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are you looking for golden cuckoo Marans? I have them. I charge $40/dozen + shipping. I can send you photos of the birds if you are interested. Heather

oops. posted twice. don't know how to delete it!

a hen can't have 2 copies of a barring gene. anyway, any comments on my golden cuckoo roo? the last picture isn't very helpful for evaluating him but I thought it was cool! :)

from the Australian Marans site: Genome of the male being ER/ER or eWh/eWh or e+/e+ s+/s+ B/B Id/Id W/W Pti-1/Pti-1 and that of the hen ER/ER or eWh/eWh or e+/e+ s+/- B/B Id/- W/W Pti-1/Pti-1 I'm certainly no expert, but I'll take a stab at it. I'm sure there are others that may want to...

thanks for the link! very informative- and it's in English! Google translator on the French sites can only get you so far. :)

I am trying to get this all straight: cuckoo's are NOT supposed to have Er/Er genotype. E/E is preferred? Is this for silver cuckoos only or golden cuckoo as well. My understanding is that BCMs (not cuckoo) are usually Er/Er genotype. So does this mean you cannot cross a golden cuckoo and a...

Thanks for the replys. but my question is not about sex-linked barring. I think I have a handle on that- my question was just will the females of the crossing of a golden cuckoo marans and black copper marans be considered "pure bred" of one or the other breeds. the males wouldn't be...

I have a question for all you genetics buffs out there- and I am sorry if it has been covered already- I couldn't read all 117 pages of this forum topic. Why doesn't a golden cuckoo crossed with a black copper marans yield true forms of the bird in the pullets? What I mean by this is why is...