Maybe I didn't really ask the right question. Can anybody tell me if a Belle Blue/Haze is the same thing as a Blue maran? The UK website I found said that cross is made from a RIR and a Cuckoo Maran. They look the same without the feathered legs and feet.
Can anybody tell me what birds you breed to get your first blue maran? I understand the blue color gene. I just don't know how to get started in the blue marans.
I found another site in the UK that has what is called a Belle Blue/Haze. It looks like a blue maran. I'm just not sure if it...
Just wanted to let everyone know that McMurray's came through! The gave us a full refund for the chicks that they sent us which were the wrong ones. I offered to send these back, but they declined. Now I'm just not sure what I'll do with them!
Tell me about it! And that doesn't even count the barred rocks, partridge rocks, baby games, or the ones that we are hatching ourselves! I think we're chicken poor!
I would be glad to post pics if someone could help me out and tell me how!
Also, McMurray Hatchery called us this morning. They looked at our pics and determined that the pullets were Red Stars. (Big Surprise!) They offered to reship on the next available date which would be April 4...
We ordered 300 pullets and 40 cockrells from McMurray. Due to the weather we changed our delivery date a couple of times. When we received our birds on March 6th we only had 3 that didn't make it. The problem, however, was with the coloring. The cocks were very dark red and looked great...
I am new to the forum, but I've been using it to research. I hear lots of good things about the ISA chickens from Townline. I was wondering if anyone has ever gotten RIRs from there. I'm curious to their color and how they are laying. We usually order our RIRs from McMurray. In fact, we...