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

[DMRippy]

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I figured you were. I would like to know about how many have feathered legs. It is hard to add that, I would think really hard in the silvers. I don't need a project any harder than it has to be.

 

[gilavina]

I figured you were. I would like to know about how many have feathered legs. It is hard to add that, I would think really hard in the silvers. I don't need a project any harder than it has to be.

ok, im gonna be moving them tonight when it cools off....separating them from the silvers and ill see what ive got lady

 

[Hens and Roos]

You got some Reg Cuckoos too didn't you? Do these Silvers have any leg feathers? Vicki do yours?

yes they have a thin line of leg feathers, 2 of the hens from which the eggs were hatched are reg. cuckoos since we lost most of the group before anyone developed good patterns I"m not sure what I would have ended up with.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Did you find Cocci exceptionally common this season? I usually might have two or three out of a few hundred get it but this year I lost quite a few. It seemed to come on so fast that I coulnt save them. I was going nuts about it and power cleaning twice a week even.

Love the Cali's I am looking for some........trade you for an oddball cockerel and his twin brother. I had a few pullets come from that pair too. they are not as gold as my gold cuckoo from Fancy Chick but more bronze if that makes sense. I will have to wrangle one down to photo.

yes with the weather being so mild, this group was hit hard and they dropped like flies. Like you said one day they were fine and the next not so much- it seemed like it took the 2 that made it a long time to feel better you could just tell by looking at them and how they didn't move around much like well chicks would. I am hoping with this new group of 7 chicks that we have no problems

 

[Hens and Roos]

blue cuckoo lady?

yep, he is the main rooster(only rooster) for the cuckoos.

 

[gilavina]

yep, he is the main rooster(only rooster) for the cuckoos.

good deal! I would think that means you should have lots of blues to work with before long

 

[Hens and Roos]

good deal! I would think that means you should have lots of blues to work with before long

well from the 7 that hatched yesterday and today it looks like we have 4 blues

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I am having gold leakage.... are you just breeding against it or add new birds without leakage?

 

[Hens and Roos]

I am having gold leakage.... are you just breeding against it or add new birds without leakage?

i would like to get away from any gold leakage, the 4 hens that are with the rooster were hatched by us, using the rooster I posted a picture of earlier and 1 hatchery cuckoo hen and 2 blue colored marans that we got from the same person we got the rooster from. So these hens are his daughters and the 2- 3 month old chicks and the new 7 are hatched from this mating(2nd generation?) this is just my project to work with and see where it goes and I happen to think blue is a cool color

so suggestions are always welcome!

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Blue Cuckoo is a project I have too. I have a little roo that shows no gold but little barring. I am also growing up some solid blues

may go that route with my Splash Cuckoo roo. IDK..... Leg feathering and egg color are my 2 big issues. I have some chicks from them growing up but some have gold

I just need to breed away from that I guess.