I am offering day old Marans chicks BIN. I have Black Copper, Blue Copper, Splash Copper, 15+2 chicks buyers choice including shipping for $250
My lines are a nice blend of Wade Jeane and Cottage Hill. I have been breeding to the APA standard and show both my eggs and birds..
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You will get blue golden cuckoo (kind of)
A real blue hen that is a dilute of a real E/E black would make a real blue cuckoo with a cuckoo male.You would have single bar males that are
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.
I made this guy maybe last year?
Wow, these look familiar where did they come from??
The dark pullets are perfect except for the ones with white tips. I would cull them or not use for breeding.
nice chicks. :-)
I know it makes no sense. But that was based on a study on Black Wyandottes I believe. From what I have read melanizers that cause black plumage are too many to fully understand. I will try to find the reference for you. I do not believe this is the problem in the BC, I believe it is the same...
Hi Don,
I do remember a conversation the I had with you and Walt about allowance in the tail of the cuckoo. I do believe that it is just an allowance before a fault and too much would be a DQ. Of course that was the Cuckoo not BC. Sometimes the white is not a genetic or color flaw but caused...
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I have had marans for a while six generations worth and counting. I keep several "lines" of BC that I have meticulously picked over and hatched from. I won't say how many but those that know me also know I don't mess around. If someone wants to get a start on the breed, my suggestion is...
I have been working with Cuckoo Marans Standard and bantam for 6 years. I have made several different varieties using them. Black, Blue, Birchen, Silver Blue,gold cuckoo, silver cuckoo,blue cuckoo, and Crele. I have also used them to "clean up" other varieties as well. I am pretty well versed in...
I love the look of that cuckoo in the pic I found. He looks so masculine compared to most of the Breda pics I have seen.
I was actually considering a cross bird that I have at my uncle's. He is polish and lafleche and barred from the polish side. No shank feathers but the comb and nose are...
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What I meant by not as big as I thought was I was thinking they would be Langshan size for some reason.
As far as making them cuckoo, I am not doing it for anyone but me and I have the time and patience. I could care less if they are popular or not. My chickens are purely for my...
Hello everyone,
I have some Breda on the way home right now. I Have wanted them for a while but just haven't had the chance to get them. What I really want to do is make a cuckoo version. I was actually thinking they would be more like the Lafleche and bigger in size, most of the photos are...
Looks like a pullet to me. A cockerel that old should have some copper already. The eyes look dark but still a little greenish, sort of like my solid blues. The darkness fades as they reach maturity most of the time.
Check down the center of its back and just above the hips for darker feathers...
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I have a crele project going too.
You can almost spot the EE based ones they have a softer black plumage. EER blacks have the beetle green sheen. You will still have to test mate to be sure.