Marans
A cuckoo Marans hen | |
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| Country of origin | France |
| Standard | Marans-Club de France (in French) |
| Traits | |
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| Egg colour | dark brown |
| Comb type | single |
| Classification | |
| APA | Continental |
| EE | yes |
| PCGB | soft feather: heavy |
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The Marans, French: Poule de 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.: 210