Marans Thread for Posting Pics of Your Eggs, Chicks and Chickens

[kathyinmo]

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You can say that again!

There is also a possibility for greatness there as well...

I didn't get any, that's for sure.

P.S. thanks Kathinmo for sharing that album. It was fun to look at.

You are very welcome.​

 

[Bravo]

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Very nice look cockeral! Is he from one of the eggs you bought from me? I have a nice rooster that keeps throwing such nice roosters that I'm having a hard time parting with them. I still get the occasional mossy chicks though. They are on my hen's side though, not from the rooster. It's hard to resist hatching eggs that I know carry mossiness because they are so dark.

Thanks!

No, he is from eggs from Thom Dean. I had to cull both of the chicks I hatched from your eggs. Both were very mossy (one was almost all copper) and both turned out to be cockerels. I think they are both 3-4 months old now.

 

[pinkchick]

Violet~ Your very welcome!

crj~ Congrats....those are some nice looking eggs you've got there!

 

[pinkchick]

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Okay that makes perfect sense lol, got a few like that too! Good song as well

~I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place. Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space~

lol...the best line in the song....it is a very pleasant place!!!!!!!

I do have one little Bl-Cpr cockerel that looks promising, he is pretty young, 2 mos., I am really liking his comb and his coloring. Of course he would be one out of the last batch of eggs hatched for the year huh? Noooooo....can't get a potential keeper early in the year so that we can test breed in the same year, seems like I'm always growing out a new spring cockerel or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5....lol.
I will get a photo of him this morning when it gets light out.

 

[berkeleysprings]

looks like a wheaten to me also ,,, im just getting back from canada and new york (orleans county fair ) and ketching uo on byc lol wheaten are my favorite edit here ,,, looking back at pic i dont see feathered legs and is he always have his tail down ?
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Violet~ He looks to be a wheaten cockerel....see the cinnamomy brown wing triangle (@ the bottom of the wing) that says wheaton to me.

Thank you! That is great! That is what he should be, but the trio we bought had two that look like him and one light brown one. We figured the breeder mixed up what the male and female chicks are supposed to look like. Then the one light colored one that we figured must be the wheaten pullet developed blue legs and ear tufts, and we said uh oh?!

He has just started getting the red/ cinnamon coloring really coming out on his back, and getting the longer neck feathers, I think he is a late bloomer. Do Marans tend to develop slower than other breeds?
I wondered if he could be a black copper, then the blue coloring came out on his underside, and more red on his back, so I thought maybe a blue copper, but I just dont know the subtleties between the different colors, reading the standards doesn't really help me I am too new at this!

I am getting a half dozen Marans hatching eggs this weekend, I love all the colors, wheaten is one of my favorites though so I am happy!
His name is Marshmallow, he likes to get underneath his two pullet friends to sleep and get out of the rain. He doesnt act very rooish yet!

 

[berkeleysprings]

teh roos pictured here are pure davis /// and crossed breeder hennery lines of wheaten roos about same as other pics

 

[berkeleysprings]

i was wondering if any one noticed the sixe of roosters combs being farther south are larger to keep them cool or raised farther north are smaller

 

[ajcress]

Ok here's a long shot. I am looking for some maran peeps for my son. He is wanting some hens for their dark eggs. I have wanted to buy some eggs but I am not having luck this year with the barnyard mix given to me from neighbors so I really dont want to spend a ton of money on something I have already failed at more than once this year. Would anyone be willing to ship peeps that wouldnt cost me an arm and leg? has long as I can grow a few hens and a roo to get him started. they wouldnt be for breeding or anything like that just for our own pleasure of the darker than normal brown egg. I tried to get some cuckoo marans for a hatchery but they are all sold out and I know their eggs would probably just be light brown. If anyone is interested please pm me. thanks in advance!

 

[jeremy]

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You have Wheatens!

Will you be offering eggs/chicks next spring when they mature?

I'd love to get my hands on some quality Wheaten Marans.

 

[berkeleysprings]

yes i will have some very soon ...i have eggs in the bator and i will have 5 more adult hens lying very soon ....right now its slow becayes of the heat but im hatching as many wile its slow
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You have Wheatens!

Will you be offering eggs/chicks next spring when they mature?

I'd love to get my hands on some quality Wheaten Marans.