Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[criker99]

Picture of our cuckoo marans Charlie. You'll see there is a post on the what breed is this link because my husband believes it is a barred rock rooster, but it was sold to us as a cuckoo marans. We've had him about 20 months, so ever since he was a young cock, not quite crowing. He is huge, towering over all of our other chickens (all full size chickens, no bantys here) and super sweet.

However, I don't know enough about the Cuckoo Marans to know how quality he is. I would like to take him out of the mixed flock and use him in a marans breeding flock (as soon as I get marans hens for him). Thoughts?

 

[Debbi]

Charlie looks like a handsome Cuckoo boy to me! He's definately not a Barred Rock, they have yellow legs

 

[kathyinmo]

That looks like a Barred Rock to me .... look how straight those lines in the tail are ..... they don't look Cuckoo to me. Barred Rocks are suppose to have yellow legs, but I can attest to you that not all of them do!

 

[Lotsapaints]

Looks like an English Cuckoo the legs, comb and type are not what a Barred Rock would be. I really love my English Cuckoo boy very nice guy good to me and his ladies and the reason I decided to get into Marans. I only hope my French Cuckoos grow up as nice.

 

[snowbird]

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Kathy, how are your Barred rocks developing, are the legs getting any more yellow than before. You should of been told that they were experimental.

 

[pinkchick]

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Congrats on your youngins! I hope you continue to share them as they mature and start laying. Do they have coppering in their heads and necks?

 

[pinkchick]

criker~
He is a pretty bird.

 

[TurkeyMountainChickens]

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Congrats on your youngins! I hope you continue to share them as they mature and start laying. Do they have coppering in their heads and necks?

That looks like a lot of copper color around their necks and chests. I'd be interested to see what they look like with their adult plumage.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Kathy, how are your Barred rocks developing, are the legs getting any more yellow than before. You should of been told that they were experimental.

As a matter of fact, surprisingly to me, they are beginning to turn yellow (a little bit anyway). I do not believe that the 2 breeders I purchased from would be considered experimenting.

 

[Organics North]

My breeding goals are the following in order:
1. Egg color
2. Egg productivity
3. Breeding to standard
We may never show just sell eating eggs. But still want to do the breed a service..

OK These Blue Marans birds are about 15 weeks old. This first guy matured early and is the largest. (Heck he was crowing clearly at 7 weeks?) He is reaching sexual maturity and trying to mount hens. His down side is he has copper bleeding through on the neck.

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OK Cockerel #2 He is smaller slower to mature. Crowing but not attempting breeding. Submissive. No copper bleeding through on neck. Smaller comb and wattles. (Which I see as a plus in my very cold climate.

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Pullets in the next post:

Thanks for your help picking a cockerel. (I do not want to keep two for the winter.)

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