Barred Rock or Maran?

enola said:

I am looking at this on a phone, but her feather pattern looks more cuckoo than barred. You may has ever a very nice little marans pullet.

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donrae said:

I think there's a pretty decent chance she's a Marans pullet. If she were a cross breed, it would be difficult to get that cuckoo pattern with no obvious leakage to pair with the white skin from a barnyard mix type situation. 

You'll have a better idea when she starts laying. My hatchery cuckoo Marans don't lay super dark eggs like my breeder black coppers do, but they were definitely darker than my regular brown egg layers (Rocks, sex links, etc). So hopefully she'll contribute toward a nice colorful egg basket 

enola--big thumbs up on what you said! especially with horses----"Why is this horse worth your asking price?"  "Well, she's yeller and you can breed her and get yeller babies"...... Cause the auction pens aren't overflowing with palominos and buckskins.....

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donrae said:

I think there's a pretty decent chance she's a Marans pullet. If she were a cross breed, it would be difficult to get that cuckoo pattern with no obvious leakage to pair with the white skin from a barnyard mix type situation.

You'll have a better idea when she starts laying. My hatchery cuckoo Marans don't lay super dark eggs like my breeder black coppers do, but they were definitely darker than my regular brown egg layers (Rocks, sex links, etc). So hopefully she'll contribute toward a nice colorful egg basket

enola--big thumbs up on what you said! especially with horses----"Why is this horse worth your asking price?" "Well, she's yeller and you can breed her and get yeller babies"......

Cause the auction pens aren't overflowing with palominos and buckskins.....

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