Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Redcap]

I think that's a pure Easter egger. I can't see any feathers at the shanks, which is a dominant trait - at least in F1-crossings of Marans.

 

[scflock]

It's in a pen full of EEs

 

[sophiaw00]

Dang it. Was really hoping for a marans but I do have a couple easter eggers so I can incubate some of this eggs for chicks or just make some barnyard mixes with my other girls. I think he's pretty anyways.

 

[scflock]

Dang it. Was really hoping for a marans but I do have a couple easter eggers so I can incubate some of this eggs for chicks or just make some barnyard mixes with my other girls. I think he's pretty anyways.

He is a prety bird. Getting good marans is tough. That's how I'm learning to pick out the wrong ones, I've bought plenty of wrong ones for myself

 

[gander007]

This is my rooster, Daryl. I was told her was a blue cuckoo marans rooster but I see no cuckoo pattern on him. She did mention that he didn't have the right coloring for breeding though and that's why I got him for free. Do you think that's the correct color & breed for him?

Defiantly a mix this you can see in the comb alone ....

 

[sophiaw00]

If he has any marans in him then being bred to an easter egger would make olive eggs right? Or if he's pure easter egger and I bred him to a pure marans would that make olive eggs?

 

[elorraine52]

If he has any marans in him then being bred to an easter egger would make olive eggs right? Or if he's pure easter egger and I bred him to a pure marans would that make olive eggs?

yes

 

[gander007]

Quote:


This is one of my 6 month old BCM Roosters now that is a comb

And his brother same momma and papa and he is also 6 months old

Now these guys have head gear a bit different then what you have there .....








A Russian Orloff rooster .......8 months old .....







Same guy up close ... Notice the comb a nice smooth surface ...
And that is the light on his eye, no he is not blind .....

 

[Rosecoop]

What is the overall disposition of a Maran? I ask because I have two cuckoos in a flock of six, made up of 2 Marans and 4 Barred Rocks...all pullets. I have one Maran that seems to do her own thing. She's not afraid to wonder on her own when I let them out of the coop to roam the yard. She's also the only one who seems to like to follow me around. They are all less than 3 weeks old. Any ideas or is this just an individual personality? She isn't getting picked on and they all get along great.

 

[scflock]

What is the overall disposition of a Maran? I ask because I have two cuckoos in a flock of six, made up of 2 Marans and 4 Barred Rocks...all pullets. I have one Maran that seems to do her own thing. She's not afraid to wonder on her own when I let them out of the coop to roam the yard. She's also the only one who seems to like to follow me around. They are all less than 3 weeks old. Any ideas or is this just an individual personality? She isn't getting picked on and they all get along great. 

I have cuckoo and BCM, along with 5 other breeds. The Marans, by far, have the best dispositions of any, even the roosters