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

[geebs]

McMurray got them somewhere.... They had to have been imported for them to have em....

 

[berkeleysprings]

that is so cool to get a chicken that wants to b friendly we have one americana hen that sometimes will fly up on ypour sholder or forarm just being friendly ..... i know next to nothing about black copppers but i hope she turns out to be a nice bird ....
i have a few Partridge Plymouth rocks that never let you get close ....I have a little monster of a silky rooster black in color only one forth the size of my wheaten marans that goes after my leg like a Tasmanian devil almost every time I enter the main coop so enjoy the friendly ones
and kick the grumpy ones in the bum .roghten mean chickens


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[gamebirdsonly]

Looks like I might only end up with these 2 from some Marans eggs I got off e-bay. I guess 2 is better then none

 

[mstricer]

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I always have that problem too, I got one pullet from 18 eggs and one roo from another 12. I guess the the risk we take. Very expensive chickens huh

 

[gamebirdsonly]

The price wasn't to bad. compared what I paid for some last year

 

[halo]

Do they have feathered shanks?

 

[gamebirdsonly]

Yes a little bit of feathern more on the black chick

 

[kathyinmo]

Oh, good grief .... today I rebanded all my BCMarans, and put on their final adult sized bands. Let me just say, I have some of the absolute worst looking roosters ever! I do not even see one really promising one, and I have alot of them! They are a mess! I will be filling my freezer with most of them very soon. One is nearly totally black, with just a hint of copper in the hackles. He is just huge, and so sweet. I really like this guy, but .....

On a better note, I do have one beautiful Blue Marans roo! He is gorgeous, as are the 4 blue pullets and 2 splash gals. I have a second blue roo, and I really love his size, but he has just a tad bit of copper in the hackles. I don't want that. Since I have now penned them separately, I noticed that it is my blue gals that are laying the very pretty dark glossy ruby eggs, and I really like those.

I will try to get pictures this week, and post some really poor examples of Black Copper Marans!

 

[DaKid]

kathyinmo
Oh, good grief .... today I rebanded all my BCMarans, and put on their final adult sized bands. Let me just say, I have some of the absolute worst looking roosters ever! I do not even see one really promising one, and I have alot of them! They are a mess! I will be filling my freezer with most of them very soon. One is nearly totally black, with just a hint of copper in the hackles. He is just huge, and so sweet. I really like this guy, but .....

On a better note, I do have one beautiful Blue Marans roo! He is gorgeous, as are the 4 blue pullets and 2 splash gals. I have a second blue roo, and I really love his size, but he has just a tad bit of copper in the hackles. I don't want that. Since I have now penned them separately, I noticed that it is my blue gals that are laying the very pretty dark glossy ruby eggs, and I really like those.

I will try to get pictures this week, and post some really poor examples of Black Copper Marans!

that would be great to post pic.'s of the poor but also could you post some of the great looking one also .

I have 3 now I thinging 2 roo and one hen that where hatch thanksgiving 2009 I get some pic of my guys 'I also have 4 more just hatch in the brooder about a week old



Thanks Alan​

 

[flowerchicks]

After getting a potentially questionable cuckoo marans from the feed store last week (which I still have

) I found a local breeder and got a black copper chick

Unfortunately they were straight run, so we went thru them to find the most "girlish" of the bunch