Black faces or the dark faces and combs in the Marans normally grows out and pink or red usually starts to show up around POL or just before, but can take quit a while to go completely away. I don't think that Gypsy or Mulberry is what we are seeing in the Marans. Isn' the Gypsy or Mulberry related to the black skinned birds such as Silkies and Sumatras and such?