Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[lucky123]

I have a few rare breeds and was thinking of getting marans. What is the rarest colour/type?

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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Most folks on this site seem to have Black Coppers & Blue Coppers. More people have been getting into Birchens it seems. The rarest Marans is one that meets all the Standards of Perfection and lays super dark eggs.
There is a lot of knowledge on this site and a lot of pics to look at.
Welcome!

 

[SD_Paulo]

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Mel, you're making me really jealous with the description of your place. Only I'd want black bass and channel cats in that pond.
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Thanks Debbi, that's good to know. I was hoping I could get by with a community type nesting box instead of compartments. I'm a lousy carpenter and this will make it much easier on me.

I need to put some bass in there to eat down the small bluegill. I also have huge Koi in there and one 5 foot long sturgeon. I'm waiting for one of the neighborhood kids to hook that sturgeon on their little bluegill rod. The kids sneak in and fish when they think I'm not looking but really I watch them with my binocs. They have a regular path worn into the pond and where they scoot under the barbed-wire fence there are often shreds of clothing..It's AWESOME!

Bass'in, Gill'in and crappie tacos is definately my style! I think you would have better luck with the smallmouth in your part of the country. I will take Crappie over catfish anyday of the week! Thats cool you let those kids poach your pond.

Sounds like you got a nice place going Mel.......Cannibis garden and all!

 

[chevgrl]

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haha what about all of us in the midwest? haha...

Vicki Its given that were always wild here in the midwest.

 

[chevgrl]

I will be off line till probably Monday. My best friend of 24 years is getting married and were going to have alittle fun

before she straps it on. see you guys on the flip side!

 

[Mountain Mel 22]

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Nope....I'm not even going to ask!

 

[chevgrl]

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Nope....I'm not even going to ask!

Oh haha!

you know like "strapping on the old ball and chain"

 

[Keara]

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I've got a speckled sussex roo that goes CRAZY around any leopard or spotted prints. It doesn' matter what color the print is in....
I either look like a giant roo or snake to him. Whichever it is.... it drives him CRAZY!

I've got another roo, a delaware roo, who has a foot fetish. He doesn't mess with shoes or boots, but if you are barefooted or wearing sandles you are likely to end up missing a piece of skin on the top of your foot.

my rooosters hate rubber mud boots, any color. And the tie on my bathrobe!

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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White Marans are still pretty rare, I believe.

In fact, any of the truly solid colours are rare.

(Black Coppers, Blue Coppers, Wheatens, and Cuckoos are probably the least rare in Marans.)

 

[bigshawn]

Black Marans are hard to find as well...............