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Quote: Originally Posted by shesaredroan    I am just trying to give back to the Poultry Fancy. I had some of the very best Mentors over the years that I could call with questions, They are all...
Quote: Originally Posted by BarnGoddess01  Don, you KNOW I value your opinion and I'm not disputing what you are saying but we as Marans folks perhaps should not be so publicly...
Quote: Originally Posted by BarnGoddess01  My goodness, folks. I think we need to be thankful rather than critical of the judges that aren't DQing our birds since we DO want them in the book. It is up to us as...
Quote: Originally Posted by BarnGoddess01  I have to say - combs and ear lobes are such a small percentage of the points. At shows, the bulk of points comes from type which is why so many of the...
Quote: Originally Posted by DMRippy  I THINK Wynette said it was more than 50% positive white.... NOT SURE.  That roo looked to be maybe 25% so he would not have been DQ'd. The SOP says "positive...
Quote: Originally Posted by Vickir73  Culler, yes, sir.  I completely agree with buying from reputable breeders.  I'm attending the Fancy Feathers show on the 10th and plan on coming back with birds from...
Lisa, the feather shafting is just the quill of the feather will be lighter than normal. The mossy feather usually shows up in Laced feathers. The BC Marans are so new in the SOP that I doubt if anyone really knows how to describe the...
After two years of culling I was at a point where I had completely eliminated the white feather. I am talking about after the first full molt. Not the Juve feathers, If the white is still there after the juve molt they never eat...
Now that we have some interest in this thread, would like to bring up some things that will save everyone a lot of culling and headaches later on in their breeding program.   The white in Wing and Tail and the white undercolor...
Just to bring up and remind everyone that it does not take a show quality pen of fowl to breed show quality young. With the parti colored fowl like the BC there are different things involved in breeding good show quality fowl.
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