Genectics of Golden cuckoo marans

[eramsey99]

I've been doing research and trying to find exactly what my main man is before i start to breed... i think i have found a match...












This is him as a chick.

 

[nicalandia]

this males genetic background is ER birchen at the e allele, probably heterozygous for it, but we cant be sure because ER is dominant over e+ ,eWh ,eb . by looking at his chick down he looks to be heterozygous barring. one copy of sexlinked barring gene B/b+

 

[eramsey99]

Say what? haha im soo sorry! can you describe that to me in newbie terms..

 

[nicalandia]

Say what? haha im soo sorry! can you describe that to me in newbie terms..

he has only one copy of the barring gene. that means that if you cross him to a none barred female you can expect 50% none barred progeny and they are not autosexing or sex links

 

[eramsey99]

he has only one copy of the barring gene. that means that if you cross him to a none barred female you can expect 50% none barred progeny and they are not autosexing or sex links

What about his legs..? they are light and i know marans legs are dark..?

 

[nicalandia]

What about his legs..? they are light and i know marans legs are dark..?

the Barring gene will make a birds shanks color light(except silkies because they have fibromelanotic)

 

[3riverschick]

What about his legs..? they are light and i know marans legs are dark..?

Not in all color varities. In several, the shanks and feet are white with pinkish cast.
Best,
Karen

 

[freddyyoung]

Hi, I live in England and today I bought two golden cuckoo marans, but most of the golden cuckoo marans that I have seen on this thread have a black body and gold head, but mine look like this hen

They also don't have feathered legs, but I am going to buy a golden cuckoo maran cockerel who has feathered legs, will the feathered legs from the cockerel be passed on to the father? Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[chikinlady]

A Golden Cuckoo Marans is a either a Golden Salmon,Wheaten or Black Copper with the barring gene. They are an autosexing variety, and there is no need to go outside the Marans breed.
You can follow the plan ,just substitute Silver Cuckoo for Barred Rock, and Golden Salmon,Wheaten or Black Copper for Brown Leghorn.

The overly laced Black Copper hens and Golden necked Black Copper cocksare ideal for this project.
David

I have a question for those of you who have used the above chart to create Golden Cuckoo Marans . If I cross a Black Copper cock with a Silver Cuckoo hen, does anyone know what the F2 generation will look like? I'm guessing that instead of brown cockerels and pullets, you would get silver/gold. Am I right in this assumption, or would you actually get some browns?

 

[jbkirk]

I have a question for those of you who have used the above chart to create Golden Cuckoo Marans . If I cross a Black Copper cock with a Silver Cuckoo hen, does anyone know what the F2 generation will look like? I'm guessing that instead of brown cockerels and pullets, you would get silver/gold. Am I right in this assumption, or would you actually get some browns?

From what I've read you will get black females,silver barred of both sexs, and gold barred Males