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

[OHmamma]

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Here is an idea....

Just joking

 

[VillageChicken]

You could try crossing them and see what you get... maybe a few lavender cuckoos?

 

[Raven1]

OK all I have a rooster that is white with feathers in the saddle, tail and neck that are barred. I hatched from an egg and I do not have the parent stock. What I bought was BCM, GCM, and solid (no copper) BBS eggs. Do any of you know what he may be color wise? He is all Marans type wise. I had thought he was splash but his color is barred not solid very strange. I did not keep the eggs seperate in the hatcher as I did not expect to have trouble with ID.

 

[jeremy]

Amy, Rockinpaints also has Delawares if I'm not mistaken. The barring pattern on those chicks is very reminiscent of the barred ticking in Dels.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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These hatched from echoinghill's eggs- and she got her stock from rockinpaints. She said there might be a "surprise" in there but I was expecting maybe one of her other pure breeds. They are fairly type-y for marans, its just that crazy color.....

Speaking of Delawares- I have to get some pics of my delarock project grow outs. I think I may have some pure dels with blue barring instead of black. And the older ones are so fat they could pass for cornish.

 

[jeremy]

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These hatched from echoinghill's eggs- and she got her stock from rockinpaints. She said there might be a "surprise" in there but I was expecting maybe one of her other pure breeds. They are fairly type-y for marans, its just that crazy color.....

Speaking of Delawares- I have to get some pics of my delarock project grow outs. I think I may have some pure dels with blue barring instead of black. And the older ones are so fat they could pass for cornish.

I would love to see pictures! Would you PM me some?

I'm especially interested in those Blue Barred birds.

 

[HenThymes]

Well my gold cuckoo girls laid there second pullet eggs today and I must say much darker than the first.

One is darker than the other but both still darker than my tannest orpington egg. can't wait for them to get a bit of time under them so I can hatch a few out and see what I get!

First pullet eggs on the left, then todays eggs.

Compared to a tan orp egg

 

[Goose and Fig]

Nice! Now you can send me some!

 

[HenThymes]

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[Lotsapaints]

I've been hatching my Golden Cuckoos and have finally gotten some chicks with feathered shanks not many though but I'm going to get a feathered shanked Rooster from Harris5 so maybe that will help I have 2 hens that lay these the oldest chicks are in the dinosaur stage....what a project because I'm not that patient but I'm hoping that I can raise some good enough to share...

going in the incubator today

here's one when they hatched