Has anyone heard of BLEU (b l E u) Marans?

[little_grey_bantam]

I'm really interested in them. Appparently they are a BLUE cuckoo Marans

Sounds neat! I want to start breeding them

 

[Illia]

Never ever heard of such - I know there are Blue Wheatens and straight Blues (we're in the middle of hatching 15!

) as well as Blue Coppers, but otherwise, no. . . Sounds slightly interesting, but I'm curious as to the quality of them. Most cuckoos are hatchery quality, and often it takes a truly experienced person to properly cross Marans colors and keep the quality in the egg.

 

[little_grey_bantam]

THe person got them from Barber or whatever.
Said they got most of their birds from the breeder themselves!

But it looks neat. If you PM me I will send you the link

The only issue is they sell chicks for $15 each but the Blues, Blacks, Cuckoos and BLEUs are all together :-/

 

[Illia]

Found someone, seems to match your details. The mix in selling is because of the genetics of the blue (Andalusian based) and the barring - The barring splits, and you can't just get straight blue from blue or blue/black parents. Also, chick prices like that you'd need to question. Either they're actually a reputable breeder or trying to rip someone off with an unfinished project bird. I wouldn't pay that money per chick for Marans unless Bev Davis herself sold them to me, and they were that good.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

They're out there. They're easy enough to make as well...I'll be makin' some hopefully by this time next year.

 

[little_grey_bantam]

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Oooh when you do, let me purchase some

 

[RAREROO]

Yep All you gotta do to get all blue cuckoo is cross a Cuckoo Marans rooster on Splash Marans hens, If you use a blue roo instead of a splash, you'll get have cuckoo and half blue cuckoo. Or if you do it the other way around with a Splash roo on Cuckoo hens, you'll get sexlinks, the males will be blue cuckoo and the hens will be blue.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

oh, I'm glad you just posted that because I couldn't find this thread to follow up on my first incomplete thought.

Also, there's a gal in Texas who sells eggs for these on eggbid. Her eggbid name is cowgirl and like 4 digits? Like cowgirl1234, except it's not 1234.

The best Cuckoo Marans I have ever seen, which lay the best Marans eggs I have ever seen, came from her.

 

[EweSheep]

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If they said they got the Blue Marans directly from Barber, they are lying.....Mr Barber has been dead for quite some time. I do not think he ever had Blue Marans imported here in the US. I think the Blue Marans was created here in the US some time ago, very quietly.

I never heard of Bleu Marans, probably another added "new" breed name for the crosses they are trying to establish. Blue Marans, yes.

 

[EweSheep]

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Someone told me to stay away from her but not sure if it IS the same person as TinkerToy. Correct me if I am wrong.