Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[snowbird]

Just wondering if anyone on the forum has any knowledge on the Cuckoo Marans they would like to share. I have six pair after culling and they are the feather leg type

 

[Lotsapaints]

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Just reading as much as I can find Cuckoos are my choice to raise..Golden and Silver waiting for mine to get old enough to cull and most of mine have feathered legs too so I would love to see more pics Thanks

 

[snowbird]

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Just reading as much as I can find Cuckoos are my choice to raise..Golden and Silver waiting for mine to get old enough to cull and most of mine have feathered legs too so I would love to see more pics Thanks

I have a couple of male cuckoo that have decent type and I believe my males are better then the female. Hopefully some will come along with pictures.

 

[hunterjumper999]

I have these tw roosters ... no hens. I have 2 cuckoo roos and one hen.

I got the cuckoos for variety, and the BCM adult was given to me by the folks that hatched him.

I don't know if they are quality or what...\\

 

[Debbi]

Well, all first time outsiders are now in bed. That didn't go as bad as I thought it would. Started getting dark, and they were getting worried. I was in the pen with them and stood by the pop door. One of the pullets had the right idea and went in. Nobody followed her, so she came back out. Picked up the roo and put him in, then the girls lined up by the door, but wouldn't go in. Had to pick them up one by one and put them in. At least they let me!

Fuglee, the roo, did something strange tonight. He would lay down near a pullet, then snake his way between her legs like he was hiding. Is this insecurity? Like hiding under the hen behavior?? He did it several times, I never saw that before. Clue me in here as to what that was, please?

 

[snowbird]

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The 1st male has the brown breast and the second one has white in wing and tail

 

[Wynette]

WELCOME, Eveil! Best of luck on your upcoming hatch...we all love pics, so make sure you post them after your hatch, and keep us updated on how it goes!

 

[math ace]

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I found your pics a few postings after this - - -she is beautiful.

My girl looks like her a lot - - - how old is she ?


I think I can get caught up reading all the old posts by the end of this weekend . . . I'll post pics of my girl after that !

 

[TK Poultry]

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Hi greencastle!!!! How have you been, good to see ya!

Are you looking to breed one color variety or are you looking to breed more than one color of Marans.

With the Black Copper, Blue Copper and Splash Copper a person can run all three colors together in the same pen and get pure Black Copper, Blue Copper and Splash Copper birds from those matings. This is the same with solid Blue, Black and Splash Marans.

A fun variety maybe could be the Cuckoo Marans and run some solid Blue Marans in with them and make your own Blue Cuckoos. Oh and these would be sexlinked. Fun!

Wheatens breed true and can be sexed very early on. Wheatens are very beautiful birds.

Thanks again geebs for the kind words.

Thanks for the answer. sorry its soo delayed I've been at school and I have been WIPED OUT! Nice to see you too pinkchick I've not talked to you since the EE thread LOL. I like reading all of the post in this VERY fast moving thread! You never know I might be posting pics of my own birds on here soon enough.

 

[Eveil]

thanks guys for the welcome

TurkeyMountainChickens I am going to try and hatch Black Copper Marans from the Wade Jeane line.

Debbi - ya i missed the other s in USPS

need more

its been a long day here.
I was looking for some chicks closer to home but I could not find anyone that had Marans so I had some eggs sent. Im hoping I will at least get a rooster and a hen so I can start my little flock. I here all kinds of bad stories about people that have had eggs sent though the mail some i'm hoping to be one of the lucky ones and get a nice big hatch but I did get extras just in case.