Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[jtbass2756]

I have 9 BCM as well as 4 Barred Rock Cockrels. This is the young fellow who is showing more copper coloring than any other of my chicks. Have some that are just barely giving a hint of come copper coming in at various places but nothing like this one. Does that mean he is for sure a cockrel? And does that mean the others who don't have such a strong marking are pullets? They are about 5-6 weeks at this point. Since they all have the sharp sawtooth comb.....its difficult to tell the difference, even at this age/!

 

[DMRippy]

I have 9 BCM as well as 4 Barred Rock Cockrels. This is the young fellow who is showing more copper coloring than any other of my chicks. Have some that are just barely giving a hint of come copper coming in at various places but nothing like this one. Does that mean he is for sure a cockrel? And does that mean the others who don't have such a strong marking are pullets? They are about 5-6 weeks at this point. Since they all have the sharp sawtooth comb.....its difficult to tell the difference, even at this age/!

I see 4 cockerels in that picture. The one with a red breast would be a cull here. The one on the bottom right has a carnation comb.... also a cull. there is also a cockerel attached to the comb in the bottom left. Combs are my key to telling roos..... pullets could also get red breasts like that.

 

[jtbass2756]

All of mine have the saw-tooth comb. some are still pink and others are moving towards rose color......

 

[DMRippy]

All of mine have the saw-tooth comb. some are still pink and others are moving towards rose color......

Pullet will not show any color in the combs at that age. I have pullets 4 months old that dont show any pink in the combs at all.

 

[savannahm0m]

Your boy is going to be very handsome. I wanted a good looking LF Blue Copper Marans roo like your Pepper, but it looks like I am growing a Velociraptor instead:

The poor thing is not going to be as majestic as I has hoped.

I did not realize that Marans went through such an awkward dinosaurish stage! I have a pullet that went from:

to:


I need to update my pics. That was about a month ago, and she has changed so much since then. They are beautiful birds!

 

[DMRippy]

I am so excited! I moved my New BLUE roo out to the breeding pen today. He was VERY happy! It was so odd to see a sea of BLUE in a breeding pen of mine. I have 6 Blue hens 1 Black and now a Blue Copper Roo. SPLASH anyone? LOL. His tail is growing back nicely too.

 

[brlracr624]

Is this a Cinderella or Cinderfella? Only 1 of our pullets that has a raised comb and it is turning pink.

 

[brlracr624]

Oh forgot to add they are 4 weeks old now

 

[DMRippy]

Oh forgot to add they are 4 weeks old now

Cinderfella

 

[brlracr624]

Ok, so now to decide if we want to keep him or try to find someone who wants a cockerel. 1 out of 8 ain't bad I guess. But we only got 2 cuckoo marans and I really wanted darker eggs to go with our other breeds. Boo, I guess I could make Olive eggers since we have 2 easter eggers as well....