Arkansas folks speak up.........

[juliechick]

Photo of the new arrivals. They hatched yesterday.

 

[arllcountrygirl]

Love the fuzzy butts Julie

What breed are they?

 

[juliechick]

Golden Cuckoo Marans. Nivtup sent me some of his pullet eggs. I'm waiting to hear from him because you are supposed to be able to know the sex by the color. I think my luck has held and they are all roos.

Don't know about the white one, though.

 

[arllcountrygirl]

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What is it with you and roos

Hopefully you have a pullet or two.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

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Congrats on the babehs!!

I have a hatch due next Saturday. They're BCM's and a frizzle and one serama egg left that I got from Amanda (frizzle and serama) . I think I might have over candled the serama cause I'm not seeing any movement...learned my lesson there...but maybe it was sleeping...

And I have six more serama eggs that I put in yesterday that will be due on 9/20. I'm not even going to candle those once until day 10!

 

[mzfancichicks]

I found this : hope it helps.

Plumage, Golden Cuckoo Variety, Male: Hackles bluish-grey with golden and black bars; neck paler than saddle. Breast bluish-grey with black bars, pale golden shading on upper part. Thighs and fluff light bluish-grey with medium black barring. Back, shoulders and wing bows bluish-grey with rich bright golden and black bars. Wing bars bluish-grey with black bars: golden fringe permissible. Wings, primaries dark blue-grey, lightly barred; secondaries dark blue-grey, lightly barred, with slight golden fringe. Tail dark blue-grey barred with black; coverts blue-grey barred with black. General Cuckoo markings.

Plumage, Golden Cuckoo Variety, Female: Hackle medium bluish-grey with golden and black bars. Breast dark bluish-grey with black bars, pale golden shading on upper parts. Remainder dark bluish-grey with black bars. Cuckoo markings.

Feathersite. http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Marans/Marans.html

 

[juliechick]

Thanks, mzfanci, but these are just babies. The man who sold me the eggs says he thinks that there are two pullets and two roos. The white one and the silvery one he says are roosters.

 

[mzfancichicks]

Thats good, they are very cute !!!!

 

[Chicky Tocks]

My girls were out freeranging this evening and my stupid cat was out there. Mostly she just watches the girls, but tonight she wrapped her paws around one of my BO's and tried to eat her!! I spanked her butt and brought her inside (the cat), and now she's sitting at the door dragging herself up and down the crack at the bottom, back and forth like an insane idiot cat. I'ma keel her.

 

[arllcountrygirl]

That isn't good - is your hen ok?