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

[Lotsapaints]

geebs so glad she's back to normal what a beautiful egg

 

[Lotsapaints]

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nah, I lifted that photo off a Google Image Search. I only have Black Coppers in the Marans.

Anybody here have eggs available for any other varieties?

In the spring I'll have Golden Cuckoos this fall I might try some freebie test eggs but those will be Silver Cuckoos

 

[WVchick71]

Can U tell me how to post pictures?

 

[pinkchick]

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Sroll up the page and look on the blue bar that says index, user list, rule, search etc....click on uploads and follow the prompts, once you have chosen the photo that you want to upload and it uploaded right click and copy the image link and paste back in your thread post and submit.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

I should have eggs soon. Here a some pictures that I took today. There are 4 hens but they all look pretty much the same --one is just a bit larger.

I know that I should know this, but what were they crossed with to make the Golden Cuckoo? I read it somewhere and forgot...

 

[StormyMoon]

Ok let me know if these pictures are better of Lucy

please excuse the compost pile

She normally holds her tail up but she was afraid my daughter was going to drop her. Her leg colors are a little lighter than skin color about the same color as she has on her beak. She does not have feathers on her toes or legs. Her comb leans over to one side a little I don't know if thats a bad thing or not, but she appears healthy to me.

 

[pinkchick]

Geebs~

Glad to hear all is well!

 

[Lotsapaints]

Silver Birchen or Golden Salmon or Wheaton or Black copper.....and those colors are bred back in from time to time for egg color improvement too or at least the French Marans site had explanations for improvements...the problem with adding is the amount of culls for color only now if you had an egg flock and a show flock it wouldn't be bad....I've never seen any Golden Salmon Marans pictures on this board but I think Silver Birchens are beautiful

I'm weighing mine @ 6 months then a year I'm going for dual purpose so I want mine big and lots of eggs and...well I'll work on type and size first. I'm lucky I have some that seem big so I hope they mature to 8-9lbs.

 

[gvntofly05]

Thanks Wynette for updating everyone for me!

I've been bouncing around the house like a crazy lady this morning!

All 12 BCM eggs that went into lockdown have hatched!!

I am just in awe over this hatch! 14 eggs shipped, 2 early quitters and 12 babies hatched!!!!!

That says a lot about Wynette's stock and how well she packs for shipping!

As soon as the last 2 dry some more and are moved to the brooder I will get pics posted!

 

[Lotsapaints]

Stormy it's hard to tell but she could be a mix if she lays a dark egg then it's more possible she's a Cuckoo. Marans have white skin and the shanks should be white too sometimes they have a gray wash over the white but that is a fault and lots of Cuckoos have clean legs the English bred for clean legs....I have hatched so many Black Copper Marans that are off type that if I hadn't seen the eggs they came from I would say they were mutts..If you really like her you can always be "enabled" to get some hatching eggs and raise some that you know are Cuckoos...