Breed check! "Frizzle EE" and "Blue Cuckoo Maran"

[Flixflaxnoob]

I got these two as chicks from a local feed company, who I expected to know their breeds, but I'm having doubts about what they told me. The white was supposed to be a frizzle Easter egger. The black was supposed to be a blue cuckoo maran. I wanted them to diversify my egg basket colors. My one mature Easter egger ended up laying light brown eggs, maybe a subtle purple tint.

I think the white one is lacking the iconic frizzle genes. My Google search shows Blue Cuckoo Marans with varying white stripes/bars/shades. I thought it would be convenient to have the more distinct white bars to replace our the barred rock we lost this past summer. I'm just curious what everyone's thoughts are on these breed IDs. I would only mildly be disappointed if they ended up laying light brown eggs.

 

[JedJackson]

The white one does look like a regular Easter egger. The blue one could be a blue Marans or maybe a blue Australorp. I see no barring on her.

With the Easter egger, just about any egg color is possible, since it's a mix, as all Easter eggers are. Hopefully you get blue eggs from her.

 

[Flixflaxnoob]

The white one does look like a regular Easter egger. The blue one could be a blue Marans or maybe a blue Australorp. I see no barring on her.

With the Easter egger, just about any egg color is possible, since it's a mix, as all Easter eggers are. Hopefully you get blue eggs from her.

Apparently, like colored eggs, you can't guarantee the frizzle feathers. Bummer.

 

[Mikski]

Here is my cuckoo marans as a chick. I know the coloring would be a little different with a blue, but I don’t see any cuckoo patterning on your bird.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Frizzle is caused by a dominant gene that causes the iconic curly feathers with one copy. Two copies of the drizzle gene causes frazzled feathers. Not only does two copies cause the feathers to be brittle and prone to breaking, it also causes metabolic changes that are painful to affected birds and drastically shortens their lifespan. The only way to avoid this is to never breed frizzle to frizzle. Which means any chick has a 50% chance of being non-frizzled.

Your marans is definitely not barred though. Barring is often blurry on base colors other than black, which makes it hard to see. But in your bird it just isn't there