Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[ChuskaMtns]

A white Marans chick 3+ weeks old and I believe this is a Roo .....

Oh yeah, that is a little roo! Cute little bugger!

 

[ladycat]

I love my white Marans, they are just so pretty!

 

[gander007]

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It is had to judge them when they are running around but in the photos I have a chance to really take a good close look but I believe he is going to be of really good size if I don't have to spend several hours chasing him down every time I want to take another picture ......

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

I love my white Marans, they are just so pretty!

No photos anywhere? I have several recessive whites from my BCM flock, but they all have slate legs.

 

[gander007]

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The Leg's, Waddles & Comb on this guy are of a pinkish color you thing he will change color ....

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

The Leg's, Waddles & Comb on this guy are of a pinkish color you thing he will change color ....

I doubt it. Except the wattles and comb will of course be red at some point. I was just asking to see pics of ladycat's whites.

 

[ladycat]

No photos anywhere? I have several recessive whites from my BCM flock, but they all have slate legs.

I'll get some pics sometimes in the next few days.

 

[gander007]

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Oh sorry

 

[French Hen]

And there's the issue.  Poultry in general has no pedigree available.  I've only dealt with registered livestock before this poultry endeavor.  I am a pedigree nut and kept 6-8 generations at least on other stock I've bred so you can know what linebreeding you are doing and what the inbreeding coefficient is on any particular animal.

Oh, one more.  The marketing ploy of FRENCH black copper Marans or FBCM.  American standard calls for feathered shanks and outer toe, so why the redundancy?  

Now that is interesting! I have never bred poultry. I've just started keeping them. It hadn't occurred to me that pedigrees would not be kept on them!! How odd. How can COI be calculated? I know line breeding takes place... I read about it all the time!

Also interesting about the "French" addition. So many breeders of Marans do not breed feathered shanks so I actually assumed that was in American standards. Perhaps it is based on a general lack of knowledge of the potential buyers?
I've even read advertisements that specify they have "American" birds that are therefore not feathered. So essentially these breeders are intentionally breeding out of standard?? Wow... but... but why?? I don't understand why someone would do that...
I'm all about hybrids and projects and so forth but why breed a specific purebred bird but not to standard? That makes absolutely no sense to me at all!!
That's what I get for making assumptions based on marketing instead of more carefully reading the standards myself!

 

[ladycat]

Also interesting about the "French" addition. So many breeders of Marans do not breed feathered shanks so I actually assumed that was in American standards. Perhaps it is based on a general lack of knowledge of the potential buyers?
I've even read advertisements that specify they have "American" birds that are therefore not feathered. So essentially these breeders are intentionally breeding out of standard?? Wow... but... but why?? I don't understand why someone would do that...
I'm all about hybrids and projects and so forth but why breed a specific purebred bird but not to standard? That makes absolutely no sense to me at all!!
That's what I get for making assumptions based on marketing instead of more carefully reading the standards myself!

The English standard has clean legs. The French standard has feathered legs.

Marans have been imported from several countries, including England and France. So we have both kinds in this country, and of course some people have crossed them with other breeds, losing the feathered shanks that they might have had.

Apparently some people prefer the English type that has clean legs. But the APA standard is similar to the French standard, so if one wants to show them in the US, they must have feathered legs.