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  1. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    The one with the golden hackles looks like a silver based / gold based birchen cross.
  2. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I know this is probably posted somewhere but I can't find it.....is there a standard to shoot for in regards to egg color? Specifically, speckles or no speckles? I get a variety and want to narrow things down to the ideal color.
  3. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Mine lay at around 23 weeks..............unless I'm especially looking forward to seeing the results of a particular pairing and then they wait until I give up looking.
  4. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    The correct e allele for pure BTB is the same as for wheatens. BTB are not supposed to be e+/e+ so a bird that looks like a BTB out of a GSM pen is a crop out, not pure. Pure BTB are: eWh/eWh Mh/Mh Db/Db Di/Di. I'm only mentioning it because the BTB variety is widely misunderstood. It's...
  5. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    BCM chicks around here go for 8 to 10 each. Started pullets go for around 25.00 unless they are hatchery birds. Hatchery BCM go for much less.
  6. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Agreed. Wow, those legs are sure yellow on that one male. My goodness.
  7. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I don't see any glaring issues in these photos. Your pullets have very heavy feathering on their shanks, though. Maybe check to make sure there isn't feathering on their middle toes. You could let them grow out a bit more and then post some conformation photos. Many folks in this thread have a...
  8. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    It depends on the line, but mossiness all over isn't typically ideal. A bit on the wings usually molts out. Do you have pictures?
  9. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I love my golden cuckoo marans. Mine are still in the project stage, but I'm happy with them so far. This is one of my 2013 pullets who just started to lay.
  10. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Yes. Mahogany males can help with the overall color balance of this breed. If he is proper in all other respects, he could be useful. At the very least he could be held back in reserve to be re-evaluated once you have a clear picture of what your flock issues are as a whole going forward into...
  11. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    These are from two pullets that hatched December 22nd and they started laying a few weeks ago. I numbered/collected their first eggs for documentation. The first week I only got one egg out of each of them.
  12. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I'll be putting some pullets back onto their sire and will take my best cockeral over select G-1 (group 1) hens for next year. I will do the same thing with my G-2 birds to stabilize the traits I'm currently working on. I have a 5 year plan with this color variety.
  13. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Here's some bird photos, Pink.
  14. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I have to share! A few of my December hatch black tail buff pullets are starting to lay! Here's a full sun photo of their first eggs. I'll be breeding the best offspring back to their parent to align the dark egg genes and build upon the other traits I'm trying to solidify. Fun project.
  15. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Cockeral
  16. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Breeding brother/sister is not the ideal way to move forward in a breeding program long term but it's extremely helpful when bringing in new birds. Brother/sister mating will quickly reveal the good, the bad, and the downright ugly super fast. At that point, one can make decisions on what needs...
  17. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    No doubt about it. Those are both boys.
  18. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Bev Davis might have an extra BTB cockeral. Whatever you get, just make sure that they hatched out golden and not wildtype.
  19. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Hey! I must have been typing at the same time. I had the same thoughts. LOL
  20. pawtraitart

    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    If he is related to the pullets, chances are that they carry the potential for sprigs, so if you mate him to them you could end up with a sprig fest or at the very least, you would be moving the possibility forward into future generations. I'd find a rooster from a different line and hope the...
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