Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[cluckcluckluke]

Quote: Looks good Spot, I will check it out when YouTube decides to load.lol.

Wow, they sure are some very obedient pups.
So are you just training your dog for that or are you actually entering a competition?

 

[K Spot]

Oh, what are the rare-ish breeds??

Wow, they sure are some very obedient pups.
So are you just training your dog for that or are you actually entering a competition?

Both

I'll pm you more about it if you are interested - it's a bit off topic haha

On another note, my Speckled Sussex gave me a huge egg yesterday, over twice the size she normally lays.

 

[TheChookPatch]

Thanks Kspot. Hopefully Pinkys will hatch first so we can drool over her's until mine hatch.

I can help with sexing if Marans you guys need any, you can tell for sure at 2 weeks most of the time, unless they have wellsummer in them then it makes it a bit harder... Don't be surprised either if the Marans do hatch out cross bred down the line somewhere, I have bought different lots of eggs every season for the last 3 years and only come out with two breeders I was happy with the feathering in the chicks (not to mention egg colour) I even hatched eggs from my original breeder last year and he had just got a new rooster... they looked like little welsummers.... so there went $80 and the best breeder I had found....I was told that a lot of breeders had been putting Welsummer in to make them genetically stronger... I can not wait till the imports become available!!!

 

[satay]

Thanks chook that would be helpful as I know very little about marans except I like the egg colour lol.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Oh, what are the rare-ish breeds??

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Cool!
it's O.K, was just curious.

Picture?

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Chook, I have a question for you.

If I was to cross a WLH rooster over an FWM hen, would the offspring lay much lighter eggs?
To me it would be logical to think that the rooster's white egg gene would lighten the next generations eggs. But perhaps the Maran hen's egg gene is stronger and will be dominant over the white egg gene.
What do you think?

 

[K Spot]

Cool!
it's O.K, was just curious.

Picture?

Picture, yes - when I get home from work

 

[Pinky Macgyver]

K spot, going to (try to) wait until I actually get them so I don't jinx myself too much but here's a picture of the Chicks I'll be picking up Tuesday two different breeds there.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

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At work yet still on BYC, Love it!

 

[TheChookPatch]

Chook, I have a question for you.

If I was to cross a WLH rooster over an FWM hen, would the offspring lay much lighter eggs?
To me it would be logical to think that the rooster's white egg gene would lighten the next generations eggs. But perhaps the Maran hen's egg gene is stronger and will be dominant over the white egg gene.
What do you think?

Yes it will lighten the egg. It may be quite dark still, you never know, but the Marans roosters are the ones that carry the dark pigment across to their young. I have an ara/marans x ara/marans that looks like a clay wheaten marans and she lays a dark egg.... so if the genes are there you might be lucky!