How dark are blue marans eggs?

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EggSighted4Life said:
This would be my exact thoughts.
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I would get both or neither.. too much risk bringing disease in for me. And if I had intentions of breeding, there are always things that pop which you didn't notice, if you plan to breed... split wing or accidents, plus I think integrating 2 birds is easier that one most the time... if nothing else to spread the pecking around.

If you have no intent of breeding and egg color is what you are aiming for, I still go with the same answer both or neither. Maybe you can keep the one you like the color and sell off the other... my starting bunch a while back.. Selection is required. I had a Welsummer that laid nicer than most of these. And a first generation olive egger that laid darker than all the Marans that came from that same breeder, but the comb or something else I can't was a give away.
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What color egg they hatched from could give you an idea. But what color egg the sire hatched from really has the most impact (he get's it from his mother and passes to daughters)... or in other words... the rooster matters... and one of my FBCM crossed to sex links hens put out offspring the females laid Marans colored eggs.

I do like Marans a lot, and the blue's are beautiful. I'm currently getting around 5 on this scale, sometimes 4...
http://www.themaransclub.co.uk/eggs-and-egg-colour-chart/4541995077
Good luck, with your decision! :pop

Beautiful eggs old hen. :love
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Wow, :eek:,,,,your eggs are gorgeous.
 
The Moonshiner said:
I've had some that laid nice dark eggs but others that were no darker then my barred rocks eggs. It is all going to be an individual bird or line deal.
Marans are not created equally.
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Yes^^^

Kayla’s Chickens said:
Hello!
There are some marans pullets for sale here, and before I get them.... How dark of an egg do they usually lay? Should I get 2 just in case?
@EggSighted4Life @Eggcessive
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Ask the seller to show pics of eggs from the line...and buyer beware.
 
Kayla’s Chickens said:
I decided not to get them... I went to pick them up earlier today, coops looked NASTYYYYY :sick I told the seller what I thought and left. :thumbsup
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Glad to hear you walked away and kept your money in your pocket.
So many people see a situation like that and decide they need to "save" them. End up paying in more ways then one when they bring an illness home to their flock.
 
The Moonshiner said:
Glad to hear you walked away and kept your money in your pocket.
So many people see a situation like that and decide they need to "save" them. End up paying in more ways then one when they bring an illness home to their flock.
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I love my flock and the coops his chickens were in made my stomach turn. Too small, too GROSS, you should’ve seen their “water” source!
 
Kayla’s Chickens said:
I love my flock and the coops his chickens were in made my stomach turn. Too small, too GROSS, you should’ve seen their “water” source!
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My birds love kicking bedding and poop in their waterers. I often have to change them 2x a day. 2 of them are beak level and I’ve tried the closed containers. It’s a no win battle.
 

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