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

[Lolita]

Setting tonight

 

[Germaine_11.20]

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You said you have gotten "wrong colors". Do you know what variety or varieties the parents of the eggs were? Where did the eggs come from?

ETA: and do you have pics of the chicks and/or parents?

I do have pics somewhere and I bought the eggs from a variety of sellers both here and on ebay. That was in the early days when I knew even less then I do now!
I only purchased BCM eggs.
I wasn't the best on keeping records so I only have what memory tells me.
I know that between them all, each reputable breeder was named. Wade Jeane, Bev Davis, ....
Now whether it was true or not remains a mystery. Anyone can sell eggs and claim they come from a famous line. It isn't always true. Then again some of them are relying on the person who they bought theirs from.
There is another poster on this thread who had a pullet that sounded exactly like mine. I am not familiar with the specific genes that bring about the colors yet.
But as for the roo, he just makes me laugh. How on earth did he get in there other than his daddy snuck in the hen house when no one was looking.
I am still waiting on a few to grow up from another seller. She I trust. Good woman.

I don't have any of the roo right now. But he looks like a cuckoo maran with red hackles and comb.

 

[amazondoc]

Okay, for the hen -- IMHO, she looks like a BC with a severe loss of melanizers. That does happen, especially when people aren't selecting their breeding stock well. But other folks might have other opinions about her.

 

[hcammack]

Beautiful Eggs Lolita!

 

[Germaine_11.20]

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Thank you. I still love her. She is one of the friendliest hens I have.

 

[amazondoc]

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Good luck!

Make sure you separate the darkest eggs in the hatcher, so you know who came out of them. That'll give you a head start on the next generation!

 

[amazondoc]

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Hey, there ain't nuthin wrong with having a friendly egg-layer around.

 

[amazondoc]

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Hey guys -- just to confuse everyone even further --

Somebody who actually speaks French has let me know that the French version of the French standard, on the French club site, does not actually match the English version of the French standard in regards to leg color -- even though it is also on the French club site.

In the English version, the French standard reads: "white or lightly pink coloured for all the varieties except for the BLACK, BROWN-RED and BIRCHEN Marans were grey or dark grey is permitted, although not preferred, for both sexes."

However, in French that portion of the standard reads: "..................... de couleur blanc rosé pour toutes les variétés sauf chez la poule noir uni et noir cuivré où ils sont gris plus ou moins foncés.."

Which I am told translates as: "..................of pink white colour for all the varieties except the all black & copper black chicken, they are grey more or less dark."

I don't know why the two versions don't match. Poor translation? Who knows. It does make things even more confusing, though!

 

[kathyinmo]

OK, so I shouldn't keep all my Marans with the yellow legs and black eyes???

Kidding! Yup, it is very confusing! I want to know more about the eye color. Is this difficult?

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

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Lolita good luck with those beautiful eggs..

Sillystunt love the chickies...