Wheaten, BIRCHEN, Columbian, or black copper Marans?

[A & H]

Black birchen are like wheatens most of the time, really depends on the bloodline

They're like wheatens in terms of color or egg color?

 

[A & H]

Okay, so I only have wheaten marans now, I used o have cuckoo years ago but they have all since passed away. I prefer the wheaten marans much more though!

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Spice (left) and Speedy (right)

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Shelley

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Shelley winning best maran at Staffordshire County Show.

As you can see, they have some feathering on their feet but not majorly. I would offer you some of my maran eggs but you live in Idaho and I live in England so i dont know if the eggs would travel well going that distance.

Why did you like your wheaten marans better than your cuckoo marans?

 

[Silkie2005]

Why did you like your wheaten marans better than your cuckoo marans?

I just thought their plumage was better and my wheaten marans lay more eggs but I think that is just down to the individual birds.

 

[Toon]

They're like wheatens in terms of color or egg color?

Most of the time, yes

 

[Chooks man]

Does anyone know about the other three though? I kinda want BIRCHEN marans

@Bantambird she has a great looking Birchen Black and Blue .they lay dark eggs .
she post a lot on international Black copper marans thread .

chooks man

 

[Bantambird]

Birchen(black silver and blue silver) marans from my flock!

 

[Bantambird]

Comparing eggs. One hen has a dark egg with an occasional bloom that harkens back to langshan, since they have some ancestry rooted in that breed, but most of my girls lay nice dark eggs. Some are heavily spotted, some are a smooth even dark.
Edit: I don't hatch the wierd bloom hens eggs, they are just interesting. You can see the dark color peeking out from the scratches in the bloom.

 

[A & H]

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Comparing eggs. One hen has a dark egg with an occasional bloom that harkens back to langshan, since they have some ancestry rooted in that breed, but most of my girls lay nice dark eggs. Some are heavily spotted, some are a smooth even dark.
Edit: I don't hatch the wierd bloom hens eggs, they are just interesting. You can see the dark color peeking out from the scratches in the bloom.

Very nice! Thanks @Chooks man and @Bantambird

 

[chickencoop57]

I know you didn't say Cuckoo, but my French Cuckoo Marans lays eggs as dark as my

I know you didn't say Cuckoo, but my French Cuckoo Marans lays eggs as dark as my Welsummers, but without the speckles. Here is her first egg, at the top of the picture.
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I know you didn't say Cuckoo, but my French Cuckoo Marans lays eggs as dark as my Welsummers, but without the speckles. Here is her first egg, at the top of the picture.
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Hey, tn-artist, which one lays them light blue eggs?
Welsummers, but without the speckles. Here is her first egg, at the top of the picture.
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[tn_artist]

One of my Easter Eggers lays the blue. I'm not sure which one yet. She's a new layer. We have one that lays am even lighter blue-green, a time of green egg layers and one EE lays tan, but it's pretty big.