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I think that comes from the misconception that the darkest egg genes are sex linked. Chooksman always argued otherwise. If you know the roo is from an exceptionally (eggceptiinally) dark egg, you are certain that all the offspring inherit it, but if all your hens lay dark eggs, this is just as...

The header says Minorca but this is the end of the Marans page. Less specific breakdown but lots of pints for type, I think this is good for a breed like marans, considers them as functional livestock rather than show birds. I think if the BCM was recognised it would get its own with more...

Thank you so much, this is really helpful. It will be interesting to compare this to the English one.

Are they going to be wheaten Isabels or is there duckwing/partridge coming from the other parents? If you are trying to breed true duckwing type isabels, I suggest using Cooper marans as the birchen will be easier to breed out than wheaten. Obviously you have this girl now, and we always say...

This might be a question we have to pray to @Chooks man to answer. Does anyone know if the SOPs in the US/Europe have a point based judging criteria? By this I mean how the UK Poultry standards have a points system for every breed out of 100, each breed breaking the 100 points down into...

Sorry for the hulk gif, I don’t know anything really about the specific SOP for wheatens (especially hens), so I’m only going to comment on type. First off, it’s a girl! Wheatens are the easiest non autosexing pattern to sex in my opinion. Boys are way darker when they get adult feathers like...

Mystic Marans are a misleading name for these bird (don’t worry, I know that’s not your fault!). They are hybrids/cross breeds. Utility breeders produce them by crossing Marans with other breeds like the Rhode Island Red, to keep the dark eggs and increase egg production. (Sorry if you knew this...

Thank you for tagging me as if I am a ‘marans expert’! I’m always happy to use the knowledge I have to help, feel free to tag me on any post you think I might have some insight on. I haven’t read this entire thread, has anyone suggested checking out the International BCM thread to the starter?

He’s at the difficult stage when their proportions are all changing, so it’s a bit hard to tell. I worry he looks very leggy (his legs look very long for a marans). His tail is also very long, but looks like it’s a good angle. Hopefully he grows into the tail, which is very possible. Now that...

@wrathsfarm this one?

That was Esme with one of the cockerels I sold, he was quite handsome but he was the yellow legged one.

I’ve attached my eBay listing for marans eggs. I don’t expect anyone here to buy any, the shipping to the states would be ridiculous, I’m simply showing you guys the listing if anyone is interested in seeing my breeding flock (I’ve probably talked better about them here than I do there, I’m...

You can get blue paints, it’s simply the same deal as a normal one but blue rather than back based, but the white still interacts in the same way.

I only hatch from my mixed pen when my number of laying hens has dropped, which they have. I have a broody brahma and a broody cross, might use them to hatch some layers. If I don’t need layers, I focus on pure breeds. A surprise good quality chick will be more beneficial to the pure breeds...

Blue and black from two paints or partridge from a blue and black? Either way is possible, 2 paints have a 25% chance of solid non white colour. A blue and black could both carry partridge and have a 25% chance of producing partridge chicks.

Yes, if both paints were heterozygous for extended black and partridge, there’s a 25% chance you get partridge, half white partridge, which will be faintly coloured like my white chick with buff stripes, the others normal (or blue/splash if they are blue paints).

I thought you had a cuckoo then until I read it properly. Do you use Broodies to hatch?

I solved it without a thread: I assumed all silkies were dominant white as paints exist, but I’ve learned from looking at posts that most white stock are recessive white. So the roo is recessive white, hiding partridge under, and Reggie (the biological mother) is a blue paint, but E/e^b.

It’s probably a waiting game, as much as I’d like to think of a solution I’m not entirely sure on what genes are at play, this will become more apparent when older .

I just realised that silkies have both types of white, not just dominant white. My rooster must be recessive white, with partridge underneath, and my the hen must be E/e^b, blue and I/i+ (blue paint). I never realised most whites were receive white, I just assumed they were all dominant white...