I have my opinion, taste, breeding program and different breeding styles but still achieve the correct color pattern. I believe i have read both but tend to lean more towards one. If you want to get picky about it look at the french standard.
The first picture has a wheaten cock and a very light wheaten hen. The second picture is Two dark wheaten hens some will try and breed these to create a black tailed buff eventually. The third picture is light off colored wheaten as well. The wheaten Marans variety carries more than one color...
The worst thing will be breast color for sure the leg color is something that need to be fixed eventually but color patterns typical take longer to correct once it was messed with. i would cull out the wrong breast color and leave the lighter leg color for now then next year or later in the year...
I think you just have some darker wheaten marans they throw different colors from lighter to darker but the one with a red chest needs to be culled if your breeding wheaten marans as it doesn't conform to the wheaten standard. let the black chested cockerel grow out to get all his primary...
You can also tell they are cuckoo by the light barring color in the wings as well. It also has some rose combs in there not sure the marans should only be straight combs. Im not seeing as much feathering on the legs as i would like.
Greenfire has a direct import line of birchens availible this coming year the black coppers arent a new thing to them. I do not have the birchen so i dont know anything on them as far as health and there ups and downs. but if you are ordering there black copper marans line then they do have very...
I have been breeding Black Copper Marans For 2 Straight years now on to my 3rd My lines consist of Bev Davis and a direct import line from greenfire farms. I love these birds more and more every year. they are producing very big beautiful healthy chicks and are feathering out to the uk standard...
Best part aside from the trip down to cackle and the festival is that they had some wheaten marans available i also go to pick out when i got there kinda pricey but we will see how they grow out and see if there well worth the money which i think they will be if they are anything like there...
Well I Made the Trip not a bad drive. i went to the annual chicken festival at cackle hatchery this year. let me just say wow i couldnt believe how many people there was there was barely standing room at times. i went to some of the seminars by jeff maye very informative and i will be changing...
I mean i order from them there not that bad on pricing on somethings there cheeper than others. but i probably would spend alot to lol but was just curious about this festival there having.
I truthfully don't think it is the bird flu. If it was the bird flu then all your birds would be dead or dying more than likely. It isn't uncommon for turkeys and or ducks to have water coming out of there mouth or throwing up especially if you are picking them up or if you do not have water to...
Has anyone gone to the annual Cackle Hatchery Chicken Festival, I wanted to go down and see what the place is like. They say they do tours! I think it would be interesting to go and see where our chicks are actually hatched and see the facilities. I am trying to plan a trip and want to see if it...