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Personally I've never seen many Barnevelder eggs go past the average brown lately. . . I think Barnevelder eggs in the US, at least what I've been seeing lately, are really, really sad in color. A hatchery Cuckoo Marans can do better. Yours are quite nice!

Those are possibly the nicest Barnevelder eggs I've ever seen in the US!

Quote: And some say it because they don't realize splash is separate from blue.

Quote: Honestly I think if someone called their birds just plain 'ol Black Coppers, they're still in the 90% likelyhood to be French. I personally would find it so tiring to call my Wheatens, Blue Wheatens, and Black Coppers "french" all the time. . . It's easy enough to see in photos that...

I've got Brahmas and Marans, neither have ever had leg problems, especially even for the fact that we live in a VERY wet, humid, and mucky climate.

There are some clean legged ones out there. . . They shouldn't have clean legs, but there are some out there.

Quote: oh. bummer. You mean roosters are all shooting blanks right now? Not mine. So far my Blue Wheaten seems to be fertile, a couple Araucanas are fertile, really the only thing that the seasons are affecting is the "mood." My Ameraucanas and a few Araucanas just aren't in the mood...

Nope, can't. When the girl laid it, it landed in some poo, so I had to (VERY carefully) wash it, and later found a small crack in it. I'm preserving it for my collection. ETA - The only Marans left of mine that has not laid an egg yet is a BC from Wynette and my best Wheaten pullet. . . If it...

Quote: If you're getting them from a hatchery it doesn't really matter, both lay an orangey type egg. If you're getting from a reputable breeder, go with Marans. They lay the darkest eggs. And speaking of dark, I found in the coop today a GORGEOUS, dark ruby red egg today, perfectly round...

Quote: Yes. You can. I've run across a couple culls that were pretty darn lanky, thin, and, well, gamey looking.

I would guess a Red Jungle Fowl. . . But if he is, it proves all the more in that study that there's only one person in the US with true Red Junglefowl, because wow, that is a stilty, thin lookin' wild thang!

Quote: Good golly, that Wheaten has the body of a Wyandotte. . . He's a tank!

Again, big time and Are you at all considering selling some hatching eggs from that girl? Especially, if they're hatching eggs from an Olive Egger? Or a Black Copper male with the same darkness of egg?

Quote: Wheaten. Number one rule is about the Cinnamon Triangle. Number two is the pearl/pink shanks. Take a look at this Wheaten - Would you believe he is? Because he is indeed a Wheaten. Came out of Wheatens, has a cinnamon triangle, has pink shanks, just. . . A LOT of red.

Quote: He's got 6 very nice points. To be honest with you, he's very nice, except he's got too big of a tail and far too sloped of a back. See how it rolls downhill toward the tail? It should be fairly smooth and level, with a slight sweep up to the tail where his saddle is. The hen I'd...

Quote: Seafood and berries. That's where it ends. You can grow ANY and EVERY kind of berry out here, but good luck trying anything else without a greenhouse. Potatoes and Cabbage and the common sort do well, but things like Tomatoes, Fruit Trees, Nut Trees, Grapes, Squash, and Melons REALLY...

Wow those two cockerels in the trio sleeping (adorable btw) stick out like a sore thumb! SO jealous of you Californians being able to grow at will Pomegranates, Grapes, Avocados, Dates, Paw Paws, etc.

Quote: Are you positive that's a BCM and not a single-combed Olive Egger cull laying that egg? My oldest Olive Egger is 7 weeks old. I'm pretty sure it's a Black Copper Marans. I got the pullet who lays them from Wynette, who also has a hen that does the same thing with her eggs on occasion.

I usually don't count points on the blade if they're that small. If they're any bigger, I don't count em - But I consider them a fault. Oh, and if we want to talk awesome egg color in dark laying breeds, check out this. . . A plum colored egg from Wynette's stock of Black Coppers. (third from...

geebs, did you get the crazy monsoons we got last night? I know we got at LEAST 6 inches of rain this weekend. . . . It was HORRIBLE last night. btw lovely fart egg. My most perfect egg is also a fart egg. - It's round as a marble, quite dark (but not my darkest) and very shiny.