I don't know this person and mean no offense; however, all of their male stock has squirrel tail. They might not be the best choice for exhibition Marans, unless you're not worried about "that part" of poultry ownership.
No offense to me, I just copied a link from another thread asking for the same thingI don't know this person and mean no offense; however, all of their male stock has squirrel tail. They might not be the best choice for exhibition Marans, unless you're not worried about "that part" of poultry ownership.
The coloring on the birds you had is very wrong for Blue Copper Marans. Might I suggest you look through earlier posts in this thread and see what the Blue Coppers should look like, I think, and I hope you would find them equally if not more attractive than what someone previously sold you.Hi,
New to chickens and new to marans, but love them so far. I purchased a beautiful (to me at least) blue copper pair last year at the state fair. Unfortunately the roo insisted on flying into the dog pen while out during the day and the dog finally said enough is enough and he is no more...didn't eat him, just made it clear that he wasn't to be in her yard. Then 6 months or so later we lost the hen to a fox...very upset about both of these losses because they both had great personalities, were beautiful and I can't find another pair even close to their coloring. So I was wondering if these two are so far from the standard that it will be difficult to find replacements? I've tried reading the standards, but it's like reading Greek to a newbie like myself. Does anyone have marans with similar coloring? This was a pretty young pair.
