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

[verlaj]

On another note, I finally have a double dose barred gold cuckoo in my latest hatch!!

HenThymes - What is a "double dose barred gold cuckoo?" Thanks -​

 

[Goose and Fig]

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That is definitely partridge. Crazy!

 

[HenThymes]

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That is definitely partridge. Crazy!

Does anyone breed partridge, I have never heard anyone talk about them??

How did I end up with that?? Then that is what I have several more of in the brooder right now too!

 

[HenThymes]

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HenThymes - What is a "double dose barred gold cuckoo?" Thanks -

When you see a dark bodied gold cuckoo male he would be a single does of barred. When you see the lighter/whiter colored gold cuckoo male he would be carrying a double dose of barring.

My original cockerel was a single dose

 

[littlecreekfarm]

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HenThymes - What is a "double dose barred gold cuckoo?" Thanks -

When you see a dark bodied gold cuckoo male he would be a single does of barred. When you see the lighter/whiter colored gold cuckoo male he would be carrying a double dose of barring.

My original cockerel was a single dose
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/49849_dsc05836.jpg

Are those yellow legs? The reason I ask is because I have a hen that was supposed to be a cuckoo marans but she has a little golden cuckoo and yellow legs....I'm wondering if she is the same variety of your rooster(he's very pretty)

-Litte Creek Farm

 

[HenThymes]

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When you see a dark bodied gold cuckoo male he would be a single does of barred. When you see the lighter/whiter colored gold cuckoo male he would be carrying a double dose of barring.

My original cockerel was a single dose
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/49849_dsc05836.jpg

Are those yellow legs? The reason I ask is because I have a hen that was supposed to be a cuckoo marans but she has a little golden cuckoo and yellow legs....I'm wondering if she is the same variety of your rooster(he's very pretty)

-Litte Creek Farm

Nope, none of mine have yellow legs, all white. However I do know that with gold's still much a project that yellow legs are not uncommon to pop up from time to time but should be culled out of future breeding.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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That is definitely partridge. Crazy!

Does anyone breed partridge, I have never heard anyone talk about them??

How did I end up with that?? Then that is what I have several more of in the brooder right now too!

I don't think anybody has partridge. Have you had any sign of Penedesenca show up? Or maybe its just a product of having the wheaten roo in the mix? I tend to run with opportunities like that- can't help myself!

 

[Hens and Roos]

I know that each bird/line developes different but in general around many weeks old should one be able to tell if the chick is boy or girl based on comb developement? I have the 2 chicks from my Blue Marans x Blue Cuckoo Marans test and at almost 6 weeks the blue one I'm not sure on yet.

I will post a picture in a bit of the 2 chicks.

 

[HenThymes]

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Does anyone breed partridge, I have never heard anyone talk about them??

How did I end up with that?? Then that is what I have several more of in the brooder right now too!

I don't think anybody has partridge. Have you had any sign of Penedesenca show up? Or maybe its just a product of having the wheaten roo in the mix? I tend to run with opportunities like that- can't help myself!

No sign of pene, I think it may be because of the wheaten in the mix?

 

[Goose and Fig]

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I don't think anybody has partridge. Have you had any sign of Penedesenca show up? Or maybe its just a product of having the wheaten roo in the mix? I tend to run with opportunities like that- can't help myself!

No sign of pene, I think it may be because of the wheaten in the mix?

It has to be from the wheaten. I wonder if you had a boy from the same batch that looked like a welsummer, because the girl is perfectly patterened like one.

Hens and Roos- most of the time you can tell by 6 weeks. If they aren't obvious boy, then I usually assume they are girls at that point. Mine get big combs sooo early. They're adoreable at that age.