Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[CP-FARM]

. mine are CCL

according to backyard chickens abbreviations they have CL Cream Legbar and CCL Crescent Cream Legbar

 

[ladycat]

according to backyard chickens abbreviations they have CL Cream Legbar and CCL Crescent Cream Legbar

Crescent Cream Legbar?

 

[CP-FARM]

 

[CP-FARM]

Crescent Cream Legbar?

Crested!! Well my phone auto correct!I guess I should proofread better

 

[ladycat]

Oh! I thought maybe there was a variety of Cream Legbar I didn't know about!

 

[chicken pickin]

. mine are CCL

All Cream Legbars are supposed to be crested. The word crested was dropped from the name so people wouldn't think there was a crested and non crested variety. All CL are to be crested and they are simply called Cream Legbar.

 

[CP-FARM]

13 here and six more in the incubator drying and more to come. BCM, and OE

 

[CP-FARM]

All Cream Legbars are supposed to be crested. The word crested was dropped from the name so people wouldn't think there was a crested and non crested variety. All CL are to be crested and they are simply called Cream Legbar.

Sorry I was teasing my name is Cathy!

Cathy's Creme Legbar. Lol

 

[mymilliefleur]

I though your name was Millie. But in your signature line at the bottom it's problematic.

Mille in French is thousand. I can't tell you how many times I've seen people "translate" mille fleur into "million flowers."

Just to really mess everyone up, the "n" in Marans isn't even really pronounced. "R" in French is not technically rolled like in Spanish, but a glottal stop in the back of the throat (think of choking on feathers or something!). So maybe the closest in "American" would be Meh-raw. Pronunciation is up for grabs to a degree, but spelling and capitalization is not. Call me a snob, but I don't take people as seriously when the breed name is incorrect and is used repeatedly as if it were. But I correct the "autocorrect" on my cell phone, so there you have it.

I just noticed my signature.

I'll have to fix it. I still occationally refer to my Easter Eggers as Ameraucanas.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Another common mistake is when people refer to mille fleur d'Uccles as ''Mille fleurs'' which is confusing since there are many breeds that come in that coloring.