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I'm getting more BBS Marans this week. Hopefully tomorrow!!
And the rest is just some more of my eggs Speckled Sussex and Golden Cuckoo Marans.
I can't wait to see how well your turkeys hatch in the spring!!
BBS Marans are blue? What do you like about the Marans? How did you get started with them? I know very little about them except they lay dark eggs.
-Cielo
It stands for Blue, Black & Splash Marans!! I started with the Golden Cuckoo Marans for their coloring. I started looking at the Blue Orphingtons, while I was looking I came across the Blue Marans and thought they were so much prettier than the Orphs. SO, I ordered Blue Marans.. What I didn't realize at the time is they come BBS Marans. And although I started off with wanting the blues I think I like the Splash better!!
Here's how the Genetic Coloring works with them!!
Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash
Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Splash X Splash = 100% Splash
Splash X Black = 100% Blue
Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Black X Black = 100% Black
Pretty cool huh??