Maran Chickens
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History
The Maran was one of the last breeds to be introduced to the UK. It was developed in France in the town of Marans in the mid 1800s. It was developed for both its meat and eggs. The eggs started to be imported to the UK by a London wholesaler. The dark brown eggs soon caught on and became very popular which led to English farmers breeding the Maran.
Behaviour
Marans can be lazy birds. They will get fat very easily if allowed to therefore it is best to keep them as free range as possible to prevent this. Marans are easy to look after and if given the space will be active. They are a disease resistant breed. Marans will produce deep brown eggs and are quite placid in nature.
Varieties
The majority of the Marans we see today in the UK are cuckoo coloured, ranging from a very dark grey colour down to silver. They have bright orange eyes and white legs. Best of all they produce an almost chocolate brown egg and very succulent meat. They were popular as show birds in the 1940s where there were far more colours including a gold colour cuckoo.
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Latest Reviews For Marans (3 of 45)
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- 4 Star: (16)
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My friendliest birds
- Caroline, 10 June 2013
My French Marans are my favourite breed - the blues for their regal grace, calmness, the lovely soft noises they make and gentleness. Being so placid they seem to do less damage to the garden than other birds. They seem to grow on nothing, then lay a gigantic, beautiful brown egg (when they do eat much more). I raised mine from chicks and now keep them in the front garden because of their quietness and friendliness, and because as adults they are never flighty. The copper blacks seem a bit more intelligent than the other colours. Very relaxing birds to have around.
Amazing, lovely breed!
- David, 07 May 2013
Our Maran started laying very late on but ever since has layed every day and there appearance is very nice!
There have lovely dark egg layers
- Hiyahmate, 13 April 2013
Their eggs are amazing!
Good pets!!
- Carol, 19 December 2012
Our copper blue maran is lovely but is not a terrific egg layer. She looks lovely and is really friendly. Really nice breed!!!
- Cate, 30 August 2012
I am new to chicken keeping and purchased six morans. Four of them resemble the English Cuckoo photos on this site; two dark grey hens, and two light grey roosters. The other two chickens I purchased (one light grey and the other dark) turned out to be a rooster and hen as well. The difference is that these two have feathers on their feet. Can someone tell me what kind of marans these are? Thanks.
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