Chicken Breed Focus - Maline

[IamSamSam]

Why is this not a barred rock?

It has grey leg shanks covered in feathers

Rocks have clean yellow shanks

 

[Miss Ashly]

Besides Greenfire, who is offering this breed?

 

[N F C]

@Miss Ashly ,

I just did a quick Bing search and Greenfire was the only place I could find that sells them. They ask $59 per chick plus shipping.

Maybe there are home breeders that have them? If you really want some, looks like it would take some hunting (or just go with Greenfire).

 

[cajun chicken]

Why is this not a barred rock?

I was thinking the same thing.......they look like my barred rocks. Good looking chickens

 

[TxFlowers]

If you want some at a better price watch rarebreedauctions.com for GFF listings there. You can get GFF birds for much less than what they sell for off their website directly.

 

[Tomtommom]

From the looks of it, they're a lot bigger than barred rocks. Can't just go by the color of the feathering... if that was the case Australorps, Jersey giants, black copper Marans and black Orpingtons would all be the same bird too.. which they are not.

 

[cajun chicken]

From the looks of it, they're a lot bigger than barred rocks. Can't just go by the color of the feathering... if that was the case Australorps, Jersey giants, black copper Marans and black Orpingtons would all be the same bird too.. which they are not.

Yeah I saw that after I posted...... Hens can get to 10 lbs! Wow

 

[Miss Ashly]

I pop into the rare breed auction site from time to time looking for other French breeds, but the GFF lines still go for $$$. I understand supply and demand and will patiently wait until some of the breeds I am interested in are more widely available and/or attainable.

 

[KonekoChan528]

So how do you tell exactly the difference between BR and this breed? Some say the color of the legs but I have 2 BR's and they dont have yellow legs they have gray legs.

 

[Bine]

This is why I love the internet! I can learn about breeds without treveling across the globe. I knew that some very special birds come form Belgium but with Malines I alway associated the Belgium Sheperd Dog and the Malines seem to be real backyard pandas and are listed as endangered breed in Europe.

Since pics are rare here. Maybe some Pics from the Clubs in Europe will help to tell the difference between BR and Malines.

http://www.vieh-ev.de/Rassen/Gefluegel/mechelner_huhn.html
http://www.sv-mechelner-huhn.de/bildergalerie/
http://www.mechelsekoekoek.com/?menu=HetRas&page=DeKoekoekAlgemeen