maran

Hello all. I am new here and also new to chicken. I went to my feed store about 2 months ago and they had those chicks in a bin. The bin c ok clearly stated black copper maran pullet. Well, I took this one home because she was black and she had feathered feet with almost no comb. But over...

I got "copper Maran" chicks from TSC. They are looking a bit blue to me... wondering which of the Marans y'all think these cuties are. (the two brown/yellow chicks are different breed altogether)

Hey all! Recently picked up some chicks from TSC (bad idea, I know!), including 4 that are supposed to be black australorp, but 1 of the 4 looks different than the other 3. This caused me to obsessively research all the different possibilities and I've come to the conclusion that I either ended...

Hi everyone! Okay so I know it’s impossible to pinpoint this batch of chicks’ specific breeds, but I’m curious if y’all have any ideas of parent breeds, potential feathering patterns, or what breeds might be the most prominent based on what the chick looks like right now. Obviously just for fun...

So I’m starting an olive egger project and am considering using a blue copper maran roo to cover Americanas and whiting true blue hens. My question is, I will also have chocolate Orpingtons as well and was curious if I had the blue copper maran roo cover the chocolate Orp girls, wouldn’t the...

I'm experimenting and looking for heritage breeds (New Hampshire, Bresse, Jersey, australorp, Maline) which I can reproduce and incubate eggs without needing to continuously buy them. I am also thinking of crosses, like: New Hampshire x Standard Cornish, Bresse X Standard Cornish. Open to...

I found one of my hens badly beat up by two of my turkey hens. I have removed her from the coop and she is currently in an old brooder in the dark, and I moved my turkey hens to an empty coop to ensure they won't attack any more chickens. The hen, a Splash Marans, has lost all of her comb and...

I have a pair of chocolate Maran pullets which look almost identical, I’d like to give them leg bands to tell them apart more easily but being Marans, they have lightly feathered legs. Does anyone know of a type of ring that would be suitable for feathered legs or some other alternative?

My first chick started pipping last night around 8:30pm, at about 7am this morning I heard the peeping of the first baby! This is my first hatch, quite a compulsive decision. We had to cull our rooster after he tried attacking me, but I didn't want to miss trying for some olive eggers! I was...

Are they cockerels 😭

Hello it’s me again - trying to understand chicken genetics! Would crossing a blue copper maran rooster with a silver laced wyandotte create a sex linked chick? Thanks in advance!

I have a what’s supposed to be 4 month old Maran that’s huge. I got her and 2 polish chickens that are supposed to be 2-3 months old. The Maran is too big to be with the polish hens. She may even be bigger than my 3 year olds. Has anyone had a less stressful way of introducing new hens to your...

Hi, i have a lovely Maran ( maye cochin) roo, he was an adopt me from Meyers, knew he was a roo from about 10 days..named him Rocko/Rocky. He is not a fighter though. I have zero idea of what he is other than a Maran or cochin Meyers carries the following: MARANS: CUCKOO BLUE CUCKOO WHEATON...

All hens, will lay dark chocolate brown eggs. $20 each 6 remaining

All hens, will lay dark chocolate brown eggs. $20 each 20 remaining

$35 each All hens, no roosters. They are 10 weeks old as of July 15th and will be 12 weeks old July 29th. Available hens: 20 - Americana, lay pastel (green, pink and blue) eggs 20 - Noir marans, lay dark chocolate eggs 4 - Columbia rock cross, lay brown eggs 6 - Cuckoo marans, lay dark...

8 week old “black copper marans” from TSC. The one on the left definitely appears to be. The one on the right has different skin, iridescent black feathers and does not have copper neck feathers. What did I get??

Hi all! New to chicken raising, and I can’t seem to find the right diagnosis and treatment for my 8 week old Maran, Darcy. Two weeks ago I noticed my Maran had a swollen, red upper eyelid with minimal feather loss surrounding. I thought I figured out what it was and found a TS still selling...

so we have very strict laws prohibiting roosters… I’ve been trying to record the sound.. but these are some screenshots of my “hen”… supposably it’s a maran I believe? Or was told.. others mentioned it could be a BR.. extremely different temperament (never had this breed before) then my other...