Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[stoopid]

That was my girl. You told me she had leaky genes.

 

[Debbi]

Ooooo, wouldn't that be pretty?? A peacock-teal blue Marans!! Kim, get your DD working on that one!

 

[pinkchick]

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Well it the blue gene that is leaky and allows random darker feathers to show or the irredescent beetle sheen feathers to show...it's not a problem at all. I actually think it is pretty. Just posted the photo so that you could see that it happens quite frequently on the blues.


Debbi~ Wouldn't that be cool, a peacock blue Marans! That would be totally beautiful, however I don't think there is a way to truly get to it.

A person could just get a mating pair of Blue Impyans (spelling) that would take care of it. Ever seen one? THEY ARE GORGEOUS!!!!! Talk about Blue.

 

[pinkchick]

SNOWBIRD!!!!!!!!! Have you had a chance to take a look at those comb photos? If you would like me to send the link to you via PM just let me know. I am looking forward to hearing what you advise on this.

 

[Debbi]

No never heard of them, will go have to look them up! Have you ever seen the Vulturine Guineas?? Wow, what a freak show of color they are!

 

[pinkchick]

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Just looked them up.....WOW! Crazy! The blue ones are totally cool...but the crested ones kinda scare me.



Blue Impyans are very expensive and very beautiful. My neighbor has a pair...it takes the male something like 2-3 years to completely turn blue. They are stunning! She paid $3000 for the pair. I almost had a coronary when she told me that.

 

[Debbi]

Yes, checked out the Impeyans, too much for me!

Plus, it says they can't handle humidity, so not a good choice for my neck of the woods...

 

[Bravo]

Good morning guys!

I'm gonna apologize in advance for the quality of these photos. My camera went MIA so plan B was my cell LOL and the inside lighting was terrible. I need to get a shot in natural light but lately I leave for work before the sun comes up and get home after dark.

I tried to show the color between the eggs. The 2 eggs on the right hand side have the cooler undertones to them.

And here are those red undertone eggs with a pale green egg.

ETA:

Had to include this one too--this was dinner! Yumm!!!

No colors have been tweaked--this looks exactly like the yolk. The girls range in the yard so lots of grass, bugs and veggies they've raided from the garden

 

[Ivywoods]

VERY nice eggs Bravo!

 

[Debbi]

I can't see the difference in the colors, maybe just me? Nice eggs though! Yes, my yolks are orange too...and deeeelicious!