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Which chickens lay the darkest brown eggs - Marans!
I only breed from Traditional English Cuckoo Marans which have proved to be good egg layers, and my best are producing 6 to 7 eggs each a week in the peak of the season. Both the colour and shell texture of my Marans eggs are extemely good. Fertility is high, and in my own incubator has been over 90per cent this year
Traditional English Cuckoo Marans are known for their large tasty eggs, even as youngsters they lay good sized eggs and the eggs get even bigger when the hens are full grown. These lovely dark brown eggs have a very large yolk which is a deep golden yellow with an extra creamy and delicious taste.
The Official Marrans Club Colour Chart is reproduced below
1 - White egg
2 - Tinted egg
3 - Marans egg colour, but not rich enough
4 - True Marans egg colour
5 - 7 Excellent colour Marans eggs
8 - 9 Exceptional colour Maran eggs rarely produced
My Marans Eggs and Marans
DARK BROWN EGGS
Prices of Hatching Eggs
Per 1/2 Dozen as and when available
Colour on official chart 4-5
£6
Colour on official chart 5-6
£9
Colour on official chart 6-7
£12
Colour on official chart 7 and over
£24
UK Post and Packing
£8.95 for up to 24 eggs.
For countries outside the UK please contact us
Purchasers Comments....
...Just to let you know i have hatched 7 lovely chicks including 1 from your 2 best eggs and 10 out of the 14 eggs ...so very pleased ..... they were worth the wait, they are massive!
... the eggs arrived safely this morning - "eggstra" early 9.00 delivery from my lovely postman who recognised a very important parcel (normal delivery is around 2.00pm!). The eggs are real beauties ...If anyone is looking for marans, I'll certainly send them your way!
Big thankyou for the eighteen eggs that arrived safely and all intact. My eyes nearly popped out when I saw just how big and chunky they were.......easily the biggest i've ever received.........and what a colour, definite wow factor and so looking forward to hatching.Many many thanks.
