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I have Carla's birds also - I got an adult Cuckoo Marans pair from her - amongst alot of other great birds - Her Cuckoo Marans are originally from Valentine Hatchery. She has Black Copper Marans, and sells the eggs of her site during certain seasons - her hens are from Valentine Hatchery and Red Dirt Ranch, parent Rooster from Wade Jean lines.
Even knowing some lineage does not make all birds suitable for breeding for hatching egg sales, chick sales, or as show birds but it's good to know, rather than people who indiscriminately breed and sell mixed lines or hatchery lines that are poor quality birds, in either breed standard conformation or poor egg quality. People are so happy to get "Black Copper Marans" or Cuckoo Marans" they dont care that they are getting a watered down version so someone could make money. You may buy pretty eggs to hatch, but not get birds from that hatch that lay pretty eggs either. Or have birds with serious standard disqualifications, but you like them, and so you start selling eggs, and so on, and so on. Show quality lines and show quality eggs are difficult to achieve. (I have none
) Ahhh, but I can dream!
But please, if anyone is considering future sales of chicks or eggs for hatch, do alot of people a favor - know who your birds are? Once you start truly educating yourself on the breed, it's background and genetics, and how to preserve characteristics and promote the breed, you'll understand.
