Marans
Sign in to saveThe Marans, , 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.
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- Poultry breed.name
- Marans
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- Cuckoo Marans.jpg
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- A cuckoo Marans hen
- Poultry breed.country
- France
- Poultry breed.standard
- Marans-Club de France (in French)
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- Continental
- Poultry breed.ee
- yes
- Poultry breed.pcgb
- soft feather: heavy
- Poultry breed.eggcolour
- dark brown
- Poultry breed.comb
- single
- Poultry breed.type
- Chicken
- Poultry breed.latin
- Gallus gallus domesticus
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- PouleNC1.jpg
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- Poule de Marans
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The Marans, , 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.
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