Cuckoo Marans X Breeds / 2023 Breeding

[TexasJim17]

Last few days they’ve really gotten BIG!! Many of them seem to have sprouted much more feathers overnight. Barring definitely dominant.

They look awesome.

 

[cityhomesteading]

Our 6 week old blue cuckoo maran.

 

[ChickenNuggie]

My hatches are now 12 weeks old and have integrated with our existing flock. Unfortunately (fortunately?) we got more cockerels than pullets. Three total have been taken by predators while free ranging, and of the remaining six we have four roos and two hens. So that’s four freezer birds for us and we’ll do our first culling ever in a few weeks. Our second hatch batch (7 weeks old) of the same parentage have slightly more diverse coloring, though all still barred,

so will continue to monitor these babies. Looks like we may have more pullets than cockerels in this batch.