Let's talk Golden Cuckoo Marans!

[Chooks man]

Blue Golden/Silver cuckoo F1 .son of Charlie2 over Bella Blue copper hen

this guy is a little smaller .boxy his back is short .
he is chunky and heavy and super wide .
love his head and his Blue coloration

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

her a photo of another Blue Golden/silver cuckoo .F1 . sired by Shamrock over a blue hen Bella . so he is half brother to the other 2 I posted before . Bello and Bluego.

this guy is all style and beauty except his comb .
great body type
long flat back
gorgeous tail
lovely eyes
stunning Blue
well feathered shanks
rich hackle and lancet . lovely birchen ER/ER body pattern .hackle is full and well colored . the lancet are long and colored as the back and shoulder .

I m going to use him over the birchen hens to start a Blue birchen line .

his name is BlueRock.
he look exactly like his sire except he is blue

chooks man

PS = I m spoiled for the chose . happy about that .all my hard work is paying of .

I haven t taken a day of since I moved to this new farm 11 months ago and still a lot need to be done

 

[Chooks man]

now it is time to show some cuckoo pullets .most of them are silver cuckoos Blue and black .only few are golden cuckoo black .
there is 3 type of cuckoos .
line one is the pure original line .I m now on the F2 and F3 all double barred cockerel and silver cuckoo pullets
the second one I m developing is from the Blue copper hens . they are big chooks with great body type and they lay dark egg 6 ,oval and shiny .
the third cuckoo arefrom the Birchen hens .

Golden cuckoo pullet F2 just a little copper on her hackle .

Silver cuckoo pullet great body type

Silver cuckoo pullet F3 love her silver hackle and body type

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

blue cuckoos all F1 they are silver but do carry the gold .so if mated to they black cuckoo F1 brother/ half brother they ll throw both silver and golden cuckoo Blue and black as F2 .
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I have 5 of those .same phenotype the only difference is they blue coloration .

the way I see it the blue does not go very well with a cuckoo gene ( barring ) they don t have that true cuckoo look like the black one .

I ll breed the Blue birchen from them .I think they look better . stunning contrast .and I ll keep my cuckoo black silver and gold

PERSONAL OPINION .

chooks man

chooks ma

 

[morbius18]

blue cuckoos all F1 they are silver but do carry the gold .so if mated to they black cuckoo F1 brother/ half brother they ll throw both silver and golden cuckoo Blue and black as F2 .
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I have 5 of those .same phenotype the only difference is they blue coloration .

the way I see it the blue does not go very well with a cuckoo gene ( barring ) they don t have that true cuckoo look like the black one .

I ll breed the Blue birchen from them .I think they look better . stunning contrast .and I ll keep my cuckoo black silver and gold

PERSONAL OPINION .

chooks man

chooks ma

You have some very nice birds. They have a really nice box shape. I think mine start off opposite. They are very lanky/leggy with huge legs and then grow into their bodies, but most are tall.

The barring on the hackle feathers is very defined. It's like they have a cuckoo body with a barred/non-cuckoo head on top. Mine seem to have the randomness of barring on the hackles, but a little clearer if that makes sense.

 

[morbius18]

blue cuckoos all F1 they are silver but do carry the gold .so if mated to they black cuckoo F1 brother/ half brother they ll throw both silver and golden cuckoo Blue and black as F2 .
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I have 5 of those .same phenotype the only difference is they blue coloration .

the way I see it the blue does not go very well with a cuckoo gene ( barring ) they don t have that true cuckoo look like the black one .

I ll breed the Blue birchen from them .I think they look better . stunning contrast .and I ll keep my cuckoo black silver and gold

PERSONAL OPINION .

chooks man

chooks ma

I think this is what I'm seeing on the coloration of mine.

Is this correct?

The Golden Cuckoo sire is S/s+, blue copper dam is s+/-

Offspring inherit either gold or silver. I'm guessing silver in a blue cuckoo just looks like blue with a darker neck. Like this pic of siblings:

 

[morbius18]

I've got mine in a single large pen now, but am building a rooster only pen for the younger guys.

My blue GCM was watching me, so I snapped some shots. He's developed white tail feathers and some white fluff in places, but is still feathering into his adult plumage:

This is him in April 2017:

June 2017

July 2017:

 

[morbius18]

This guy I'm really excited about, the ones that show light gold as adults start of looking like plain silver cuckoos. The ones that show this color seem to turn reddish like in a brown-red. If so, he might be my main breeder for color. I've also got a pullet of similar color.

 

[Chooks man]

I think this is what I'm seeing on the coloration of mine.

Is this correct?

The Golden Cuckoo sire is S/s+, blue copper dam is s+/-

Offspring inherit either gold or silver. I'm guessing silver in a blue cuckoo just looks like blue with a darker neck. Like this pic of siblings:
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you are alright ,barring( cuckoo ) does not look much over a blue not as impressive like over the black
the hackle and saddle feathers are different ,well barred .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

This guy I'm really excited about, the ones that show light gold as adults start of looking like plain silver cuckoos. The ones that show this color seem to turn reddish like in a brown-red. If so, he might be my main breeder for color. I've also got a pullet of similar color.
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he is going a be well colored . lighter type . he ll big and elegant .

chooks man