Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[VillageChicken]

Hey Pink thanks for the comments on Sammy's smile. His smile does light up my day.
Here's a picture of typical shanks for my roosters. Some a little darker, some are a little lighter, but generally they have about the same amount of darker scales.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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I bet he does! Heck, your avatar lights up MY day!!! That is a FABULOUS smile!

 

[VillageChicken]

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Interesting thing I read about rooster weight on an Austrian guy's website who breeds HUGE brahmas. He said that he doesn't weigh his roosters until after they've been in a breeding pen with hens for awhile. He says they gain significant weight after not being with the other cockerels/roosters, defending their rank, vying for position, fighting to get to the feed bin. I think this is why sometimes a rooster doesn't hit his "final" weight for a long time.

 

[hdowden]

more pics of my marans including the hens

http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c263/babygurl_tha_demon/black copper marans/

 

[math ace]

Got to LOVE children....

CADEAU my DD helped me insert an arrow in your photo. I am posting it in the SOP thread!

I needed a thumbprint pic and that is a nice one.

 

[Cadeau]

Great! Glad I could help! (Glad she could help us BOTH!)
I put the split wing photos on the SOP thread, too!

 

[math ace]

Still need a picture of either a Slipped wing OR vulture hocks....

 

[Cadeau]

Sorry - I don't have either here.

Anything else needed?

 

[math ace]

I KNOW that there were pics posted of spurs on hens... but I wasn't paying attention of them back then.

You KNOW there is NO WAY I am going back through all the many posts to find them

So, if you want to re-post them, then GREAT... IF you want to tell me what post Number to go look at, that would be ok too!

 

[math ace]

POST number 5000

for me is going to be the listing of the faults and DQ's that we could still use pics of.
Go Figure - - POST 5000 would be on the marans thread....

We still need photos of the following:
If you posted something for the following please repost it or tell me what post number to go look at


Faults and DQs on the Marans head.

DQs on the head


Split comb ( ON ANY BREED)

Beak crossed ( ON ANY BREED)

Irregular pupil indicating leucosis

White ear lobe (Prefer on marans)

Pearl or black eyes ( Marans)

Blind in Both eyes





FAULTS OF THE HEAD !!!!!!!!


Irregular Serration of points on comb

Wrinkled wattles

Loose fitting ear lobe

Wrong amount of points (5 points on single comb)

Comb laying on neck

Ear tufts wrong color

Eye color other than reddish Bay ( but not Pearl or black eyes which are DQs)

Crow head (* * Severe Defect = heavy point deduction)

Eyes not matching in color

Blind one eye





DQ's for other parts of the body . . .

Roach back (Does anyone have an exaggerated Roach back that shows up real clear in a photo? ? )


Twisted Wing Feather

Brown wing bay on BC male

White wing feather

Slipped wing

Squirrel tail

Split tail

Shank and Toe Foreign color ( standard calls for "light to mid-slate, showing pink between the scales. Bottoms of feet pinkish white.")
( this would be yellow legs on a marans)

Web Feet

Duck Feet

Fused Toes

Vulture Hocks

Shanks not feathered down outer sides

Bow Leg

Knock Knee

Brown spotting on the Female BCM body. - - MOSSINESS Show us whatcha got. I've got one example of it and it is a birchen!

Faults for other parts of the body...

Crooked keel-Breast


Spur on female