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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    Here are some of the lavenders I’m getting eggs from (I’m hoping for tails more like that first boy).egg colour (paler because the lavender allele was probably bred in from non marans many generations ago. I’ve been told they’re better layers than most marans, so slowing production down should...
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    A bit of an update: To avoid noise complaints, I sold Wellington the other day. I’m collecting eggs from my marans this week, really only want the darkest French Copper Marans eggs as these will hatch the F1 GCM stock. I’ve also bought a dozen lavender silver marans. These are from stock from...
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    Change of plans

    Brahmas! (I know I usually just lurk here, but I had to react)
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    We got this anomaly the other day. Not had pale speckled eggs otherwise. Chanel always laid longer eggs as she got older (marans should have round eggs really, like hers used to be), so I’m wondering if this egg is hers and I missed her laying it. Going to set it anyway. Hoping for some blue...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Chanel’s first egg of her fourth season. She laid 7s and 8s in her day, still good now for her age. Just in time for hatching too.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I’ll give a full breakdown when I get chance. I like him though.
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    Marans genetic and how to breed them to SOP

    Inspecting all my hens now they’re in lay. This is Ratty the DCM. White in earlobes hasn’t gone away, plus her barring is too glossy black. I won’t be breeding her, even though I like her type — don’t want to be cursed with white earlobes. I’ll sell her in a pair when I sell cockerels after...
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    Marans genetic and how to breed them to SOP

    I will know about my own when I test mate my SCM cock this year, I’m not certain about him, so I’ll see what kind of cockerels I get from him. Other than that, I can’t say I know anyone. About 45% of marans here are always dark cuckoo, then 45% French coppers. If I come across some I’ll let...
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    Marans genetic and how to breed them to SOP

    I like him. I’ve never seen this kind of ‘red/buff paint’ looking bird except in silkies. What colour offspring do you want from him?
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    Marans genetic and how to breed them to SOP

    Are you keeping them as English type legs, or do you want to breed feathered legs in?
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    I have ten young pullets, so should have eggs all year. If it were even later (like right at the end) I could offer more variety of marans probably. Feel free to contact me anyway. I also rely on broodies, luckily my silkies and Brahmas go broody frequently enough.
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    (their legs are different colours…)😂 No that’s understandable, I want my different breeds to fill out my desire for certain patterns, so duplicating one wouldn’t make sense.
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    UK Members Please Say HI

    My silkies do like to go broody, but decided to sit through the winter when there was nothing to hatch! My Brahma hens occasionally go broody, they’re great mothers. I have a random welsummer that likes to go broody, but I don’t trust her with eggs at all (welsummers often abandon their young...
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    Wrath's Marans

    I really like him. I know I ranked him below some others, but his resemblance to Kong kind of gives a continuity despite his improvements. I guess he lives up to his name. Did the other boys from his lot end up with faults, or did you just personally prefer him? (Either way I think you made...
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    Let's talk Golden Cuckoo Marans!

    Breeding golden cuckoos with coppers can help improve the GCM’s egg colour and pattern. If it’s a GCM cock over BCMs, all pullets are GCM.
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