Thanks! Will update as they grow...can't wait to see eggs, but that will take a bit. lolPretty chicks. I was looking at Silverrud's Blue the other day. Looking forward to seeing how they turn out!
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Thanks! Will update as they grow...can't wait to see eggs, but that will take a bit. lolPretty chicks. I was looking at Silverrud's Blue the other day. Looking forward to seeing how they turn out!
Ya, that darn waiting game, lol. Do your Marans lay really dark eggs?Thanks! Will update as they grow...can't wait to see eggs, but that will take a bit. lol
This group (#1) lays a respectably dark egg...not as dark as I'm expecting from group #2 (not yet to POL), but these girls lay regularly.Ya, that darn waiting game, lol. Do your Marans lay really dark eggs?
Wow they are too cute! I’m speechlessI couldn't find any threads on this cross. It didn't sound like a whole lot of people use this cross for olive eggers but I'm not sure why not. Isbar's are the only straight combed green egg layer and seem to make good olive colored eggs when crossed with a dark brown layer. Anyone else have this cross? Any photos you have to share of the chickens or their eggs?
I obtained 5 hatching eggs from a local breeder with this cross and had my broody buff orpington hatch them in July.
The mom is a BCM and the dad could have been a black, splash or blue but it looks like the splash didn't make the cut because I ended up with 3 blues and 2 blacks. Have one of each boy and 3 girls. They look a lot more like Isbars than BCM.
This is a recent photo that shows the 2 boys and 2 blue girls at 20 weeks.
And here is the one black girl.
The two blue hens look identical. It's hard to tell them apart. One has a little more feathers on the legs. That's about the only way I can tell them apart.
That blue beauty!!! OMG!!!I couldn't find any threads on this cross. It didn't sound like a whole lot of people use this cross for olive eggers but I'm not sure why not. Isbar's are the only straight combed green egg layer and seem to make good olive colored eggs when crossed with a dark brown layer. Anyone else have this cross? Any photos you have to share of the chickens or their eggs?
I obtained 5 hatching eggs from a local breeder with this cross and had my broody buff orpington hatch them in July.
The mom is a BCM and the dad could have been a black, splash or blue but it looks like the splash didn't make the cut because I ended up with 3 blues and 2 blacks. Have one of each boy and 3 girls. They look a lot more like Isbars than BCM.
This is a recent photo that shows the 2 boys and 2 blue girls at 20 weeks.
And here is the one black girl.
The two blue hens look identical. It's hard to tell them apart. One has a little more feathers on the legs. That's about the only way I can tell them apart.
Thank you for responding. Finding these guys on the West Coast is a challenge for sure. I am very, very reluctant to do the long distance mail order thing after a total disaster just recently. Oh well, my search continues. Thanks again.
Thanks! Will update as they grow...can't wait to see eggs, but that will take a bit. lol