We are in north central ky. I have black copper Marans,blue Marans and blue birchen Marans. The wife has bantam brahmas in buff and black. Oh, and olive eggers.
I don't think it's you,all my birchen eggs seem to be very hard to hatch. My best luck has been under a hen because she just knows when to help. I have about a 35 percent hatch rate and the Hens are much greater. It seems like I end up helping several each time I incubate. I even contracted out...
My blue birchen cockerels would show some sign of birchen at 6-8 weeks. I had to look very close but it was there. The pullets sometimes took over 6 months to show some of the markings. After the first adult molt things settled in as they should be. The first chick,dark one, looks like a very...
Any chance someone could post pics of show quality buff bantams,I'm going to add these to my flock and I would like to see the lacing and so forth so as to make sure I get the best I can find. Thanks
Yea,it's hard to figure. I just go by the s o p for black copper,color is different but I think body type and so on will be close. It's all I have to go by for now. I think combs,eye color,tail angle,most things are going to be about the same.
I have done it both ways,I have a couple pullets that are from an outside source so I breed them by themselves. My closed flock has had no other color issues for 3 gen. I have a new cockerel that will be going with all the blue Marans at the end of spring unless something pops up. Even though...
This is no good,I had to go back 4 pages to find our thread. If you were breeding blue Marans that you knew nothing of the past,how many gen. would you go to feel sure they are true. If you had no issues with 3 gen. would you be o k with that ?