- Mar 20, 2008
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I am getting a Cuckoo Maran roo, and I already have a few white Silkie hens
This happened to me accidentally last year. I have a pen of white silkies and white showgirls. I filled my incubator with white silkie eggs and was shocked when they started hatching out black and barred chicks! It took me a while to realize that my cuckoo marans rooster was jumping into the pen....grrr.
I don't have pictures sorry. I ended up selling off the majority of the chicks. I held a few back to grow out out of curiosity. One looks like a poor quality black silkie. The feet have 5 toes with nice spacing and the skin is black but the feather quality is poor. The cuckoo looks better feather wise. Kind of fluffy. I will try to get pictures. It has been so cold here that the lens would fog up I'm sure.
This happened to me accidentally last year. I have a pen of white silkies and white showgirls. I filled my incubator with white silkie eggs and was shocked when they started hatching out black and barred chicks! It took me a while to realize that my cuckoo marans rooster was jumping into the pen....grrr.
I don't have pictures sorry. I ended up selling off the majority of the chicks. I held a few back to grow out out of curiosity. One looks like a poor quality black silkie. The feet have 5 toes with nice spacing and the skin is black but the feather quality is poor. The cuckoo looks better feather wise. Kind of fluffy. I will try to get pictures. It has been so cold here that the lens would fog up I'm sure.
