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I stand corrected... I had never seen a Marans with feathered shanks but I did a google search and I did find a few pics with feathered shanks. Is this mainly a difference between hatchery chicks and breeders? I have never seen a hatchery website that lists Marans as "feather footed" I would assume most chicks come from hatcheries could this be the reason there seem to be so few with feathers on their legs? Interesting... I learned something new!
Hatcheries and feed store Marans will be clean shanked. They don't breed anything to a breed standard, but to high egg production. Egg color will not be as good as from a breeder either.
Breeders have been breeding to the proposed french standard, which calls for feathered shanks. If you look here you will see the approved standard (which was just recently accepted) for Marans. (I believe Black copper is the only color approved so far)
I stand corrected... I had never seen a Marans with feathered shanks but I did a google search and I did find a few pics with feathered shanks. Is this mainly a difference between hatchery chicks and breeders? I have never seen a hatchery website that lists Marans as "feather footed" I would assume most chicks come from hatcheries could this be the reason there seem to be so few with feathers on their legs? Interesting... I learned something new!
Hatcheries and feed store Marans will be clean shanked. They don't breed anything to a breed standard, but to high egg production. Egg color will not be as good as from a breeder either.
Breeders have been breeding to the proposed french standard, which calls for feathered shanks. If you look here you will see the approved standard (which was just recently accepted) for Marans. (I believe Black copper is the only color approved so far)
