The Poultry Keeper

tracey061196 · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Hey i think i may have it.

Right if this works this is a picture of 2 of my blue maran hens.

CP · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

You've done it & your hens are beautiful! Very Happy

tracey061196 · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:12 am Post subject:

Thanks cp, see if it wasnt for you i couldnt put the photo on.

i have 5 of these birds and i think they look very much like a Bluebelle ??

Heres another pic of another blue maran, let me know what you think,

mojo · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:58 am Post subject:

very smart

Drachenreiter · Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 19 Location: Bavaria

Hi,

i got this year from the Normandie 2.3 black-cooper marans and about 10.12 black silver marans.

What I`m a little wondering about are the feather at the legs. Some of them have a lot, some only a few and some no feather on their legs

They should come from the center of Marans selection.

is this normal?

What do you say to the chickens, they are 12 weeks old:

Regards
DR

mojo · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

french stock should have feathered legs uk clean legs.............. local french breeders say feathering is more than 4 feathers per leg...........but unless you intend to show feathered legs dont matter...........what do you Bavarian(German) poultry standards state

Clucky · Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 2187 Location: Shropshire

These are my Splash Maran growers at 12 weeks with slight feathered legs

mojo · Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject:

here in france breeders would prefer the ones with coloured heads they think white heads are not as good...also feathered legs are a rtequirement see my post above

Catherine · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 6

Hi there, we bought two marans at the market a couple of months ago, they were light sivery colour with the pencilling, however as they get older it's like paint washing off in the rain! They are getting coppery heads and the odd coppery feather here and there, they were sold as pure bred, have I been duped or do marans sometimes look like this? We have a year old dark cuckoo maran and she is all one colour/pattern all over. Following on from egg colour, my cuckoo lays eggs with mahogany speckles too rather than all over.

C x

mojo · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

Catherine.questions?....where are you?.....which market? sounds like a maran to maran cross but not same colour?..have they got feathered legs? or not?...........see the postings above for acceppted colours but here are lots of differant coloured so called marans about and are very pretty birds fior backyard flocks.............marans eggs should be dark maghogeney coulour with darker speckles all over not just at one end...........hope that helps

Catherine · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 6

Hi, I'm in Devon, UK. I went to the local poultry market which is an auction at the local cattle market. I ended up paying quite a lot for them and hope they are pure maran, we have them as pets along with a Brahma, a Warren (rescued) a light sussex, a laying maran and a random light sussex looking chick of uncertain parentage that the Brahma hatched for us, so 7 girls in total. I think bearing in mind what I paid I will go the the breed centre in future where we got the 1st 4 chicks from then I can talk to the breeder etc, the market seemed a little hap hazard for my organised nature! Laughing

Thanks for replying I hadn't considered a mix of 2 Marans before.

Cx

Bhindi · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject:

My Marans, is a copper blue, and has the copper around her neck. It came from Stamina at Poultry Park, and is a pure breed, she is just 1 years of age, but the copper has only been obvious for a few months.

mojo · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject:

have seen stamina s stock and was very impressed with quality.............we have a flock of his blue orps that the local french rave about

Chris Kurzfeld · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1712 Location: Carmarthenshire

Looking at the pics of the Blue Maran i am confused - i have both Cuckoo Maran and Bluebelles - the Bluebelles look identical to the Blue Maran piccies. My Cuckoos lay dark brown eggs but the Bluebelles lay eggs with a "plum blush" and dark speckles.

mojo · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject:

if the eggs aint mahogeney brown with nice dark freckles they aint pure marans i am afraid the french rule book says so..............look at the french marans club (in french but english bits too)website for more info