Marans?

[emalin]

Way too much miss information out there on Black Copper Marans. Black Copper Marans were admitted into American Standard Of Perfection just 2 years ago, It may have been 3 years. They used mostly French standards and they must have feathered legs. Not hard to fix but should have feathered legs. English Standard calls for clean legs. They just wanted to be different.
There is a web site International Black Copper Marans Forum 1500 pages of proper Marans breeding go there read it. The true number 1 quality of Marans is egg color. Very hard to find and breed . I am in Eastern Wash. state. Have been Black Copper Marans for 5 years and I love these birds. You will not get quality birds from the hatchery and you will not get the dark eggs. TOM

These eggs were fairly dark. I gave up trying to candle them. All developed but only two hatched on their own. I've now read that the shells are not only dark but very hard. Is that true? Have also read that they are salmonella free due to this factor I might get more from this farm but am also looking for other sources for diversity. Looking for health and egg color. I'm in Arizona with very high temps & don't want to ship chicks or eggs right now but will travel to pick up. Do you know of any good breeders in the Southwest? Thanks.

 

[Thomas Bright]

These eggs were fairly dark. I gave up trying to candle them. All developed but only two hatched on their own. I've now read that the shells are not only dark but very hard. Is that true? Have also read that they are salmonella free due to this factor I might get more from this farm but am also looking for other sources for diversity. Looking for health and egg color. I'm in Arizona with very high temps & don't want to ship chicks or eggs right now but will travel to pick up. Do you know of any good breeders in the Southwest? Thanks.

I have only ordered day old chics. Brian Parks in Eugene Oregon has nice birds. Many faults but nice start. I have hatched my own, last three years. I got 60% hatch this spring not great but I am still learning. Shipped eggs never, never hatch well. Read International Black Copper Marans thread! Best information out there on Black Copper Marans. TOM

 

[emalin]

Thanks. My daughter will enjoy looking through the Marans thread. She is truly obsessed. I'm hoping she will want to show (she's still feeling too shy). I picked up this batch of eggs in California. I have such a small incubator, I need as much control as I can get & aspire to have a self-reproducing flock at some point in the future.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Here’s my little “roo man”. He’s a black copper Maran from Meyer. He’s grown bigger since then, he’s about 14 weeks now, but these were the only pictures I have.

 

[Thomas Bright]

Here’s my little “roo man”. He’s a black copper Maran from Meyer. He’s grown bigger since then, he’s about 14 weeks now, but these were the only pictures I have.

This is not a Black Copper Marans, maybe Blue, a Black Copper Marans will be Black with Copper TOM

 

[humblehillsfarm]

This is not a Black Copper Marans, maybe Blue, a Black Copper Marans will be Black with Copper TOM

Sorry, yes he is blue! Is lady friend is black. Bit of a typing error there. She has feathered feet too, but she's a wild child that can't be caught.

 

[Hidrainja4]

There are multiple lines of Marans. Those bred to the French standard have feathered legs, those bred to the American SOP have clean legs. They are very likely still Marans

American standard follows the french standard SOP is feathered feet. British standard unfeathered.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

American standard follows the french standard SOP is feathered feet. British standard unfeathered.

My mistake! I corrected myself earlier in the thread! Definitely will not make that mistake again

 

[TheOddOneOut]

These are mystery assortments I got from Meyers, just wanted to see if you guys thought they may be Marans. (chicks were from brown egg layer and rare assortment. The company does NOT breed black stars.) 4 weeks old legs are clean but for maybe one feather on one leg.
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second chick has chubby cheeks so maybe a ameracauna...

Not an Ameraucana. Likely a Black Favorelles, or EE.

 

[Hidrainja4]

My mistake! I corrected myself earlier in the thread! Definitely will not make that mistake again

easy to do, I do that frequently.