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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: little bo peep on February 21, 2015, 08:28:57 pm

Title: Wanted Copper Maran Cockerel
Post by: little bo peep on February 21, 2015, 08:28:57 pm

Hi all, I am looking for a handsome boy to go with my lovely Maran girls, ideally 2014 hatch, and from a dark egg laying strain. We will provide a great free range home with lots of super care and attention to a docile rooster, no killers please I have two young children!! Does anyone breed Marans or know someone who does?
I am in the Tamar Valley near Callington in Cornwall.
Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Wanted Copper Maran Cockerel
Post by: Thyme on February 21, 2015, 08:31:58 pm

It'll help if you say where you are located  :wave:

Title: Re: Wanted Copper Maran Cockerel
Post by: little bo peep on February 21, 2015, 08:59:09 pm

oops, now modified, thanks

Title: Re: Wanted Copper Maran Cockerel
Post by: HesterF on February 21, 2015, 09:19:15 pm

Don't have a spare cockerel (and completely the wrong side of the country) but I have a beautiful hen hatched from a hatching egg from http://www.southyeofarm.co.uk/poultry/our_breeds.html. (http://www.southyeofarm.co.uk/poultry/our_breeds.html.) It's just confused me because they're not listed amongst their main breeds but if you scroll right down, it says they're adding them for 2013 so I think the website is out of date. Mine is laying beautiful eggs now (darker than the Cuckoo Marans I got from them). So worth seeing whether they have any spare cockerels or whether you could just get some hatching eggs in from them to get some fresh blood.

Title: Re: Wanted Copper Maran Cockerel
Post by: Stereo on February 22, 2015, 12:18:09 pm

I'll be setting some eggs this week so should have some spare boys off heat in 8 weeks or so but it'll be July or so before they are treading.