Marans

History

The Marans breed originated in France and is named after the coastal town Marans. It began by breeding hens to various game cocks and marsh birds. Then in the late 1800's Langshan and Brahma were introduced into the mix. Black Copper Marans began showing up at poultry shows in the early 1900's. The Marans chickens are known for the good flavour of their meat and their beautiful eggs. The colour chart for eggs ranges from 1-9, with the solor 9 being the darkest. A true Marans will have an egg no less than a solor 4 and it is very difficult to find an egg above an 8 in North America.

The Black Copper Marans were accepted into the American Poultry Association in 2011, followed by the Wheaten 2011, White in 2014, and Black in 2019. There are many unrecognized varieties currently being worked on in the USA; all of them following the French breed standard.

We have been working on our own lines of Black Copper Marans since 2014, striving to achieve the American Standard of Perfection with this amazing breed of chicken. In 2017 we were forced to cull our entire flock due to Infectious Coryza, however thankfully saved hatching eggs from the flock to preserve our work. That same year we also made a trip to eastern Canada and introduced another old blood line into our flock, and in 2023 introduced more hatching eggs from one of the original Marans breeders.

We have the following varieties of Marans:

Black Copper

Black Silver

Blue Silver

Wheaten

White

Cuckoo

Columbian