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(Chocolate Eggers)This breed was developed in France in the mid 1800's in the town for which it bears its name, Marans. They had made their way to England in the early 1900's and quickly became very popular for their very dark (chocolate) brown eggs - a trait they are still known for today. These beautiful birds were first exhibited in 1929 in Paris by the Poultry Breeders Society of France and since then have gradually made themselves popular in various countries around the world. We carry the CUCKOO variety of Maran which resembles the Barred Rock in color by displaying feathers which are all crossed throughout with irregular dark and light slate colored bars. Maran's lay the darkest eggs of any breed we carry and are a nice dual purpose bird for both eggs and meat.
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Customer Product Reviews
Our Maran rooster Pierre is the kindest and most docile of any roosters I have ever met and is absolutely beautiful too. We tried hatching our own last season with a very low success rate.... makes me appreciate your hatchery even more!
This was our free rare exotic chick, the most expensive one in the catalog. His name is Spot (he was black with a white spot on his head), and he's the best rooster ever. He's very sweet and takes good care of his hens. I can flip him over, and he's fine with it. I can't wait to show him next year, I'm sure he'll do well. We are ordering some more Cuckoo Marans next year.
I received a male and a female Cuckoo Maran. The male is very beautiful and the female was our first hen to lay an egg out of all our 50 chickens.
I received my chicks yesterday. They came out of the shipping box happy and healthy. Thank you for such wonderful chicks -- I couldn't be happier!
Wish I had ordered more Cuckoo Marans...the hens are the friendliest of the 9 breeds I've raised, and were consistent layers of large brown eggs even in the cold weather.
Me and my mom love ordering from ya'll and I included a few Marans in the last order. I was expecting the eggs to be a chocolate color, which they were not. The eggs are large and sometimes speckled with brown, but not the dark chocolate that I was hoping for. The Marans are very gentle, large beautiful chickens, though and we are very pleased with them and the Buff Orpintons.
Cuckoo Marans are very gentle and interesting chickens. I highly recommend them!
