| Golden Cuckoo Marans |
Cuckoo Marans Cock & Hen Cock: Cuckoo plumage much lighter than that of the hen, with some straw colour highlights *. (Taken from the French Standard) Mainly white in the neck and showing white on the upper breast, also on top. Remainder banded throughout, with a lighter ground color than the Dark Cuckoo. (Taken from the British Standard) Hen: Fairly dark cuckoo plumage, with a rough pattern and irregular lines; lighter hackles; gray or lightly gray under color. Mainly white in the neck and showing white on the upper part of the breast. Remainder banded throughout, with a lighter ground color than the Dark Cuckoo. General Appearance: Cock: Body : strong, fairly long and wide especially near the shoulders which are held high. Neck : long, fairly strong, tending to curve in on top towards the skull; the hackles are made of many long and abundant feathers covering the shoulders well Back : long, flat, slightly concave towards the rear Saddle : large, slightly raised but not rounded, covered with many lancets Breast : strong and large Abdomen : well developed Wings : short , kept close to the body Tail : strong at its base, quite short, fairly up without going over 45 ° Head : average size, slightly flat and long Comb : simple, of an average size, with a fairly rough texture. Sharp edges. The lobe not touching the nape Wattles : average size, red with a fine texture Ear-lobes : average size, red and long Face : red colored with or without down Eyes : bright, with a orangey-red iris Beak : Quite strong, slightly hooked and horn-colored Shanks : big, without vulture hocks Tarsi : average size, with some feathers white or lightly pink colored for all the varieties except for the BLACK, BROWN-RED and BIRCHEN Marans were gray or dark gray is permitted, although not preferred, for both sexes. Four long and well separated toes with the outer one sparsely feathered. The claws are white or horn- colored. Hen: Smaller than the cock, with a large, strong and more rounded body, a straighter back line, a well developed abdomen , and a fine comb, straight or inclined only in the rear part. |
Our Goldens blood lines include Bill Braden, Wade Jeane and Davis (We used Black Coppers in one phase of our project for color, egg darkness and leg feathering hence the blood lines above) __________________________________ Golden Cuckoo Marans are still a work in progress as are all the Marans. When breeding Golden Cuckoos you can get a variety of shades. You could get from silver to very dark golden. Ours are producing nicely, true to color and feather shanks. Although ours all have feather shanks there is aways a possibility of hatching chicks with clean legs. |
| Cuckoo Cockerel |
| Cuckoo pullet |
| Color difference between males and females |
| We are currently one of the few breeders with the rare French Golden Cuckoo Marans |
| We've been working on feather shanks and perfecting the beautiful color of the Golden Cuckoo Marans for a couple years. We now have 12 Golden Cuckoo Hens and 2 beautiful roosters all with feather shanks and beautiful color and a diverse bloodline. We will be offering these beautiful birds to the public in February 2011. We are very proud of the work that we have done! Reserve yours early! |
| All of our Goldens have feather shanks |
| Golden Cuckoos |
| Golden Cuckoos |
| Approximate ship date December 2011 |
FGCM egg between 2 Javas
Beautiful Dark Eggs!!
French Golden Cuckoo Marans
