few French Black hens from him

 

[Sara S]

I don’t have those, but I thought I read French Merengue

good luck with the cuties though

 

[QuartsRidgeFarm]

5 weeks old


Just shy of 3 months old. First to say hello in the mornings.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

@jus10inla Thank you for letting me know, I just tried to call and got a busy signal. I am so heart broken for him. My Marans are all from his stock, I would be honored to give them back, if it would help him start back up. Such a kind, caring man, with lovely stock.