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Thanks! Yea I understand. IAnd you know, they're all going in the stew pot. I've decided to stick wIt's my purebred blue Copper Marans and eat the mixed roosters. I've decided to focus on my olive Egger program. I'm getting a cream legbar pullet and will start from there.

I have more hens than what my head rooster can breed. Therefore I am adding another rooster. When I say that, I don't mean from another person's farm, but rather from the chicks that I've hatched and will allow into my program. All the other Roos from this clutch were butchered. These are...

I'm pretty new to raising chickens. I'm in my second year. I wanted to breed for olive Eggers so I bought two Marans: a cuckoo and a blue copper Marans. The Cuckoo turned out to be a pullet and the other was a cockerel. My birds free range. I knew the two would breed. I was curious about what...

I am breeding for olive Eggers. I already have a blue copper Marans rooster. He's the head honcho. But I need another roo because the amount of hens I have is growing. I have two roosters to choose from: a black copper Marans or an olive Egger rooster? Which should I choose?:hu

Wow!! That is so interesting!!! I have been thinking about culling my entire flock as I have the barred rocks still and now have black sex link. And my flock is free ranging. I like your idea of a nice dark egg layer from good breeder lines. Do you recommend a certain breed for the roo? And a...

This is the pullet in question. And by the way, I took a look at that young roo. He has a pea comb.

Sorry, I meant, would her eggs likely be a shade of brown or tan instead of being light olive green. I worded that all wonky.

(Okay, so if the pullet chicks are showing a single comb then that means her chance of the blue egg gene down. I'm trying to breed first gen olive Eggers. So let me see if I have this correct: let's pretend that she didn't get the blue egg gene. Does that mean she won't have the light olive eggs...

Can a chick from an Easter Egger mother and Marans father still have a single comb?

Sorry about the duplicate thread. I'm not sure how to delete that

Okay, I though the chicks would be sex linked! But after seeing this guy, I wasn't sure. I never would have thought the EE though! So if mama is EE and father is Marans, then is he first gen olive Egger? How does that cross work for roosters? I also have two hens that look just like this guy. I...

Okay, I though the chicks would be sex linked! But after seeing this guy, I wasn't sure. I never would have thought the EE though! So if mama is EE and father is Marans, then is he first gen olive Egger? How does that cross work for roosters? I also have two hens that look just like this guy. I...

Could I have information on Marans genetics? I can't find info on what happens if you cross different Marans varieties. Are they still purebred?

Last summer I incubated some chicken eggs. My roo is pure blue copper Marans. My hens are Cuckoo Marans, Rhode Island Red, and Easter Egger. I'm wondering if this young roo looks like purebred blue copper Marans? Is it possible for a blue copper Marans roo and Cuckoo Marans hen to make a blue...

Thank you for all this info! I find genetics very interesting!

Thank you! All this will help!

Sorry, I'll post the correct picture this time! :lol:

I have a Silkie that I need help sexing. :D;)

Thank you! That already narrows it down!

Thanks!