Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[gilavina]

Vicki, the main reason this can not happen is because once they are made BOB they would be eligible for Best Continental.

thats what I asked and they just kind of shrugged and said they just wouldn't pick them

 

[WendyHilt]

So I'm one of those new chickeners, in it for the eggs. I have a Marans that I got about a month ago. She's laid one egg, with calcium depoisits on a light brown shell. That was over 3 weeks ago, now, nothing. Purty as a picture, but how do I coax a few eggs out of her? She's living with an Ameraucana (also not laying eggs) and a Wyandottoe who lays an egg every other day. What can I do to get all my girls producing?

 

[sussexmarans]

Sussexmarans, why did you think that pullet is a cross? She looks like a perfectly nice blue copper Marans to me

because it looks like something we have in the uk and blue coppers are really rare in the uk, we just get cuckoo marans pretty much over here desertmarcy

 

[Hens and Roos]

So I'm one of those new chickeners, in it for the eggs. I have a Marans that I got about a month ago. She's laid one egg, with calcium depoisits on a light brown shell. That was over 3 weeks ago, now, nothing. Purty as a picture, but how do I coax a few eggs out of her? She's living with an Ameraucana (also not laying eggs) and a Wyandottoe who lays an egg every other day. What can I do to get all my girls producing?

welcome, the amount of day light that they get can effect them laying eggs. Average is around 15 hours of daylight needed for laying. Pullets usually will lay with less light compared to hens.

 

[Keara]

Hubba Hubba hubba......

what-a chunk! He is very dark but I like his form!

Here is my young BCM cockrel about 6 months. Critique please

 

[Raven1]

He is very dark but I can see his color coming in. He will be Mahogany/dark Copper. Hens yes he is related to the Blue Copper (same hen). and nope no extra feathers on any other toes just quite heavy. I LOVE the size I am getting. Even the hens are bulking up

 

[Hens and Roos]

He is very dark but I can see his color coming in. He will be Mahogany/dark Copper. Hens yes he is related to the Blue Copper (same hen). and nope no extra feathers on any other toes just quite heavy. I LOVE the size I am getting. Even the hens are bulking up

That is go about the leg feathering. So is his name "Enforcer" ?

 

[pinkchick]

Hubba Hubba is right Keara! Boy he sure is a chunker! LOVE IT!
Raven~ I like his nice long back and his size of course. Do you have a top view of him? Wondering if he is as wide as he is long?


Solid Splash Eggs showed up right on time today! YIPPEE! They are lovely! Camera batteries of course are dead so photo of them tomorrow before they go in to the 'batror. One has a smash but it did not break through the inner membrane. I'm going to scotch tape it and see what happens! Thanks again and I will be sure to update you!

 

[pinkchick]

because it looks like something we have in the uk and blue coppers are really rare in the uk, we just get cuckoo marans pretty much over here desertmarcy

It is a sad to hear that the Blue Coppers are rare over there Sussex.......man o man, if I lived over there... I would turn the world Blue! Don't get me wrong...... nothing wrong with the Cuckoo' at all...they are wonderful...but the Blue Coppers......they are something else to look at running around in the yard I tell ya....just something else!!!!!

 

[gilavina]

Hubba Hubba is right Keara! Boy he sure is a chunker! LOVE IT!
Raven~ I like his nice long back and his size of course. Do you have a top view of him? Wondering if he is as wide as he is long?


Solid Splash Eggs showed up right on time today! YIPPEE! They are lovely! Camera batteries of course are dead so photo of them tomorrow before they go in to the 'batror. One has a smash but it did not break through the inner membrane. I'm going to scotch tape it and see what happens! Thanks again and I will be sure to update you!

I was just going to ask the same thing about a top view photo of that male haha