Blue Marans - need help selecting breeders - lots of photos!

[pinkchick]

Tiny~

and there is one light-blue hen that has a few dark marks on her left side (shown below). Should I exclude her, or wait and see if it moults out? She has better/heavier leg feathering than some of the other hens. Her comb seems a bit floppy, but lots of my laying hens of other breeds seem to be that way too, so maybe that's normal?

You can use her in your breeding program. She has these marks because blue is a leaky gene.

 

[TinyBirds]

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Old wives tale!!!

That's good to know! Thanks! I know the eggs they were born out of were very dark since I hatched these myself (they were from madelynbelle on BYC - awesome egg color!!)

 

[TinyBirds]

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You can use her in your breeding program. She has these marks because blue is a leaky gene.

Thanks!! That's great news!

 

[crj]

I hear a lot about having to many points abut how many is the norm? Having green in with the feathers..... is that normal for a FBCM? Both hens and roo have it. The dark green glistens in the light. Otherwise they look black.