Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[SRHartley]

Just had my very first BCM hatch this morning. Very happy and waiting for the others now

 

[rmtrevizo1]

I have a fbcm and a pullet bo. Would these two make good hatchlings?

 

[rmtrevizo1]

I have a fbcm and a pullet bo. Would these two make good hatchlings?

 

[3riverschick]

I have a fbcm and a pullet bo. Would these two make good hatchlings?

Not really. You won't get anything special and will dilute the traits you already value in each breed. Find a mate for either breed and keep them purebred. That way you will continue to have the traits for which you got the birds in the first place.
Best,
Karen

 

[Runawaylobster]

They are hatching!!!! can't wait to open it up and see what they look like!!

 

[Hens and Roos]

They are hatching!!!! can't wait to open it up and see what they look like!!

yeah!

good luck and post pictures

 

[PsycoPeep]

Hello - hello! I'm new to chickens (had 'em for a whopping 2 weeks!!!) and am looking for wheaten marans. I'd prefer a trio, but if I could only get my hands on a breeding pair I'd work with that and just incubate everything I get. LOL! The cookoos are cool, but they're everywhere. I'd consider a cookoo pullet or 2 to go along with my order in order to be sure I have enough ordered. I'm also interested inother breeds as well, so it'd just depend on what all you've got.

 

[rmtrevizo1]

Well I'm hoping at least one of my bcm is a pullet the other is deffinently a roo lol crowing like crazy. Getting his tail feathers to his cobm is so big lol. The other isn't so much and dost crow so I'm really hoping pullet. I don't know yet though since there r no eggs yet there both 7 months old. I'm getting frusterated though caise I haven't had one egg yet. Even my bo isn't producing and she's 5 months. Extremely loosing my patience. Any tips to get these birds to lay eggs. Freerange all day but I follow them around and no eggs. How can u tell is there a sign when they ley eggs

 

[FuzzyFeets]

Good afternoon everyone,

It has been forever since I have been here. I finally got my Marans babies after a year of waiting. I have Birchen, Black copper, and Wheaten Marans. Now that they are 6-8 weeks old I am starting to wonder what i need to look out for as far as defects. I want to start planning my breeding groups. I have a Wade Jeane line that I got from www.mydarkeggs.com. If anyone have any links to pictures on what I sould be looking out for that would be great.

Thanks for any help

 

[Runawaylobster]

Hi,
I have 23 breeding pens right now. A lot of them are for one on one matings so they are smaller pens but I also have a few pens that keep several hens and one rooster a couple with two roos.
They range in size from 3x5 for a pair of bantam marans to 10x20 for the larger cuckoo and a 20x20 for my black coppers. Some are kept in the barn but most are outside.

I also have my free range oddballs 18-20 or so hens and 6 or 8 roos. There are actually only a few of them that will just hard core fight when they are out as far as my Marans go. Those boys stay in the coops except on their dedicated day out. Then the 3 aggressive and 1 mean to people too roos that I am not using for breeding right now all stay together in one big pen. The "Scrap Yard" they have established some sort of hierarchy out there which I do not question. They still scuffle from time to time but never enough to draw blood.

I also keep Shamo and bantam Asil and they can NEVER be let out with other roosters, they will fight themselves if given a big enough mirror Oddly they are the most people friendly birds I have ever seen.

In the winter when the weather and the predators get bad I bring them all in the barn and the more aggressive roosters go in extra large dog cages with covered sides and the rest run loose between 3 adjoined 15 x 30 rooms.

Yeah it is all pretty crazy but I have fun

did the roos that you have hanging out together grow up together? if not how did you get them to tolerate each other?