I'm going to repeat the question posted before the derailment: What color(s) other than blue copper are possible with a splash copper Marans over BCM hens? To my knowledge, there is only one option and I'm always glad to learn.
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I'm going to repeat the question posted before the derailment: What color(s) other than blue copper are possible with a splash copper Marans over BCM hens? To my knowledge, there is only one option and I'm always glad to learn.
I got 2 splash marans last week. One appears to have a bald leg. It looks like the feathers were picked out as I can still see part of the feather stem.
I know nothing about this breed. Is this something they do to themselves? Could it have been a response to the stress of being shipped across the country?
Additionally, I have one maran that will just cuddle with my son and fall asleep ... is that normal behavior? I thought that maybe she was sick, at first, but she is seemingly fine. Did I just luck out with a real sweethart? They were not handled much at the breeders.
Is there anything that I need to be particularly vigilant of?
TIA
The clean leg is something that will show up occasionally with the French Marans. If this is a female and you want to breed toward the APA SOP it will work out in a couple of year. Do not use a Male with clean Leggs though. The Marans do tend to be quite gentle especially the female.
Why no take a couple of pictures so we can take a look. Don
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I would not worry about the eyes just yet, give them a little time to finish. You will never have a lot of feather on her leg. Most likely from a Blue Copper breeding. You could ask the breeder what the Dad and Mom were. Don
Rumpless mutation looks like the entire backend just suddenly drops off, which is not what I'm seeing on this bird, especially on the first photo. She may just take a while to grow in a tail. A photo directly from the side standing in a normal position would be helpful...the third photo is at an angle that makes it look *almost* rumpless, but hard to say.It looks like one of my marans is missing its tail. I am attaching pictures. I would be interested in what you guys think about the way she looks vs. the breed standard. She has the best personality, but I have felt disappointed with the quality of the birds from the breeder. I am not planning to show, I just want to know how far off she is.