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

[kathyinmo]

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Hooray for you!!!!

Funny though (sorry) .... but I did the very same thing! I did it myself, dropped the darn thing!

I had planned to blow out my first dark egg, to save it .... Oh well!

 

[gvntofly05]

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Hooray for you!!!!

Funny though (sorry) .... but I did the very same thing! I did it myself, dropped the darn thing!

I had planned to blow out my first dark egg, to save it .... Oh well!

Yeah it happens! I still get disappointed when ever I drop and break any of my eggs but this one I almost cried!

 

[pinkchick]

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Hooray for you!!!!

Funny though (sorry) .... but I did the very same thing! I did it myself, dropped the darn thing!

I had planned to blow out my first dark egg, to save it .... Oh well!

Yeah it happens! I still get disappointed when ever I drop and break any of my eggs but this one I almost cried!

Congratulations on your first egg Gvntofly! I have done the same thing as Kathy and I know how you feel when it makes you want to cry. The nice thing is you will get another one and another one and another one.....................

 

[Raven1]

Thanks Kathy and Pink I will post his brother when I have a chance.
Congrats on your egg gvntofly.

 

[cook_kaka_ook]

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Hi cook_kaka_ook

My experience has been slightly different than Kathy's and Snowbird's. I had one cockerel who had quite a bit of red spotting on his breast and after a year had less than the desirable 10% "parsimonious" red spotting. For that reason, I actually think it is more important to focus on the wings and if they are clean (completely jet black primary and secondary feathers) then I would wait and see how he develops. Unless the red goes all the way down to his thighs. If it is just on his upper breast, if he were mine, I would give him a chance to mature. I like his copper color-he has a nice mid coppery color. That all says nothing about his genotype of course. And there are some very experienced people who believe that any red on the breast means the bird does not have a pure black copper genotype. But the French, presumably, don't agree with this as have the slight red breast spotting in the brown-red standard.

On an related subject, I think some people misinterpret what "straw hackles" really means. Obviously straw hackles are not good. You can't show a bird that has yellow hackles- it should be a DQ. But I have seen people post pictures of roosters with only 2 colors and seen other people commenting how wonderful the bird's dark red hackles are. A black copper rooster should have 3 colors, not 2. The hackles aren't supposed to be the exact same color as the shoulders. And the shoulders of a mature black copper rooster should be solid red without lots of black spots mixed in. At least that is how I interpret the standard.

With my birds, I view the wheaten gene (which causes some of the aforementioned problems) as a genetic flaw that needs to be slowly weeded out of my flock without sacrificing egg color, confirmation or health. There are some people who, as far as genetic flaws are concerned, would rather deal with genes for light eggs or physical defects than a gene from another Marans variety; that's how strongly they feel about it.

To each his own. I just try to remember a few things;

In France, the birds who lay the darkest eggs are not usually the ones that are shown because they are being bred primarily for dark egg production as there is a market for dark eggs in France (for consumption). There is not a lot of tolerance here for the idea of separating and understanding the difference between show quality and utility birds.

But the breed clubs here have a very important job with regard to education. They are the guardians of the breed and they are trying to insure that there are enough people breeding strictly to the standard to keep the breed and breed varieties pure and viable, and to get them approved with the APA.

Hi drom,

Thank you for your feedback and comments. I guess perfect plumage and darker eggs doesn't usually go hand in hand even with seasoned breeders. This cocckerel is the only one I have and I'm glad he has more positive potential than negative. I have given away his brother (blue copper) to my neighbor and chose BCM breed instead to be able to collect dark brown eggs by August or Sept. I'm more inclined to egg color actually since I'm a newbie to this breed. I will be updating pics as he continue to reach full maturity. At what age do you think FBCM will reach that stage? Is it safe to say that once his hen partner lays her first egg then he is fully mature as well?

 

[berkeleysprings]

willow was a great movie ,,,,,, i liked it ,,,,,,,,,, dont no if u remember but that part ,, the wich yells outside of the castle " YOUR ALL PIGS""""
MOVIES NOW STINK WITH ALL THE SPECIAL EFFECTS that happens so fast or its to to dark to see , they are not worth the price ..... the last good movie that was made that didnt need the special affects to much was jaws ,,,, it was scarry , it was mostly day time and u could see everything happening ,,,,
anyway i am off topic ,,,,, great chicken name WILLOW now i must "run away, run away"
ps sorry about the spelling lol lol me carpenter lol lol
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[IndianaSilkies]

Hi all! I just wanted to show off some of our birds

I still need to get pics of the of our younger hens that just started laying and get pics of their eggs because they are gorgeous! I just hope that they don't loose too much of the egg color as time goes on. These are pictures of the older hens and one of our roos. We are breeding for the french standard and am trying hard to further the breed with correct coloring and features. These are not our best birds, just ones I have snapped pics of. I am really excited because the chicks we have been hatching out are mostly getting really good foot feathering. I love talking about Marans so I will be here often!

These are eggs we got earlier in the year with the older hens and are pictured with one of the normal brown egg layers egg.

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

what color marans can u show in apa shows ?

 

[UGAchick]

Hi there, Marans lovers! I am new to Marans (as of today) and need some help identifying my new chickies.

Here is the link to the post:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=356351

Thank you!!!

 

[snowbird]

Since there is no Standard that is approved you can show any color you would like. Once the Standard is approved you will have to show one of the colors that is approved though. It will be a long process to get all the different varieties approved.


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