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The difference isn’t as clear on the photo as in person, but the top left is Natasha’s egg, next to it is Chanel’s and below is Esme’s. The three are three random eggs from the ones I bought. It seems that my eggs are more red/purple rather than orange/brown. They are darker but less shiny.

The DCM eggs arrived today. All safe and I’m happy with their colour for English cuckoos. They are also good and round, something that will correct my existing stock’s longer eggs. I’ll get some photos comparing them to my BCMs’ eggs soon.

I don’t know if you can but I like to put small drinkers and feeders that the hen can reach while on the nest. This way, she’s healthy but you might need to kick her off every couple of days so she doesn’t make a mess of the nest.

The breeder seems really helpful and knowledgeable. It was nuce to be in contact with someone else who is dedicated to marans in England, whose bird are actually show quality unlike most of the ‘show quality marans’ that get sold on Facebook or eBay that have not been bred well. The eggs he...

Bought the eggs today £45 for 10, a little pricy but it’s an investment. I won’t be complaining when I have plenty of marans pullets. And I think I can probably get £5 a hatching egg once the Golden cuckoos come along.

That’s a nice looking coop.

I agree, I wish he was here, I’m worried what could have happened but really it isn’t my business. For the face I look for comb evenness, evenness of serration, size and colour, as well as texture. The earlobes should be almond shaped and not twisted or white, and the wattles should be round...

These are the parent stock of the eggs I’m looking at. Tails seem low (the English standard asks for high tails compared to the French standard, but not squirrel or anything like that), face seems good enough for me to work with and the type seems nice (Chanel’s genes will improve this...

my two silkies who were not looking after the chicks have both gone broody. I think I’m gonna give one some silkie eggs and buy myself some cuckoo marans eggs. If I get Cuckoo marans, I think this is my plan: Grow the best cockerel and all the good pullets. Introduce the pullets but not the...

Definitely hatch more if you can. I don’t really know why cracking the egg open to check fertility is worth it when hatching your own eggs. If it’s fertile you’ve wasted one and if it isn’t nothing will happen anyway. If she can fit that many eggs under her, I’d hatch them all. I know they are...

I think that comes from the misconception that the darkest egg genes are sex linked. Chooksman always argued otherwise. If you know the roo is from an exceptionally (eggceptiinally) dark egg, you are certain that all the offspring inherit it, but if all your hens lay dark eggs, this is just as...

The header says Minorca but this is the end of the Marans page. Less specific breakdown but lots of pints for type, I think this is good for a breed like marans, considers them as functional livestock rather than show birds. I think if the BCM was recognised it would get its own with more...

Thank you so much, this is really helpful. It will be interesting to compare this to the English one.

Are they going to be wheaten Isabels or is there duckwing/partridge coming from the other parents? If you are trying to breed true duckwing type isabels, I suggest using Cooper marans as the birchen will be easier to breed out than wheaten. Obviously you have this girl now, and we always say...

This might be a question we have to pray to @Chooks man to answer. Does anyone know if the SOPs in the US/Europe have a point based judging criteria? By this I mean how the UK Poultry standards have a points system for every breed out of 100, each breed breaking the 100 points down into...

Sorry for the hulk gif, I don’t know anything really about the specific SOP for wheatens (especially hens), so I’m only going to comment on type. First off, it’s a girl! Wheatens are the easiest non autosexing pattern to sex in my opinion. Boys are way darker when they get adult feathers like...

Mystic Marans are a misleading name for these bird (don’t worry, I know that’s not your fault!). They are hybrids/cross breeds. Utility breeders produce them by crossing Marans with other breeds like the Rhode Island Red, to keep the dark eggs and increase egg production. (Sorry if you knew this...

That was Esme with one of the cockerels I sold, he was quite handsome but he was the yellow legged one.

I’ve attached my eBay listing for marans eggs. I don’t expect anyone here to buy any, the shipping to the states would be ridiculous, I’m simply showing you guys the listing if anyone is interested in seeing my breeding flock (I’ve probably talked better about them here than I do there, I’m...

I only hatch from my mixed pen when my number of laying hens has dropped, which they have. I have a broody brahma and a broody cross, might use them to hatch some layers. If I don’t need layers, I focus on pure breeds. A surprise good quality chick will be more beneficial to the pure breeds...