Marans, black-copper
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We have been breeding Marans chickens very successfully in the black-copper color variety since 2007. Our breeding stock comes directly from the French selection center in Normandy, France. There, we personally collected the best hatching eggs from elite flocks. Anyone interested in chicken breeds will inevitably encounter the Marans!
Sample description Marans chicken
Origin:
Bred around the turn of the 19th/20th century in southwestern France around the city of Marans and its region.
Overall impression:
A beautifully robust, weather-resistant, and agile chicken with a full, broad body and well-feathered legs and toes. A great choice for anyone looking for a suitable chicken breed with that certain something extra!
Breed characteristics of the Marans rooster:
A large, spirited, strong-willed, yet friendly representative of the breed is expected, with broad shoulders, a well-developed build (back length and mass), and a round chest. Tight-fitting plumage, with broad wing and tail feathers preferred. A free, medium-high stance with good leg and outer toe covering. Leg color flesh-colored. Strong, short beak, preferably horn-colored. Eyes orange-red.
Deeply set, broadly mounted, preferably slightly coarse-pearled single comb with 4-6 points, without the well-rounded comb vane lying flat. Tail carried medium-high with very good sickle-like markings. Strong copper color with slight copper tinges in the breast feathers.
Live weight: 3.5kg - 4.0kg
Breed characteristics of the Marans hen:
Back not too short and almost horizontal. Tail feathers not too long, set wide apart. Abdomen well developed. Single comb upright, may also be tilted to the side at the back, without obscuring the eye. Leg color may be slightly darker.
Live weight 2.4kg- 3.0kg
Egg production in the first year: 180 eggs, minimum hatching egg weight: 65g, (old hens sometimes lay over 85g) Shell color: extra dark reddish-brown, low broodiness.
Major errors:
Body too weak, narrow, and short; posture too upright; stance too high or too low; white in earlobes; unfeathered legs, blue or too dark leg color; excessive padding and cushion formation in the back; steep tail.
Color variations:
Black copper:
FAUCET:
Plumage black, neck and saddle hackles a strong copper color with black shaft streaks. Back and wing coverts copper color. Wing bars and flight feathers black. Breast black: light copper-colored markings are preferred.
HEN:
Black with little sheen. Copper-colored neck with black shaft stripes. Black breast: slight copper-colored markings permitted.
Leg color flesh-colored, darker tinge permitted, especially in hens.
Major errors:
Straw-yellow or brass-colored markings in both sexes; missing or excessive copper markings, even extending onto the wings. Excessive breast markings extending to the thighs. Reediness in both sexes. Copper markings in the wing triangle of the rooster. Copper markings in the mantle plumage of the hen. Eggs too small with shells too light in color. (see
color scale (for determining the correct shell color)
