French Blue Splash Marans Description
French Blue Splash Marans (always plural) is a large fowl with a stocky build. They are quite friendly. Their main characteristics are the feathered legs (English Marans do not have this) and feathered outside toes. They also lay the most wonderful mahogany reddish brown egg. As the colour is the last thing to be applied to the egg before it is laid it takes quite a long time in “manufacture” to create such a depth of colour. This means that Marans lay steadily well, but not prolific. The eggs are well worth the wait however.
The Blue Splash Marans is a mostly white bird with random blue splashes on her plumage. A Blue Splash Marans tends to be a little calmer than the other colours. They have feathered legs and the feathering extends down to the outside toe.
Temperament
French Blue Splash Marans are a quiet and calm breed, which don’t normally cause any flock issues.
Breed Size
The Marans is classed as a large fowl – light but they are on the larger end of that class.
Classed as Large Fowl but there is a bantam version at a quarter of the size.
Eggs
The eggs in common with all Marans are very dark brown
Availability
These French Blue Splash Marans are not currently available at Hedgerow Henporium
Further Information
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