Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[RoosterCogburn7]

I have 5 girls, two Roosters, and 20 more that are maturing outside. I have seen the Dominant and Subordinate rooster relationship. However, Chauncy takes it to a whole other level with Jaque. Chauncy is a huge specimen and rules the roost. Chauncy finds the nesting box a safety zone, and prefers to come and eat and drink after Chauncy and the girls have their fill. I am hoping this relationship will even out once the 20 girls I have out there mature sexually. 25 girls should be enough for two roosters to fertilize amicably. However, I have noted that with the BCM they can be aggressive. Five of my roosters have become dinner because of that. If a rooster is aggressive to humans, they are taken out the gene pool and put into the crock pot.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

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BCM's lighten and darken throughout their laying cycle. However, some will lay darker than others. There is actually a chart as to the deepness of Maran eggs.

 

[hellbender]

I guess I'm kinda old and a lot 'old school'. I understand culling/killing a hateful cock if one has small children or elderly folks to worry about but there is no way I would 'cull' an otherwise excellent cock bird just because he thinks he can take me. When I get so that one CAN get the best of me, then all chickens will be gone.

Couldn't take the shame of a broody puttin' me on a quick shuffle.

 

[forgetful]

Hellbender, I just don't put up with that carp. I can knock a mean one down to size but its in the pot the next chance I get. I have no use for a mean bird in my breeding pen, quality or not.

 

[gander007]

Hellbender, I just don't put up with that carp. I can knock a mean one down to size but its in the pot the next chance I get. I have no use for a mean bird in my breeding pen, quality or not.

How true and straight to the point I am the same way just do not have the time to play around ....

 

[hellbender]

For most birds...I agree but for a SPECIAL bird...I gots time....

 

[shell shocked]

Quote: i know their eggs lighten and darken and actually i have the maran breeders club of g b egg
chart 4 is ok most good ones are 5 to 7 8 or 9 very rare but any way i was only saying how
nice the eggs and flock looks so i ask you whats your point you added nothing to the post

 

[hellbender]

i know their eggs lighten and darken and actually i have the maran breeders club of g b egg
chart 4 is ok most good ones are 5 to 7 8 or 9 very rare but any way i was only saying how
nice the eggs and flock looks so i ask you whats your point you added nothing to the post

Please, let's not be snarky...that's how good threads are shut down.

 

[chixmaidservice]

I am a small suburban mixed flock keeper. I sell eggs to my friends and coworkers and like a colorful carton. Hence I keep a few Maran hens. I have 2 Bcms, and 2 older blue coppers. Yesterday I was able to purchase a 10 month old Bcm and a " brown maran" of the same age. The gentleman I got them from said he got them from Meyer hatchery last spring. Of course I do not think there is any such bird as a brown maran, so I am politely asking what I might have. She is really beautiful. Mostly reminds me of a partridge rock plumage, but she has a lot of gold/bronze feathers at her neck and the most feathers I have ever seen on her legs and feet. No eggs from either one yet to tell you egg color.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I am a small suburban mixed flock keeper. I sell eggs to my friends and coworkers and like a colorful carton. Hence I keep a few Maran hens. I have 2 Bcms, and 2 older blue coppers. Yesterday I was able to purchase a 10 month old Bcm and a " brown maran" of the same age. The gentleman I got them from said he got them from Meyer hatchery last spring. Of course I do not think there is any such bird as a brown maran, so I am politely asking what I might have. She is really beautiful. Mostly reminds me of a partridge rock plumage, but she has a lot of gold/bronze feathers at her neck and the most feathers I have ever seen on her legs and feet. No eggs from either one yet to tell you egg color.

I looked on the Meyer website and they have a few varieties of maran, bUT none like you describe... however, they do carry a Partridge cochin line that has gobs of feathers on their feet.