Help!! <Seller Replied>......is this dark enough?-PICS!- w/ link

[Bleenstar]

Just wondering if this dark enough to be considered cuckoo marans eggs. I bought them from ebay. Thanks Guys

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What color scale would these be?

 

[Mahonri]

I've got some RIRs that lay almost that dark.

 

[shelleyb1969]

From what I've read posted on BYC, marans eggs come in different shades. There's actually a color scale that breeders go by. I don't have marans, so I won't even try to say yea or nay on your eggs. If you got them from a seller with a good feedback score, you should be safe.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

I know they start out laying darker in the beginning of their laying cycle and they get lighter and lighter as time goes on.

 

[hcammack]

I am sorry those are not dark enough to be marans even poor hatchery stock I would ask for your money back and not breed from the birds that hatch or just pitch the whole clutch if you were planing on breeding.

These are some eggs from my cuckoo marans from the very end of the laying cycle when eggs were almost at their lightest.

Sorry about this bad deal,
Henry

 

[yellowdragon]

I don't know for sure, but all the pure maran eggs I saw were alot darker. There is a color scale you can use. I think Maran eggs are suposed to be 7 to 8 and those eggs look like an 4. Like I said i don't know for sure, but I would check it out.

Here is the Maran club site.
http://marans-club.chez-alice.fr/echllang.htm#echelle

 

[Bleenstar]

should i just send the ebay dude a message saying I would like my money back, because they are not dark enough to be considered marans eggs? What if he says no...

This is the person I got it from

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=110298700068

 

[hcammack]

I would let him know the eggs were not at all as dark as advertised and that they do not even register as marans on the color scale at least. If you ask for your money back and he says no then leave him negative feed back

Henry

 

[Crest Acres Girl]

compaired to the eggs he advertised...the ones he sent you is very light. Also, compaired to that chart yellow dragon sent you...it doesnt even look like a 4! Thats my opinion. The cuckoo maran eggs I got was at least a 4.

 

[shelleyb1969]

I'm going to say that in this situation, you should remember that this seller is not like most of the BYCers

He's probably not going to give you your money back based on your opinion that the eggs aren't dark enough. He's going to expect you to wait until they hatch to prove what breed they are. JMHO. Not everyone is as nice as we folks here on BYC!