Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[Brada Puhi]

Aloha,

Itʻs called Hawaiian Unicode. I canʻt remember how to do it.

E mālama pono, Puhi

 

[Blarneyeggs]

ʻAe!

Hau'oli Lā Ho'omaika'i iā 'oukou a pau! Happy Thanksgiving to you all!



The chicken says, "Eat turkey!"

Aloha, Puhi

Okay People….and I thought the Genetics stuff was hard to figure out….. arrrgh! I need my buddy, Koa to translate for me. (or maybe I'll do a little plagiarizing here and impress him with your message!) Hopefully it doesn't say, 'my chickens lay awesome eggs' or he'll think I've lost my marbles.

Now I'm re~reading your message and wondering if you are saying 'Happy Thanksgiving to you All' OR 'The chickens says, "Eat Turkey"….

Feel free to straighten me out, I would love to start Koa's day with a message in his mother tongue.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

One more question - will the eyes change color later? Their eyes aren't supposed to be black, right? My pullet has colored (reddish brown) eyes.

I'm not sure if this has been answered, or how old your pullet is, but I've noticed that most of mine with dark eyes, seem to lighten up quite a bit.

 

[DMRippy]

happy thanksgiving! I will be back if my son gets my computer running aaaahhhhhhh

 

[Brada Puhi]

Aloha,

Wahi a ka moa, "E ʻai i ka pelehū!" The chicken says, "Eat Turkey!"

kden, Puhi

 

[SoManyHats]

[COLOR=0000FF]I'm not sure if this has been answered, or how old your pullet is, but I've noticed that most of mine with dark eyes, seem to lighten up quite a bit.  [/COLOR]

Thank you. My chick is just 2 weeks old. I was comparing her eyes to my pullet who is almost laying age. I'm glad to hear the chick's eyes will probably lighten.

 

[Runawaylobster]

If I spy mossy chicks at about 6 weeks old will this mossiness remain with them or will it moult out?
Does anyone know genetically what causes a mossy chick to arrive when neither parent is mossy?

finally got a good look at some chicks that i had always previously seen in the dark or with their red
heat lamp... i guess i need some better glasses LOL!!!

 

[maryhysong]

If I spy mossy chicks at about 6 weeks old will this mossiness remain with them or will it moult out?
Does anyone know genetically what causes a mossy chick to arrive when neither parent is mossy?

finally got a good look at some chicks that i had always previously seen in the dark or with their red
heat lamp... i guess i need some better glasses LOL!!!

I don't think the mossiness will go away, especially if it's a lot and shows up young. Seems like I read of someone that had birds with just a little bit that did molt it out, but I'm not sure about that.

I *think* it is that they don't have enough melanizer to cover up the color with black; hopefully some of the other folks with more experience and genetics knowledge will answer when they recover from their turkey day coma ;-)

 

[TammyTX]

I was so excited to find our first Black Copper egg today!! My girls are just turning six months old.

In the photo I have placed the egg on dry ground coffee for color comparisons. I do wish the egg was as dark as some of the deep dark ones I've seen here, but it's what I have so to me, it's GREAT!

 

[carriebain]

Is this considered mossy?