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Don, My disappointing cockerels have been overly white. Lots of white on the chest especially. Have you managed to work that out of your line yet or was it never a problem?

My chicks usualy look like the ones on the pullets on the right and the cockerel in the middle... I've never gotten a mottled one like that but have gotten a few like the ones on the left which often turn out to be plain cuckoo... Is this what you are seeing too? and what does the mottled chick...

Lisa I vote 4 pullets and 2 cockerels... Congratulations! Nvtup- love your pictures of chicks as they are growing out. I have taken lots of pics of hatchlings... and lots of grown birds but forgot how important it is to remember what they looked like growing up... I think that will help me...

Gosh Greg if I had only known you needed one... we ate 30+ with some really nice birds... Is the little fellow kind of upright and 'drumsticky'? Body type is usualy my first clue even before comb development. I have to get you a pic of yours tomorrow. WOW is all I can say. They are fully...

Hi Greg, Great to see you! Did you know that I wound up with 3 pullets and a cockerel from your eggs? That rocks! On the Goldens: Watch the roos for too much white in the cuckoo. Try to pick nice combs (five points well defined) and good Marans body type. If you can band your cockerels at...

Lisa I am 'killer instinct impaired' too. My first suggestion is do not process the ones you are going to eat yourself. Processing chickens is smelly and gross, period. Instead have it done or do what I do... DH does the 'dirty work' outside and then brings them in where I wash, cut and wrap...

Hi Lisa, We processed most of our culls this year and I have to give two thumbs up to the Marans. They grew out to wonderful size and are very tender. These chickens were free range except for 10 days at the end where we added some grain for finishing. Well the Marans were already so grown out...

I am pretty transparent in my breeding practices and I get the feeling that Don is too, not so with some folks so I find him a breath of fresh air. When selling eggs or chicks becomes the primary goal then people tend to change what they are willing to share. Personaly I love being able to cover...

Hi Don, It is so nice to have someone like you working on a variety that we love. Please do think about us getting together on these. I know several good breeders have gotten out and that tells me that this project is maybe a little harder than some but again, I think worth it as this crele...

I think that your Marans are typicaly what I have seen from Bill's line and they are a work in progress. It is interesting that you are seeing so many different colors (wheaten?) in your hatches. The Golden Cuckoo is a work in progress for sure for all of us but so worth it. I think that these...