As new color types pop up they tend to be marketed with what seems to be to the advantage of the seller as opposed to the betterment of the bird itself. I don't think that you can justify a high price simply because a bird is rare. I think the more people working with a new color type, the better the end results. I think History will record the reputation of the seller and we can only hope that in the process the birds will be the victors in the end.

That is why the Marans Preservation Society has been formed. To not only track and locate the remains of some of the original lines, but to also put them into the hands of other breeders in an attempt to preserve and  re-produce them for the genetic value and unique quality.

New bloodlines are coming into this Country and they will eventually make their way into the mainstream of other breeders. As they do, it will be from a limited and sometimes unverifiable source. It is therefore important that the quality of such birds be documented as they do surface as to their importance to the breed and genetic pool.

When any person places a greater importance on themselves and uses the breed as the instrument of control and influence, they live in a fragile existance of vanity and self glorification. The true measure of a breeder is not what they control or how they boast, but what they contribute and how many can benefit from that contribution.

Anyone that is in this for fame or profit, is in it for the wrong reason.       The only thing better than the satisfaction of producing quality stock is the appreciation when your work is shared with others.