Golden Cuckoo Marans

[pasofinofarm]

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they are beautiful! really,really beautiful!

LOL That's a funny description. I meant will you describe their colours?​

Howz about a pic instead??

They look like theese roos. Excuse the feathers comming in after molt... kinda shabby still but beautiful now.

 

[Krys109uk]

So is the paler down a sex linked thing. Are any of the darker downed chicks ever males? Are any of the lighter chicks ever females?

 

[pasofinofarm]

M- I think you have two pullets... the one on the right could possibly be plain cuckoo but will probably color up fine. A picture looking down at the back of the one on the right would tell for sure.

Very light are still Golden cuckoo. We have never thrown a silver (YET) although it is technically possible in our line it must be a deep recessive.

We see VERY occasional plain cuckoo (maybe 1 in 50 birds). Lots of folks have asked 'what is this yellow chick in my Marans hatch' well it is your prize cockerel!

 

[pasofinofarm]

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No not is my experience with about 200 chicks but I never say never with chickens anymore.

 

[blackdotte]

True breeding Golden Cuckoos are pure for the barring gene, males homozygous B/B thus lighter than the hemizygous B/- hens. Dark males can be produced by having a heterozygous B/b+ bird, these however will not breed true. Think of the English way of breeding Barred Rocks light barred males B/B over Black b+/b+ hens to produce both dark cockerels and pullets. Pullets can never be light as are the cockerels as they can only ever have one barring gene.
David

 

[Krys109uk]

Please ignore anything I wrote. The birds are very pretty.
Best wishes
Krys

 

[pasofinofarm]

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Would you be willing to post pictures of your chicks and adult birds please?

 

[redhen]

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wow, i thought you didnt even know what they looked like or anything..and here all along you have some...

 

[Mahonri]

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they are beautiful! really,really beautiful!

LOL That's a funny description. I meant will you describe their colours?​

Howz about a pic instead??

They look like theese roos. Excuse the feathers comming in after molt... kinda shabby still but beautiful now.

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I think these birds are just beautiful!

 

[pasofinofarm]

Although Krys was not able to furnish me with a picture of his/her actual birds I was sent this link to what he/she believes that a Golden Cuckoo Marans SHOULD look like... Unfortunately I have culled birds with this look prefering more gold... Live and learn... I guess that would be the advantage to having a great knowledge of chicken genetics. I still hope that y'all are happy with your chicks.

Here is the link so you can compare and maybe keep your own chicks that look like this. The site is in French so if you read French you can tell me what it says, Thanks!

http://marans-club.club.fr/cdor.htm#cdor