The $150 price is for 15 chicks. If you would like 30 chicks order 2 packages. They are Grisham Channing, Wade Jeane and Bev Davis lines of birds. Right now we are offering our Feather Legged Black Copper Marans Chickens for sale and our Marans Assortments. Shipping is an additional $20.00. The Marans Assortment may include the hatchery choice of Black Copper, Wheaten, Blue, Black and Cuckoo as hatched. These cannot be sexed. These can not ship with any other breed as our Rare Marans breeder specializes in these. We are expecting these to sell out FAST so hurry up and place your order!
We will be taking orders later for the Clean Legged Cuckoo Marans. The Cuckoos will be able to be sexed and ship with our other breeds.
The Cuckoo Marans is a fast grower and does well in damp areas, having been developed in a marshy portion of France.They lay the of dark brown eggs. The Cuckoo color is a blurry barred pattern. Our Cuckoo Marans are the clean legged variety. In Europe and Asia Cuckoo Marans are famous and frequently ranks as one of the best known and most popular breeds. We carry the Cuckoo Marans, Black Copper Marans, Blue Marans, and Blue Copper Marans. The pricing listed here is for Cuckoo Marans.
Production: Marans are a very in demand breed for its dark chocolate brown eggs. For the darkest eggs we reccomend the Black Copper Marans breed. The eggs are dark brown, or dark brown speckled, also known as stippled dark brown eggs from Marans.
History: The Marans poultry breed started in and near Marans, France.
American Poultry Association Class: Not yet classified by the American Poultry Association.
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy Conservation Status: Recently introduced into the US.
The Marans Chicken Club - USA exists for the promotion and welfare of the Marans breed of chicken in the USA. The club seeks to gain full breed recognition with the American Poultry Association (APA) and the American Bantam Association (ABA). The goal is to gain recognition for each of the many colors or varieties of Marans. In addition the club will promote the breeding of the Marans that produce the darkest possible eggs and work to maintain a large and healthy bird. The club will seek to educate breeders, exhibitors and the public about Marans chickens. The United States is one of the few countries in the world where the Marans breed is not a recognized breed. There is a formal process for gaining this long overdue recognition and the Marans Chicken Club-USA is now formally launching the effort.
Marans Club of America Mission Statement: To encourage the breeding, exhibiting and selling of pure bred Marans and their world famous dark brown eggs. To promote APA Marans breeding Standards of perfection based on the Standards set forth by the French Marans Club. To create a cooperative environment among the different breeders of Marans from across the United States so as, to encourage a general feeling of unity among the various components of the greater Marans community. To provide educational information on the breeding, husbandry and economic value of Marans poultry.
Marans are commonly spelled as Maran but the French word is Marans and that will be the spelling in the US, MARANS not Maran.
