Cuckoo Maran European large fowl manmade breed
The development of the Maran can be traced back to the Aubiers region of France
Through the selection of hens that laid only the darkest of eggs.
By the early 1930 the Maran was classed as a breed of chicken in its own right. Although reference to the French dark egg laying hens was first noted in the late 1920 In London animal markets. Lord Greenway was responsible for development of the breed in the 1930s onwards in the UK. Our stock started from three breeders stock two in Kent and one in county Durham.