Dark Egg Breeds Thread

[ronott1]

How are those eggs looking ROn? Cooking along nicely??

They are so hard to see into!

I will double candle them tonight and let you know.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Ok so I had cukoo marans and their eggs were anything but dark. Is there special food you should or need to feed them.??

 

[ronott1]

Ok so I had cukoo marans and their eggs were anything but dark. Is there special food you should or need to feed them.??

No, the darkness is determined by something like 9 genes. It is genetic. They will lay darker eggs at the beginning of the egg laying cycle.

French Black Copper Marans lay the darkest of the Marans.

Many Penedesencas lay eggs that are just as dark.

I have a suspicion that the two are related. Penes have a carnation comb that is a DQ for Marans. Penes are supposed to have a comb like that.

 

[Alaskan]

Some Welsummers lay exceedingly dark eggs too. Which I find very interesting......like maybe their entire "putting dark pigment on the egg" is totally different from Marans. Mostly since to get very dark Marans eggs, they have to lay less frequently, and I don't think that that is the case with the Welsummers, who usually have better lay rates than the Marans.

I don't have enough experience to know for sure though.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

No, the darkness is determined by something like 9 genes. It is genetic. They will lay darker eggs at the beginning of the egg laying cycle.

French Black Copper Marans lay the darkest of the Marans.

Many Penedesencas lay eggs that are just as dark.

I have a suspicion that the two are related. Penes have a carnation comb that is a DQ for Marans. Penes are supposed to have a comb like that.

I have seen that on a few partridges looking Marans in photos

 

[MountainMarans2012]

Does anyone know a good Black Copper Marans Breeder in California that ships baby chicks ? Looking for offspring from either Bev Davis or Wade Jeanne's Lines....

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Does anyone know a good Black Copper Marans Breeder in California that ships baby chicks ? Looking for offspring from either Bev Davis or Wade Jeanne's Lines....

are you in California? I raise Penedesenca but maybe try Deann at Just Struttin or chicken - Candace both in Norcal

 

[cHURCHY]

Soy in the food colours the egg. When I buy seed from another supplier, my eggs are much lighter. I cannot candle the dark eggs.

 

[ronott1]

I took some pictures today and got a couple of this years Partridge Penedesenca pullets:

 

[Arielle]

Soy in the food colours the egg. When I buy seed from another supplier, my eggs are much lighter. I cannot candle the dark eggs.

Interesting observation!!

I took some pictures today and got a couple of this years Partridge Penedesenca pullets:

Very pretty!!!