Let's talk Cuckoo and WHITE marans... breeding strategies...

[KingR0o5t3r]

Thanks for the reply - that's great to know!  My BCM's are acceptable layers, so I was surprised that my hatchery cuckoos weren't. 

is your avatar an australorpington? Or sometimes called a buffalorp?

 

[SIMZ]

is your avatar an australorpington? Or sometimes called a buffalorp?

It's an Orpington/Black Copper Marans mix. The dad is a Buff Orpington over a BCM hen.

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I have a buff Orpington Roo over a barred Rock hen he is beautiful.

 

[KingR0o5t3r]

 It's an Orpington/Black Copper Marans mix.  The dad is a Buff Orpington over a BCM hen.  

well she's really pretty!

 

[KingR0o5t3r]

I have a buff Orpington Roo over a barred Rock hen he is beautiful.

That sounds really nice, you should post a picture

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I will try and get pics tomoroow. I thought it would be an interesting project I don't know much about breeding just thought it wouold be cool so my next is to cross him back to another buff hen.

 

[KingR0o5t3r]

Awesome! Yeah it sounds cool! Looking forward to pics

 

[xlboergoats]

We are trying to get things line up to leave for the Bluebonnet Classic Poultry Show in College Station, Texas tomorrow afternoon. We should arrive in College Station early tomorrow evening. The unloading and cooping in can get a little confusing, but life gets better when it is done. We only show Marans, but we will be showing six or seven varieties at this show.

The show will be on Saturday. If anyone is planning on being there, please look us up. We would love to meet you and have a chance to visit face to face.

We hope that the weather is nice. We pray that everyone has a great show and safe travel to and from the show.

Regards,
Ernie Haire
Arp, Texas
www.Marans2XL.com

 

[Hens and Roos]

We are trying to get things line up to leave for the Bluebonnet Classic Poultry Show in College Station, Texas tomorrow afternoon. We should arrive in College Station early tomorrow evening. The unloading and cooping in can get a little confusing, but life gets better when it is done. We only show Marans, but we will be showing six or seven varieties at this show.

The show will be on Saturday. If anyone is planning on being there, please look us up. We would love to meet you and have a chance to visit face to face.

We hope that the weather is nice. We pray that everyone has a great show and safe travel to and from the show.

Regards,
Ernie Haire
Arp, Texas
www.Marans2XL.com

Best of Luck to you at the show!

 

[xlboergoats]

Best of Luck to you at the show!

Thanks for the well wishes. It was a great show put on by a great group of people. We always enjoy the Bluebonnet Classic. We got home too late last night to post results. We haul our birds in an enclosed trailer with show coops mounted to the walls. Last night when we got home, the chickens at home and on the trailer were already asleep. I decided to let them sleep until this morning rather than wake up the neighborhood unloading chickens.

Peggy Taylor from Huntington, Texas had the Best of Variety Cuckoo with a beautiful hen and April Howington from Burkette, Texas had the Reserve Best of Variety Cuckoo with a nice pullet.

In the Whites, I had the Best of Variety with a pullet and Ms.Dot, my Mom, had the Reserve Best of Variety with a pullet. I think that there were 22 White Marans at the show exhibited by 4 different exhibitors. While we feel blessed to have BV and RV in the same family, it can make for a long ride home. After a three hour drive home and a good night's sleep, Mom was back to happy self today.

Regards,
Ernie Haire
Arp, Texas
www.Marans2XL.com