Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[clgriff]

Hi everyone, I just picked up 5 Marans, 2 hens and 3 pullets. One is a wheaton and the others are black. I do not have pictures yet, as I just got them settled in for the night and did not want to disturb them. They are so beautiful and easily handled. Poor things are molting though and they were starving when they got here.
Thanks for sharing all this great info!
Connie

 

[pinkchick]

So, since FBCM eggs are sought after by high end chefs (so I read) do their eggs taste different or make a difference when used or baking!

No, Marans eggs do not taste any different than any other fresh homegrown chicken eggs. However, I will say that any chicken egg and it's taste can be effected by what a chicken eats. For example, if you supplement flax in your chickens' diet and your supplementing too much, it can make eggs taste a bit fishy because of the Omega 3's in flax.

Hope this helped.

 

[pinkchick]

Vicki~

Just caught up with this thread and saw your eggies.......they are totally sweet!

Which ones are coming from your Birchens?

 

[pinkchick]

Great big ol' WELCOME AND HELLO to all the new folks joining in on the Marans fun!

 

[gilavina]

Vicki~

Just caught up with this thread and saw your eggies.......they are totally sweet!

Which ones are coming from your Birchens?

I'd have to go back and look, but I think there were only about 5 that were coppers, the rest are all birchens.

 

[gilavina]

Looking good Gilavina!!!!!!!!

Thanks Shawn, its a long road, but moving along decently well hopefully

 

[clgriff]

Great big ol' WELCOME AND HELLO to all the new folks joining in on the Marans fun!

Thank you PinkChick!

 

[chrissyr]

Hi all,
I would like some honest input on my birds I'm posting.
I see a few flaws, but curious about them overall. These are my Blue copper and splash born in April.
My Roo has an obvious flaw of no tail That was due to feather pickers I had in the flock. Even though they're gone, I can't get it to grow back. Seperated him for a couple of weeks, but he just got hurt trying to get back to his hens, so I gave up. He has amazing toe feathering. All on the outside toe and I love how big he is. Not sure about his hackle feathers. But I love how his build is. He was the biggest out of all the roos.
















My pullets either have alot or a little leg feathering, it varies. A couple have what looks like eye leakage. So I would appreciate your input here. Can learn unless I better myself

 

[Blue Roo]

Hello all I have a question about my rooster I think he is a blue copper but I read the other day that if he has white feathers on his feet he may be a wheaten can somebody tell me if this is true or false thanks

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Question for the more experienced, since I just got my first BCM recently, and some blues too. BCM means black copper marans, so where do the BLUE coppers fit? Does BCM mean either blue or black copper? I know the blue is a dilution of the BCM and you can keep both in the same breeding pen...and get both colors from that. My question comes regarding the blue marans, and splashes. I understand the genetics of blueXblue begetting 25% black, 50% blue, and 25% splash. The splash I am aware of are primarily a whitish bird with bluish splotches. I bought a pullet from a flock that has blues, both blue and black coppers, and splash marans: she is what I will call a blue splash. Blue background with darker blue splotches. Opinions?