Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[geebs]

Nice of you to stay up with me.. It is only 8 here... No one is asleep at my house though it has been dark for hours... I get tired at 5 when the sun goes down and then I get my second wind.. thanks for the research work... I appreciate it...

Debbi you crack me up... and it is soooo true... she is all over that business

 

[flgardengirl]

What show is in Atlanta in Feb? I live close enough to possibly go...

 

[geebs]

The Newnan show... It may be the qualifyer for the APA for the BC's.. big smiley face...

Flwrgarden.. (shoot I knw I messed that up).. will edit in a min.... You should take some birds!!! wish I could go... sniff sniff

 

[flgardengirl]

Ooooo maybe I will go watch...Is there a link somewhere that tells about it?

 

[math ace]

Don's comments about the Ohio show start at . . .

6015, 6019, and continue from there. The pictures should be right after that . . . I'll see if I can find their post numbers


The point went to the ohio show and posted pictures at the following post #'s

6083 Winner
6094 other marans at show

 

[geebs]

I bet as it gets closer there will be a thread....I don't know.. probably could google it.. If Don went to Ohio, did he take birds???

 

[flgardengirl]

I found it on the marans chicken club usa page lol. It is on the 19th and 20th of Feb. That's a weekend

 

[math ace]

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[math ace]

Ok Ladies, it is officially WAY PAST my bedtime. . .

I can't hang with the big dogs, so I am going to have to get off the porch OR in this case off the forum.

Talk to ya'll tomorrow and I'll post pics of these chicks so that you ladies and silent gents can help me find the BLUES !

 

[cpartist]

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I've 6 Marans left after selling a few locally. I think I have only one roo in the bunch. My Blue Copper is the one who throws chicks with a sometimes copper spot on the head,
so I'm surprised you got one of these from my Black Copper. My previous hatch was all about the Delawares and W/BW Ameraucanas...this hatch should give me more Marans
to work with.

My Blue Copper was very dark at start, when I emailed pics of her to my breeder, she said those are the ones that that have the good dark lacing. She has thrown a few that are lighter,
but I mostly get dark chicks out of her, and honestly can not always tell them 100% from the Black Coppers at first. As they feather out they will be more dark gray than black though.

This is my favorite pullet from her, color wise. Her copper does not show up very well in this pic, but she has more than mama. This shot was taken when she was 19 weeks old and she's
not quite the butterball she looks here (I think she'd just done the feather shake thing) but she has pretty good size, coloring/lacing and lighter eyes, which is more difficult to achieve in
da blues, in my experience.

Unfortunately, she has sparse leg feathering. I like her egg color though, (she laid the spherical eggs in my previous post) and she has a good comb...so I'm going to work with her.