Silver Cuckoo Marans
A variety of the Marans
Chicken · Chocolate eggs · Laying
Also known as Silver Cuckoo Maran
At a glance
- Origin
- France
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus
- Eggs per year
- ~200
- Egg colour
- Chocolate
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- Low
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Sizes
- Large fowl, Bantam
- Purpose
- Laying, Meat
- Purity
- Pure
About the Silver Cuckoo Marans
Silver Cuckoo adds the silver gene to the barred cuckoo base, lightening the ground colour so cocks in particular show white in the neck and upper breast over the black-and-grey barring. Recognised in both the UK and French standards and auto-sexing from hatch (females hatch darker than males), it keeps the breed's hallmark deep-brown egg.
Available clutches
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