Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[gilavina]

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what's that boy in the background? And also...do you raise any other breeds? I love finding more people that aren't too far from me that raise poultry...let alone the marans. What is your goal with your marans?

Ive got 7 boys total...TO many

but I cant help but love the beautiful boys. He is supposed to be a blue copper but he has a lemon color and non feathered shanks. so hes going to get culled probably : (





These our some of my other boys:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_img_20110809_194425.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_img_20110809_194451.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_img_20110808_153301-1.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_chickens_048.jpg

is that first pic the same boy as the background on that other pic? If not...do you have a pic of him up close from the side?

 

[chevgrl]

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what's that boy in the background? And also...do you raise any other breeds? I love finding more people that aren't too far from me that raise poultry...let alone the marans. What is your goal with your marans?

I do raise others... Dark Brahmas, Cochins (partridge & splash). I used to raise Orpingtons and partridge bantams but They are both fairly common and i kind of wanted to start working with breeds I could mold and project with... So i am doing mainly marans nw! and the others are big sellers and i love having the feather footers around lol

 

[chevgrl]

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Ive got 7 boys total...TO many

but I cant help but love the beautiful boys. He is supposed to be a blue copper but he has a lemon color and non feathered shanks. so hes going to get culled probably : (





These our some of my other boys:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_img_20110809_194425.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_img_20110809_194451.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_img_20110808_153301-1.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/79188_chickens_048.jpg

is that first pic the same boy as the background on that other pic? If not...do you have a pic of him up close from the side?

Your you talking about the blue copper Maran roo? or the golden cuckoo.

 

[gilavina]

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is that first pic the same boy as the background on that other pic? If not...do you have a pic of him up close from the side?

Your you talking about the blue copper Maran roo? or the golden cuckoo.

 

[gilavina]

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this may be easier...the boy in the background of this photo... you think I would have thought to do this earlier...haha

 

[upthecreek]

Very nice dark birchen Marans eggs !!!!



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[Lotsapaints]

My blue copper pullet from Monique laid her first egg today I promise to get a picture tomorrow spent all day working on my breeding pens and I promise pictures when I'm done with those right now I'm beat

 

[ReiMiraa]

hey can you guys (instead of uploading again) look at the marans i have on my FB and let me know. i plann to just mix what i have all together but i am not sure which of the 2 blue bircheren roosters i should keep... the females turned out splash while males actually look the part. figured just mix them with the copper marans and just focus on egg color instead.

i think i labeled all the marans....
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150328853839613.347338.669579612&type=1&l=4a609a7879

 

[berkeleysprings]

i hear people talking about getting eggs/ or birds directly frpm france...
is that even possable ? didnt thomk that could happen due to cost and quarntine stuff

 

[pinkchick]

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Hi Randy! It's possible and it is pretty darn expensive from what I understand. I wonder if they hold eggs in customs as long as they do a bird? If they hold live birds for 30 days in quarantine the eggs would not be any good, unless it is different for eggs then it is for live birds.