Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[desertmarcy]

Just did a search in the search bar for "chicken peepers" here on BYC, might want to check these threads out?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/search.php?search=chicken+peepers

Hi Debbi, thanks for the links. I think peepers it is. I just wish I could get them yesterday! I'll let you all know how they work out.

 

[gilavina]

Don't make me want to go on a road trip!!!!! Dang.... that is what I need cuckoos with leg feathering and dark eggs (you don't really know about the eggs) PM me their info, I know they sell eggs too.....

have to wait till fall.

haha...too funny. I don't know about their egg color...perhaps you could email them and ask. I can PM you more details in a minute. I have a wild hooligan named Gremlin that's out of his carrier for playtime (baby kitty I've been taking care of since he was 4 or 5 days old).

 

[gilavina]

Holy cow! These Birchens are popping up all over the place!

Welcome aboard, Woolenbrew!

yahoo! Bring them on! Now just to get the quality to rival Black Coppers more consistently!

 

[rsarns]

Here is my Birchen Cockerel that has copper/gold bleed through. Will NOT be breeding him

 

[DMRippy]

Silver looks like this on a birchen

that is SILVER!

Very pretty..... I must resist..... I must.... BECKY!!!! DON"T YOU DARE GET ANY..... MORE!

PINK.... don't send any info on where you got your eggs from to me or Becky

 

[rsarns]

that is SILVER!

Very pretty..... I must resist..... I must.... BECKY!!!! DON"T YOU DARE GET ANY..... MORE!

PINK.... don't send any info on where you got your eggs from to me or Becky

Now that is a gorgeous Birchen... and thanks to Pink for sending me the info....

 

[zooweemama]

Are marans an especially docile breed? I just got some chicks (blue copper and black copper) and they are so calm. <3

I'm experiencing the same thing. BO were actually my first pick so I got 4 of them. I do love them and look forward to their fluffy butts in the coming months but the 2 little Marans won me over and I have already decided that's the breed we will keep on our little farm (breeding that is).

 

[gilavina]

(((hugs)))Vicki -you're a very resilient person

I suppose...who knows. Just never really had things easy or handed to me. Always had to work hard for things, which certainly gives some steeliness....maybe that's why I'm not the cuddliest person haha

I just tell it like it is, even when people don't want to hear it.

 

[gilavina]

Here is my Birchen Cockerel that has copper/gold bleed through. Will NOT be breeding him

do you have some true silver birchen girls or another boy that's silver?

 

[rsarns]

I have some nice pullets, but this was my best hope for a roo, the others I culled earlier do to more gold bleed through. I do have some eggs on the way soon... Hopefully I can get a very nice Cockerel out of them.