Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[pinkchick]

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Thanks Geebsie! Been missing you like mad my friend.

Right now I am trying to work out some bugs in the breeders. STUPID COMBS!!!!!

Still have to get a photo of the Black Copper male that I have so you and Don can check out his comb. He is a lovely bird...colors are glorious...wish he didn't have that dumb little extra point in the center of his comb.

 

[pinkchick]

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I have a splash and her legs are blue.... Your roo does not have blue legs

Are they OK to have either color of legs ?

I personally love the blue legs and it is what I breed for. I do not keep or breed birds with the white/pinkish colored legs, don't know why....just don't care for them. Give me the blue...the blue, the blue, the blue, I say!

But like Geebs said...it's acceptable to have both.

 

[pinkchick]

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Nice pick! Splash Coppers and Blue Coppers are my favorites! Nothing like seeing a flock of blues and splash playing in the backyard.

 

[pinkchick]

Congratulations Sabella!!!!!!!

I also can't wait to see our beloved boy Sherman, I bet he has chunked up a bit since we have seen him last.

 

[Farmerboy16]

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Nice pick! Splash Coppers and Blue Coppers are my favorites! Nothing like seeing a flock of blues and splash playing in the backyard.

Thanks.

Do you know anyone that breeds that color? I am looking for some hatching eggs in September or early October. Thanks.

 

[fowlman01]

Regarding the Splash Color description:

This is what the APA is using for Modern Game Bantams and I would expect the Marans...or any other breed to have the same description with the exception of the eye color.
This is just for reference until there is an official Marans Splash description. I can't imagine it being different though.....except for the eye color.

Walt

SPLASH MODERN GAME BANTAMS

DISQUALIFICATIONS

Any appearance of rust in the plumage. More than 50% blue in the plumage.

COLOR – MALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Varying from horn to black.
EYES: Dark brown.
HEAD: Slate blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
NECK: Hackle – blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
Front of neck – Sooty white with blue splashes.
BACK: Blue and white with faint bluish-gray tinge.
TAIL: Sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
WINGS: Shoulders and fronts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Bows – sooty white with blue splashes.
Coverts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Primaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
Secondaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
BREAST: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BODY AND STERN: Sooty white with blue splashes.
LEGS AND TOES: Sooty white with blue splashes.
Shanks and Toes – bluish slate.

COLOR – FEMALE

COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red.
BEAK: Varying from horn to black.
EYES: Dark brown.
HEAD: Plumage - Sooty white with blue splashes.
NECK: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BACK: Sooty white with blue splashes.
TAIL: Sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
WINGS: Shoulders, Fronts, Bows, and Coverts – sooty white with blue splashes.
Primaries and Secondaries – sooty white with lesser amounts of blue than the body plumage.
BREAST: Sooty white with blue splashes.
BODY AND STERN: Sooty white with blue splashes.
LEGS AND TOES: Lower thighs - sooty white with blue splashes.
Shanks and Toes – bluish slate.

 

[pinkchick]

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Nice pick! Splash Coppers and Blue Coppers are my favorites! Nothing like seeing a flock of blues and splash playing in the backyard.

Thanks.

Do you know anyone that breeds that color? I am looking for some hatching eggs in September or early October. Thanks.

There are a few of us out there that breed this color but there are not tons of Splash breeders out there. Splash Marans are not as sought after as the BCM or perhaps some of the other color varieties of Marans. I would offer some eggs, but I cannot at this time as I am trying to weed out a comb issue in my flock, but I am sure that someone else here from the Marans thread would be happy to help you out if they have any eggs available and you also could try the Marans breeders clubs like Marans of America Club and the Marans Chicken Club USA for folks who breed Splash birds.

 

[pinkchick]

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Thanks for posting this Walt! You Rock!!!

 

[snowbird]

Thanks Walt, this description should help some of the new Marans people posting Splash Marans.

 

[snowbird]

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Thanks Geebsie! Been missing you like mad my friend.

Right now I am trying to work out some bugs in the breeders. STUPID COMBS!!!!!

Still have to get a photo of the Black Copper male that I have so you and Don can check out his comb. He is a lovely bird...colors are glorious...wish he didn't have that dumb little extra point in the center of his comb.

Kim, from the way you describe the comb on this male I believe you just have an uneven serration of the comb. It it is just a smaller point mixed in with the regular point it would only be a fault and is seen quite a bit in Large fowl and bantams. It would be something you would want to breed out though. Lot of times it shows up more in the female, and we should check the female comb better. Why not do a couple of single matings with this male over hens with good comb and see what you get.