Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[3riverschick]

My sell of the Cuckoos fell through

I have been holding them for about 6 weeks for her..... Well they are on CL now. Along with Olive Eggers, Easter eggers, and some chicks. I need to thin them down ASAP. I need to get reorganized for the fall.

awh, so sorry about the sale. i am here and lurk a lot. i do miss my marans. it has been a long 10 month wait for my light sussex. they should be here this month. enjoy watching the marans world.
karen

 

[3riverschick]

I still haven't figured out if folk have decided whether the BCM are Brown Reds (APA)or Black Copper Necks (as in Hancox's book). Or whether they are both the same thing?
Karen

 

[Arielle]

Good morning everyone!!

 

[gilavina]

 

[Wynette]

 

[DMRippy]

I still haven't figured out if folk have decided whether the BCM are Brown Reds (APA)or Black Copper Necks (as in Hancox's book). Or whether they are both the same thing?
Karen

Go to the link I posted, find the Austrailian site and they talk about it. They are Brown Breasted Reds, they explain why.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I still have plenty of Marans and TONS growing out. I can't wait for my pullets to start laying.

 

[Wynette]

Go to the link I posted, find the Austrailian site and they talk about it. They are Brown Breasted Reds, they explain why.

This was discussed quite awhile back, and if I recall correctly, brown breasted reds are different genotype from black coppers. I think Don was the one who was discussing it.

 

[heath_elisha]

On lockdown for pinks chickies!!!!!!! Looks like the broody hen will be the only one hatching anything........ really really really hoping I get at least ONE blue pullet..... come on chickies!!! The excitement is really almost unbearable

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I misspoke... RED BROWN

Copied from the site

The name Red-Brown may seem strange for a bird that is a black breasted red in the cock, and a red birchen in the hen, one needs to look back to the beginning of the breed to find the reason. The first crossings were made using English fighting cocks, the “cockers” named the colour of the birds by what they could see when they were fighting in the pit, the breast and the back. So a bird with a broken breast (black with red/brown markings, and a red back was called a Brown Red.


That is also what it is called on the Marans Club sites even in the US.