Wheaten Marans!!!

[Hennyhandler]

Does anyone have pictures of wheaten marans and information about them? Like their disposition, egg production, weather tolerance. Anything at all really. I have taken an interest

in them possibly and would love more info. I can't find a lot of pictures. Thanks.

 

[tinman9952]

I don't have any pics but i saw some at the fair last fall. I'll be following this post because I'd like to add a few to my flock.

 

[ChickBond 007]

I bought two batches of quality Wheaten marans eggs last summer. I chose the french (feathered leg) and ended up with several roosters and 3 living hens. It is my hope that I can breed for more this spring.
On the right, you can see one of the females:

The males are beautiful. Here's one of the boys who suffered frostbite this winter:

The males appear the same as my BCM except their bottom fluff is not black.

 

[tadkerson]

Male black copper marans will have a crow wing (black secondary flight feathers) black in the wing bay- wheaten males should have a gold duckwing (red in the secondary light feathers) a red wing bay. Shanks of a wheaten bird should be white while shanks on the black copper marans should be a slate color.

Try this site

http://www.bevsmarans.com/wheaten.htm

Tim

 

[Katy]

I like mine alot. They lay nice dark eggs that are large. They're not as friendly as some of my breeds, but they aren't flighty at all. I have had some frostbite issues with the roos combs. When they're laying they lay well, but they take a longer break in the winter than some of my others. Here's some pictures. The roo was molting in some of these pictures so he wasn't looking his best.

 

[Hennyhandler]

Do these not slightly look like white/golden sex links? I've only seen one picture of these sex links so I don't know if they really do or if it was just a fluke. Is there only the French (feathered legs) that you can get?