Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[BCMaraniac]

Here are the other 2 siblings for comparison. One is a very obvious roo and pullet. Hopefully I'm correct, please tell me if I have missed anything.

Looks like a roo and a pullet to me.

What kind of Marans? Copper?

 

[carriebain]

Looks like a roo and a pullet to me.

What kind of Marans?  Copper?

Yes, copper. I am greatful for everyone's opinion and advice! Please keep them comin!

 

[DMRippy]

I took some pic of a pullet I have. Kind of excited to put her in the breeding pen..... soon since she started to lay. Not the best egg color but I expected to lose egg color this year after losing my Original Roos. I have NEVER had a pullet with this kind of copper. GREAT feathered legs too. Her eyes are not dark it is just the camera doing that.

 

[maryhysong]

I took some pic of a pullet I have. Kind of excited to put her in the breeding pen..... soon since she started to lay. Not the best egg color but I expected to lose egg color this year after losing my Original Roos. I have NEVER had a pullet with this kind of copper. GREAT feathered legs too. Her eyes are not dark it is just the camera doing that.

Oh she is really pretty Donna! I haven't got that much copper on my BCMs either. But this is my first year breeding my own birds so we'll see how they turn out

 

[Runawaylobster]

I took some pic of a pullet I have. Kind of excited to put her in the breeding pen..... soon since she started to lay. Not the best egg color but I expected to lose egg color this year after losing my Original Roos. I have NEVER had a pullet with this kind of copper. GREAT feathered legs too. Her eyes are not dark it is just the camera doing that.

very nice!!!

 

[DMRippy]

Thanks guys! I wish I could make more..... I don't think she will ever be sold..... She was too hard to come by LOL.

 

[wife2abirdman]

Does anyone have a breeding age solid black roo from good lines available? I had to cull all the roos I had. I have a Splash roo who is growing out which is fine but that means I will only get Splash this year as I have 2 splash hens and even then not until late July and that's if he figures out what to do early. I do have a blue hen but she is kind of small and I was thinking of culling her from the program. I have been looking all winter and can't find anything. I do have eggs in the bator but we all know about counting chicks before they hatch -my blue hen- sussex hen on one side leghorn pullet on the other.

 

[carriebain]

I took some pic of a pullet I have. Kind of excited to put her in the breeding pen..... soon since she started to lay. Not the best egg color but I expected to lose egg color this year after losing my Original Roos. I have NEVER had a pullet with this kind of copper. GREAT feathered legs too. Her eyes are not dark it is just the camera doing that.

Did you breed her yourself or did she come from a outside source? She is very nice looking!

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: She is ALL mine.

 

[jphendrix]

I took some pic of a pullet I have. Kind of excited to put her in the breeding pen..... soon since she started to lay. Not the best egg color but I expected to lose egg color this year after losing my Original Roos. I have NEVER had a pullet with this kind of copper. GREAT feathered legs too. Her eyes are not dark it is just the camera doing that.

Beautiful Birds. I have never owned any marans until this past Saturday when I bought some from the feed store. I also bought some eggs blue and black copper maran about 16 that I put in the incubator Monday! Can't wait to see how they turn out in almost 3 weeks.