The Cottage Hill Line of Wheaten Marans

     The Cottage Hill Line of Wheaten Marans is by far the most consistent line of Wheaten Marans in the United States.  When breeding these birds, you do not have to worry about producing chicks of different color varieties.  This line has been kept pure and still lays as an egg averaging about a 7 on the French Marans Egg Chart.  Backwoods Poultry Farm in now the sole owner and breeder of the original line of Cottage Hill Wheaten Marans.  The Wheaten Males have the stunning golden cape.  With his wings folded to the side, a distinctive gold v-shaped pattern will appear.  This pattern is not a standard for the Black Copper Marans male.  Wheaten Marans have pearl legs and beaks.  The hens have a dark mahogany cape with light wheat fawn underfluff.  The Wheaten gene will produce various shades ranging from dark to light gold in the female birds.  It is our goal to breed these birds to the consistent color patten we just described.  These birds are docile and excellent consistent layers of nice dark eggs.  The basket of eggs in the photo is a mixture of both Black Copper and Wheaten Marans eggs from our birds here on the farm.

                                   The Marans Club of France