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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

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    Mixed Breed Photo Reference *please read guidelines in first post before adding content*

    Here is what they looked like at 6 weeks of age. Starting to see what the final outcome will be. The male kept wanting to say hi and would stand off so i could get a nice full body pic, but I think the girl takes after the orpington a lot more. She's so fluffy!!!
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    The American Orpington Fanciers Thread

    Even though that hatchery buff boy does appear extremely dark, as you could see from my own pictures of hatchery birds the color varies greatly among them. If you had a nice dark buff male like that, he could even out some of the lighter females since a darker down color is preferred when...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I got some from someone that were supposed to be Mille Fleur. At the time I was not very wise on the breed. I had one hen with a beard but her color is poor. No white at all. She is now currently setting on 6 of my full sized Easter Egger eggs. I don't even know where she has been laying but she...
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    Mixed Breed Photo Reference *please read guidelines in first post before adding content*

    Not much. They are in an outside brooder right now. The two from the above pic are two weeks old today. They have feathers on the wings but that's about it. Once they are about 4-6 weeks old, I will post an update. I've had a bunch more hatch since then and I am keeping all of them until...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    It might be an auto-proofread for you, but for the computer it's not. When I type Marans in the computer it says its wrong. Oh wow, and if you right click and try to correct the spelling, you get: mar ans, mar-ans, martians, mansards, etc. Lol, it's really no big deal. If people are getting the...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Well, technically they would still be purebred Marans, just a cross of different varieties and Yes, technically it would be dilluted if I understand it correctly because, the reason that cuckoo chicks can be sexed at birth is due to the male getting 2 cuckoo genes, one from each parent. The...
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    Mixed Breed Photo Reference *please read guidelines in first post before adding content*

    Working on my own version of a Black Sex Link. Currently the chicks are only a week old but I will post updates as they grow up for reference purposes. Here is the parent stock: Father is a Buff Orpington Rooster Mother is a Cuckoo Marans hen (not necessarily this one but it's just to show...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    If you cross a BCM over Cuckoo hens, the roos will be cuckoo and the hens black. It's a sex link cross. To get a result like all gold cuckoo or all cuckoo, you would have to use a Cuckoo roo over BCM hens or some other hen like a buff orpington. Either way, it should theoretically darken the egg...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Looks like an Ameraucana cross, probably a BCM or Wheaten Maran crossed with an Ameraucana. That's what creates the Olive Egger. It should be interesting to see what happens with his children from you Easter Egger girls. Unique egg colors I'm sure.
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    Black, Blue and Splash (BBS) Marans discussion thread

    Yea, I think I've found someone with solid birds. I just was going to try that so I could work with what I have. But the problem is when people call a bird blue or black when its really blue copper or black copper. I'm like, "I want SOLID birds, not coppers!!!" But some people just don't get it...
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    Black, Blue and Splash (BBS) Marans discussion thread

    That calculator does go into more detail. And since I think I finally figured it out, now it looks like, choosing a male from that original cross will result in SOME offspring carrying on the solid black characteristics, but some will have columbian markings in gold and red, reminiscent of the...
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    Black, Blue and Splash (BBS) Marans discussion thread

    Ah. I see that now. But it is heterozygous for the Mh, so hypothetically, if you breed the offspring to each other, the 25% will be homozygous for the recessive trait mh. It would be difficult to isolate which birds carry which genotype I'm sure and I wish I knew more of chicken genetics, but it...
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    Black, Blue and Splash (BBS) Marans discussion thread

    Ok just looked it up! Here is the genotype of the female offspring based on breedbook for a calculation of the following crosses: Birchen x Cuckoo E/E^R,co+/co+,db+/db+,pg+/pg+,ml+/ml+,Cha+/Cha+,mh+/mh+,di+/di+,Ig+/Ig+,cb+/cb+,i+/i+,bl+/bl+,Lav+/Lav+,C+/C+,Mo+/Mo+,b+/-,S/-,Choc+/- Black...
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    Black, Blue and Splash (BBS) Marans discussion thread

    I used the info on the Breedbook genetics calculator to come to that conclusion: http://www.breedbook.org/?action=geneticscalculator&tab=CHICKEN Also, Bev of Bev's Marans claims to have used a black copperx cuckoo cross to create her line although i'm still trying to get clarification on that...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have been using the Farm Innovators Circulated air incubator with great success. However, the thermo-hygrometer on top is highly inaccurate. I recommend buying an additional thermometer from walmart or somewhere that has the temp and humidity on it. Now I have a GQF Sportsman incubator that...
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    Black, Blue and Splash (BBS) Marans discussion thread

    What about a Black Copper roo crossed over Cuckoo hens? Makes a sex linked offspring, where females are solid black (supposedly) and males retain the cuckoo. Then breeding the females back to the BC is supposed to create all black offspring. This is genetically speaking and involves the crossing...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Down here in southeast LA, I use dry incubation with excellent results every time. Our humidity is usually no less than 30% anyway, so I do not have to add any water until hatch time. But I do leave the vent holes open so that the air inside can exchange with the air outside.
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    Mille Fleur Booted Bantams..............Not Bearded

    Also, there is a slight difference in the posture. The space between the back of the neck and the tail has a different shape. One is shaped like a U and the other like a V, but yes, other than that and the beard, they are very similar. Similar enough that I got fooled. Thought I was buying...
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    The American Orpington Fanciers Thread

    Beautiful bird but I agree she looks more like an English Orp. Also, the earlobes are a little white and the color on the saddle area is uneven. Regardless she is a beautiful girl and if using properly in a breeding situation could even out some of the faults other members of her breed and...
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