I have Silver cuckoo Marans. $30/dozen including shipping. I am saying my eggs are a solid 7, some possibly reaching an 8 on the scale. I can send a shell sample if you pm your address.
My very first came from a hatchery, but since then, I have added from other lines, selected and bred for probably 7-8 years and now consider them my lines.
I live in SW Tennessee and am pretty happy. This year has been kind of tough, but normally we have a few months of very hot temps(95 to 105) and a few weeks at a time in the dead of Winter of temps in the teens and under. Late Fall, Winter and Spring can be rainy and alergy sufferers can be...
I agree that someone selling eggs or birds should make sure the buyer is aware. I mean, really, we have to be able to trust each other. I have not sold eggs here in almost 2 years because the last two timesIi bought eggs,from people who had "good lines", I brought single barring(cuckoos) in my...
None of my cuckoos have gold leakage. I got double barred in my roosters from someone's eggs and I am working to get it out. I have so-so tails, but hope this next generation will yield better ones. Look for me in the Spring.
Maybe we will bith get lucky and then can swap up. I have 4 hens setting on my eggs, but i really want to bring new blood in to my flock. Some of my hens are getting up on age,so I don't get the eggs I used to.
You are correct. No yellow legs,no gold leakage. It is really hard to find good cuckoos these days. More popular varieties have taken over. Don't get me wrong, I love the blues and wheatens. I never was impressed with black copper. They looked too much like black-sex links. I had a few attacks...
I am looking for a dozen cuckoo marans eggs from someone breeding to the standard. That means I need and egg that is at least a 6 on the color scale, a rooster with no side spurs on it's comb and a fairly short tail, single barred. I will take clean or feather shank but if feather shank, please...
One dozen plus extras Silver Cuckoo marans eggs for sale. This is a BUY IT NOW auction. I will have these available all Spring, so PM me to arrange a ship date. I have been raising silver cuckoo marans for several years. I have purchased eggs that were from Kelley Cratty stock and Linda Hamid...