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Black copper marans x Cuckoo marans

post #1 of 3
8/5/12 at 1:35pm
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I bred my BCM roo to a Cuckoo Marans hen and as predicted the Cuckoo was a cockerel and the blacks are hens.  My question, Will the Cuckoo cockerel bred to a Cuckoo hen now give all Cuckoo chicks?

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post #2 of 3
8/18/12 at 8:57am

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Good question, I was wondering what would happen if a BCM roo & a Cuckoo hen were mixed. I'm too new to answer the chick question, though.

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post #3 of 3
8/18/12 at 9:39am
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Originally Posted by susanbird View Post

I bred my BCM roo to a Cuckoo Marans hen and as predicted the Cuckoo was a cockerel and the blacks are hens.  My question, Will the Cuckoo cockerel bred to a Cuckoo hen now give all Cuckoo chicks?

Only 50% of the girls because he is heterozygous for the sex linked barring gene... all the boys will be barred

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