Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[ladycat]

That is not a marana...... probably a barred rock with those yellow legs.

I didn't even notice the yellow legs!

 

[desertmarcy]

It has some fuzz on its legs and feet, so I am pretty sure it is not a BR.

Sometimes the legs start out yellow due to the carotenes in the yolk and then turn the correct color later, so it could still be a cuckoo marans but it is not a black copper marans.

 

[desertmarcy]

Well now I am not sure about 2 of them all the blue Marans look like this


Except this one has very little fuzz and yellow legs


My black copper Marans all look like this


Except this one, which is the same chick as previously posted


These were purchased as hatching eggs and given to me as Marans. Black Copper and Blue. Do you guys think they might be some other breed?

Several years ago I bought some Blue Copper Marans eggs off eBay and one of them was barred. I wrote the seller and asked if he had Barred Rocks and he wrote back saying no, but he had Cuckoo Marans and "one of those might have gotten in there". Bottom line, sometimes people mix up their eggs. Doesn't mean the birds aren't pure, just that the eggs got mislabeled or mixed up.
That's what happened to me. I never got any barred chicks out of my blues from that seller, they were pure blue coppers. The barred one grew up to be a nice feather-legged Cuckoo Marans hen.

 

[Rhandi74]

Thank you DesertMarcy. I will just watch and see since I am not the one who bought the eggs. I was given the chicks once they hatched, there was a mixup in the eggs that is why they were given to me. I was told they were blue and black copper but I noticed the barring on the one and became skeptical of the color. I guess it will be interesting to see how they feather out.

 

[DMRippy]

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Lots of people cross BR into other breeds to introduce barring thinking that will make barred Marans. It is a cross of some sort but not a marans.... should not be used for any breeding.

 

[DMRippy]

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I would think that would go away within a week or so..... that chicks should not have yellow legs at that age.

 

[desertmarcy]

I would think that would go away within a week or so..... that chicks should not have yellow legs at that age.

Yes you are correct. I was thinking they were newly hatched, but I see now from the original post they are several weeks old.

 

[Rhandi74]

Yes you are correct. I was thinking they were newly hatched, but I see now from the original post they are several weeks old.

So both chicks with yellow legs are probably mixed breed?

 

[bamadude]

Hi folks. I have my first marans eggs in the bator. Im new to the breed. I have some black copper, blue, and cuckoo.

 

[gander007]

Hi folks. I have my first marans eggs in the bator. Im new to the breed. I have some black copper, blue, and cuckoo.

Good luck with your hatch ....