A STUNNING and extremely Rare color of Marans. Hands down the prettiest color and dark eggs chocolate eggs like the other Marans.  These stunning Lavender hens are friendly, cold hardy, and gorgeous egg laying machines of very dark brown eggs. The lavender or "self blue" color is highly prized in the world of chickens, and we've selected for the perfect Lavender color, along with feathered legs. On the Marans chocolate egg color chart these Lavender Maran eggs seem to average 6 with some up in the 7 range. These girls tend to be large, and best of all, they are calm and gentle. Wonderful and stunning girls. Expect 3-4 dark chocolate eggs/week, roughly 160 – 200 per year