Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[scflock]

I have both cuckoo and black coppers...for being the same breed they sure do have some major differences.

I bought cuckoo before I did any research, and I bought them from a hatchery. I thought all marans laid "chocolate eggs". The personalities of my cuckoos and black coppers are very similar, very docile, sweet birds with good roosters, but there is a lot of difference in everything else. I think a lot of cuckoo have been crossed with barred rocks through the years, especially by the hatcheries. I would love to have a full bodied, purebred cuckoo that still maintained the darker egg color

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Agreed. Although I love the colors and feathered legs of the blk cp. We have one roo with a lot of copper and wild eye brows... we call him axel rose. He even sounds like he could pull off "welcome to the jungle"

 

[scflock]

Agreed. Although I love the colors and feathered legs of the blk cp. We have one roo with a lot of copper and wild eye brows... we call him axel rose. He even sounds like he could pull off "welcome to the jungle"

If I could only keep one breed of bird, it would be the cuckoos. My rooster is by far the best rooster I have ever had, the girls are sweet, lay a ton of eggs, and will brood if I let them. The black coppers are going to take a lot of work, but will be very rewarding when I start producing quality birds

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I can't imagine having to choose one breed. I have a bunch. I love the colors and features of each one. I limit myself to only chickens with colored eggs though. Gotta make a limit somewhere.

 

[scflock]

I can't imagine having to choose one breed. I have a bunch. I love the colors and features of each one. I limit myself to only chickens with colored eggs though. Gotta make a limit somewhere.

I have a lot of breeds, too, but the ones I'm working on are the BCM and BBS Ameraucanas. I got some great AMs this year, but my BCM need some work

 

[Cockatrice6420]

We're just starting a couple of devoted breeding programs. One with the blk cp and one for araucanas. We don't have a single color in the aracaunas yet, but with how long I had to wait to get them I won't be picky

 

[Cockatrice6420]

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A couple of my marans

 

[snowbird]

If you plan on breeding to the SOP you would not want to use this male as a breeder since his tail is loaded with white feathers

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Nope. The cuckoo is part of my mixed flock. The blk cp is what I will be working with.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Does anyone else have a cuckoo hen with spurs? (talking full spurs)