Marans

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Marans

A cuckoo Marans hen
Other names	French: Poule de Marans
Country of origin	France
Standard	Marans-Club de France (in French)
Traits
Weight	Male: Standard: 3.5–4 kg[1] Bantam: 1100 g[1] Female: Standard: 2.5–3 kg[1] Bantam: 900 g[1]
Egg colour	dark brown
Comb type	single
Classification
APA	Continental[2]
EE	yes[3]
PCGB	soft feather: heavy[4]
Chicken Gallus gallus domesticus

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 a rich brown, varying from mahogany to chocolate; only one other chicken breed, the Penedesenca of Catalonia, has such a dark egg.^[5]: 210