Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[Budda's Birds]

I’ll try to take some photos of the youngsters next time I have a break in the weather it’s supposed to rain for most of the next week. It’s rather unusual for this time of year here in Idaho to see a chance for this much moisture.

 

[Budda's Birds]

I don’t have any recent pics but here is a newly hatched chick from a few weeks back.

 

[Budda's Birds]

Some rough snaps of a few of my chicks.

(2 12 week old cockerels)

(3 6-8 week pullets and cockerel)

(Close up of one of the pullets.)

(6-8 week cockerel)

I will try to get good photos of most of the chicks on my next days off weather permitting.

 

[Budda's Birds]

Here are a few (horrible) photos of the youngest group of chicks. I was moving them into a grow out pen and they were not happy about it or my presence nor were they excited about my small dog being with me.

A lot of the girls are looking like this pullet. I’m afraid their heads and necks will be a little to light I like a slightly darker ton of wheat for the girls.

This little guy is the only chick I got from my older hens. I’m going to keep a close eye on him and hope he develops nicely. So far I like the tone of his hackles I think they will lighten up just enough to be where I like them on a male. His comb is also off to a great start pretty with even points. His leg feathering is also about where I like it.

For the season I got 18 pullets and 15 cockerels.

 

[Budda's Birds]

 

[Budda's Birds]

Some group photos of 2019 hatch.

 

[Chooks man]

View attachment 1903849 View attachment 1903854 Some group photos of 2019 hatch.

gorgeous looking wheaten marans .correct body colour .all the colours are there .dark hackle .wheat coloured upper body and light cream lower body .
great body type too . love they long back and thin pointed tail .

you have a lot to select from .well dome

chooks man

 

[ASteelman]

View attachment 1903849 View attachment 1903854 Some group photos of 2019 hatch.

Awesome! I have eight growing out now, mix of wheaten and blue wheaten. Should have eleven but I had a snake problem this summer. How many will you keep out of such a large group? I'd try to take a male off your hands if you weren't so far away.

 

[ASteelman]

Here are a few pictures of five I have growing out, hatched early June. Two blue wheaten cockerels, one blue wheaten and two wheaten pullets.

 

[Katejc]

We received two mixes from a friend who has a farm and had a hen hatch them and take off. One boy and one girl. No idea what the parents look like or even what kind of chickens she keeps. They are 11 weeks now and I am thinking they are either somehow pure marans or have very strong maran genes. Please weigh in!

The pic of the male is from yesterday, he has a lot of blue but the pic doesn’t show it. The pic of the female is a few weeks old but apart from size she hasn’t changed much.