Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Wynette]

Cant you crack the egg open and inspect that spot in the yolk? If it has a defined circle/ ring it's fertile, if no defined edge then not?

Once an egg is incubated, it becomes quite runny; the chance of cracking it open and the yolk staying intact are VERY VERY slim.

 

[elorraine52]

got my eggs in lockdown today....doubt any will hatch, but we will see....had alot of temp. fluctuations....

 

[philipchickymad]

Does anyone have cuckoo marans I have three and they r lovely and lay nice brown eggs

 

[Zillie]

Hello I am wondering if anyone can help ID these birds? I bought them from a local chicken breeder who told me they were pure bred Wheaten Marans from the Bev Davis lines and that they were pullets. They were 4 days old when I got them and around 2 months old now.

One is very blue/grey and the other has quite a bit of blue in it also which shot up a red flag that these weren't what was advertised. I am also concerned that they appear to both be roosters.
I plan on contacting the breeder to see what he has to say about the coloring and if he is going to keep his word about replacing them if they turn out to be roosters...

 

[3riverschick]

I'm gonna guess and say Blue Copper Marans? The BCM with the blue gene added. Am I close?
Best,
Karen

 

[OneMountainAcres]

They look like blue copper marans to me also and pullets BUT I'm new to this do don't take my word for it

 

[3riverschick]

They look like blue copper marans to me also and pullets BUT I'm new to this do don't take my word for it

They look like pullets to me too. Any sign of spurs on their legs?

 

[Zillie]

I'll have to check for spurs. I was just going by their combs. If they are pullets, I will keep them even though they aren't true Wheatens.

 

[SIMZ]

If they're only 2 months old they won't have spurs yet. They look like males to me with those big red combs and wattles.

 

[BCMaraniac]

I believe these are blue coppers and they are definitely roos. See the copper showing up across their backs(saddle)? You don't see that in pullets. Plus pullets generally do not get the copper coloring until later, and usually don't have that much of it.

That's a lot of copper for two months of age.