Awesome. Thank you. They are F3Olive Eggers. Definitely a mixture. Was just wondering where that spotted feathering comes from, but I realized the daddy has Legbar in his genetics, so it is Leo ably coming from that line.
I have a male and female. The male has more of the dotted pattern…you can see from the top view. The female is more subtle. Both are crested, muffed, and booted. 3rd generation Olive Eggers. I’m just wondering what is the color called if I was to plug them into the chicken breeding calculator...
Okay so I have a few like the one in my hands. Why is she a pullet? Is it because the comb is small and dark or because she doesn’t have wattles that stand out like the blue boy next to the plant?
I have a number of chicks growing with these darker combs. For some reason I was under the impression that pale or dark combs are usually pullets for any breed except AC. Can anyone chime in on this for me. Chicks are 4-6 weeks old.
Wow that is really amazing and interesting! I didn’t see that someone is breeding lavender Marans. I was shocked! Like how is that even possible. But I guess if there is a lavender gene hiding, it could come up. I’m going to check out that Silkie Lab. Thank you for the tip!!!
I added eggs at the end of the thread to show a better comparison of the eggs. Chicks from BCM and partridge hen have always been black and all 5/6 chicks in this hatch have been black. Conversely, all chicks from the splash hen with the BCM rooster in this hatch have been blue. Things that make...
I have this chart and it has been so helpful. The BCM and partridge pair have always produced black chicks. This chick is the only one to look like this. I am including the two egg color options. As a side, all chicks from the BCM and splash OE hen have been blue.
You can see that the F1OE...
Another angle…left chick is a Splash Copper Marans. Also the two chicks from the splash hen are both blue and all of the other F1OE eggs hatched black or blue chicks. Just another twist🤔