Blue Marans
A variety of the Marans · Also known as Blue Maran
Chicken · Chocolate eggs · Laying
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About the Blue Marans
The Blue is the self-black equivalent diluted by a single copy of the Andalusian blue gene, giving an even slate-grey plumage. Because blue does not breed true, Blue x Blue matings yield roughly 50% blue, 25% black and 25% splash. It is a non-standard colour in most registries but retains the breed's dark chocolate egg.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Chocolate
- Eggs per year
- About 200
- Purpose
- Laying, Meat
- Sizes
- Large fowl, Bantam
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- France
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus