Black Copper Marans

[Zgoatlady]

He looks to be a sport.

 

[amazondoc]

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Black copper marans

If there really and truly was no roo flying over the fence, your parent birds could be carrying recessive white. I don't remember for sure whether white is recessive or dominant in Marans, but I *think* it's recessive.

 

[blackdotte]

White Marans have segregated Dominant White but it is very rare, the most common cause of White Marans is Recessive White.
David

 

[amazondoc]

Thanks David! I didn't have a chance to look that up today, thanks for the info!

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

I'm about to drop some BC Marans eggs into the 'bator in a couple days here and I tell you whut, I'd be tickled pink if they wound up giving me some free Wheaties down the road.

 

[texasbartrambaby]

This is a very interesting thread - I gave some eggs to a friend of mine and she announced that out of the ones that hatched two of them were yellow. She just figured something else caught my hens but I seriously doubted that fact. My stock came from Black Copper King. We'll have to see - both chicks were featherlegged and healthy from very dark eggs! Good thread!

 

[amazondoc]

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Yup -- Jesse Bryant (Black Copper King) had Wade Jean stock -- and Wade Jean birds are known to throw wheatens. Not a big surprise!

 

[john in wa]

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If i get this right both parent birds would have the Recessive white gene. it takes 1 white gene from each parent. so this chick would have both white genes. if i breed this bird back to the parent hen. i should get a mix of white and black chicks. but on the down side all black chicks would have one white gene? and would never be any thing more than pet and for table eggs. I have 6 more eggs in the incubator from same parent birds. I want to see if i get more of white chicks.

now about the parent stock. i have bought more eggs from another source and hatched some chicks. i had already bought these other eggs before this chick hatched. or i should say my beautiful wife bought them for me as a late Christmas gift since she new i wanted eggs from this breeder. if the original parent stock have the recessive white gene they should not be mixed in with the new chicks when they come of age. by mixing the 2 lines i would be introducing the white gene to a line that should not have the white gene and messing up the gene pool.

 

[garp94]

If it's a 'sport' [spontaneous mutation], the other chickens are fine. If it's recessive white, then yes, both parents have white in them and there 's the chance the siblings could be carrying white also.

If the [opposite sex] siblings of the white chick have some good traits you want to keep, you can test cross them to the white chick. IF the sibling is also carrying white, some of the chicks will be white. If there are NO white chicks from the cross, the sibling isn't likley carrying white and would be safe to mix with your new line.

If i were closer, i'd volunteer to buy some of your test chicks since i'm not looking to improve a breed but like dark brown eggs.

Good luck

 

[blackdotte]

a 'sport' [spontaneous mutation]

This bird is not a spontaneous mutation, but the result of both parents carrying a recessive gene.
David​