Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Illia]

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Okay, I will also pitch in here, and say, umm, what? Why? We're going for blue copper, not Lemon Blue. And why should the breast have lacing of coppery orange? Does the Black Copper standard have that? Is it that hard to get rid of or something?

Blue usually dilutes the golden color, yes, but with mahogany in there it should not go to a lemon color. Lemon is when you don't have mahogany, and are going for the Lemon Blue color. I've seen plenty Blue Coppers with a true coppery color, so. . .

 

[pinkchick]

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[berkeleysprings]

thats a nice solid color egg ,,, what was the breed color ? bc ? great egg picture lots of light in the picture ,sometimes i see pictures taken in a cave with candle light lol
but i am guilty of takeing bad egg pictures yours looks great



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Nice boy! Do you have nice egg color? He is handsome and lovely photos.

Thank you

Not great color I think (?) but it is Ok. I post picture

http://global.cybersite.se/files/c3...9bc/ef094734-c623-4965-a305-a2a204f1f2c94.jpg

http://global.cybersite.se/files/c3...9bc/12f0bc7c-61a5-4422-8097-d6d09805f5c44.jpg

 

[marquisella]

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It will also be a dq for clean legs with no feathers

 

[VillageChicken]

Neck: Hackle—Coppery orange, with a narrow blue stripe through the middle of each feather, terminating in a point near its lower extremity.
Front of neck—Blue with narrow lacing of coppery orange
Back: Blue.
Tail: Blue.
Wings: Blue.
Breast: Upper breast, blue with narrow lacing of coppery orange.

This is okay for roosters, but the standard for BC hens says the opposite - that the neck and breast should be clear of lacing. They will be more likely to throw overcoppered roos if they have the lacing.

 

[the chocs]

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BLOODLINE FROM MARAN & BELGIUM

ENJOY THE COPPER MARANS FOLK

 

[pinkchick]

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Pardon my ignorance, but what are EMs??

EM= Effective Microorganisms (lactobacillus casei), basically it's another form of probiotics. I use it with the chickens for some of the same effects that we would use it for people (acidophilus). Used for overall intestinal health. It's also used to help with heat stress to increase water intake, used following vaccinations, with diet changes, after transport and when health challenges arise or prior to processing. It is also used to help reduce Salmonella Enteritidis with some benefits reported from researchers, I found a great article about it on 2008 Poultry Science Association University of Arkansas site but I couldn't paste the link.

I also use an EM soil inoculant on all of the walls, roosts and floors of my coops, the live bacteria eat things that are not good in the soil and put good things back in via their waste product.

 

[Debbi]

Pink ~ Thanks for the clarification on EM! Makes sense now. Also, thanks for bringing the "lemon head" to Bev's attention, I really had my doubts on that one!

 

[pinkchick]

Your Welcome!
Still working on clarifying with Bev, Illia and Village's questions too.

 

[Wynette]

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Folks, any of you who are interested in having a say - you can do so by joining the Marans Chicken Club. All this is discussed via the club, and all members have a say - here's the site for any folks who are interested in joining: http://www.maransusa.org/