Marans
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| Country of origin | France |
| Standard | Marans-Club de France (in French) |
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| Egg colour | dark brown |
| Comb type | single |
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| APA | Continental[2]Template:R/superscript |
| EE | yes[3]Template:R/superscript |
| PCGB | soft feather: heavy[4]Template:R/superscript |
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The Marans, Template:Langx, is a French breed of dual-purpose chicken, reared both for meat and for its dark brown eggs. It originated in or near the port town of Marans, in the département of Charente-Maritime, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The eggs are of an unusual rich brown, varying from mahogany to chocolate; only one other chicken breed, the Penedesenca of Catalonia, lays such a dark egg.[5]Template:R/superscript
History
The Marans originated in – and is named for – the town of Marans, in the département of Charente-Maritime, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.[6]Template:R/superscript[7]Template:R/superscript
It is believed to derive partly from birds brought by passing British ships to the port of La Rochelle, partly from local birds of the Marais Poitevin, and partly from imported Croad Langshan stock, of which from 1876 there were three breeders in the region.[8]Template:R/superscript
It was first shown in La Rochelle in 1914 under the name Script error: No such module "Lang". or 'local chicken'. A breed society was formed in 1929, and in 1931 the first breed standard was drawn up.[9]Template:R/superscript
Several clutches of fertile eggs were imported to the United Kingdom in or soon after 1929 by Charles Kelvynge Greenway, the second Baron Greenway, and some were hatched.[8]Template:R/superscript However, it is not certain that the Marans – with unfeathered shanks – shown by Lord Greenway at the Crystal Palace in 1934 descended even partly from this French stock.[8]Template:R/superscript According to the Poultry Club of Great Britain, the British Marans derives from cross-breeding of a variety of breeds including the Braekel, the Coucou de Malines, the Coucou de Rennes, the Croad Langshan, the Gâtinaise, the Faverolles and the barred Plymouth Rock.[6]Template:R/superscript[7]Template:R/superscript It may be a distinct breed, unconnected to the French Marans.[8]Template:R/superscript
Characteristics
Ten colours are recognised in the French breed standard for large fowl: white, wheaten, silver cuckoo, golden cuckoo, black, copper-black, silver-black, copper-blue, black-tailed buff and Columbian.[1]Template:R/superscript Bantam colours are black, white, copper-black and silver cuckoo.[1]Template:R/superscript Fourteen colours are listed by the Entente Européenne.[3]Template:R/superscript The British type, with unfeathered legs, is not recognised in Europe.[1]Template:R/superscript The Australian Poultry Standard recognises both feather- and clean-legged.[10]Template:R/superscript
In the United Kingdom five colours are recognised: black, dark cuckoo, golden cuckoo and silver cuckoo, with unfeathered shanks; and copper-black, with feathered shanks.[6]Template:R/superscript[7]Template:R/superscript
The eyes are red or orange, the comb, face, earlobes and wattles are red. The shanks and the soles of the feet are usually greyish or pinkish white, depending on the plumage; the colour of the beak also depends on the plumage colour, and varies from pale horn to dark horn.[1]Template:R/superscript
Use
It is a dual-purpose bird, reared both for its dark brown eggs and for its table qualities.
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Standard officiel de la Marans (in French). Marans-Club de France. Archived 4 March 2016.
- ^ APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
- ^ a b Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
- ^ Breed Classification. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 12 June 2018.
- ^ Pascale Nuttall, Laurent Bessol, Caroline Lesage (2020). Le guide Larousse des poules et du poulailler (in French). [Paris]: Larousse. Template:Isbn.
- ^ a b c J. Ian H. Allonby, Philippe B. Wilson (editors) (2018). British Poultry Standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain, seventh edition. Chichester; Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell. Template:ISBN.
- ^ a b c Victoria Roberts (2008). British Poultry Standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain, sixth edition. Oxford: Blackwell. Template:ISBN.
- ^ a b c d David Scrivener (2009). Popular Poultry Breeds. Ramsbury, Marlborough: The Crowood Press Ltd. Template:Isbn.
- ^ Nathalie Semenuik, Georges Pernot (2008). Les poules (in French). [Paris]: Editions Artémis. Template:Isbn.
- ^ 2nd Australian Poultry Standard, 2012, published by the Victorian Poultry Breeder Association (trading as Poultry Stud Breeders and Exhibitors Victoria).
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