Let's talk Golden Cuckoo Marans!

[morbius18]

here my F1 Blue silver/golden cuckoo
Blue shamrock ,a son of Shamrock over Bella ,blue copper hen.
he is correct in all the aspect except his comb . need a little tidy up .
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best body marking of all the cuckoo cockerels I managed to raise this year .
true birchen marking ,nothing is missing .
rich hackle
well covered saddle
long and lush Lancet
fully colored shoulders .

he is going to sire a few 100 s chicks for sure .

chooks man

He is REALLY nice. I'd love to have one that looks that good. You said silver/gold, is that why his hackles are more of a silver/straw color? Does he carry gold and not express it? I guess I'm a little ignorant of the silver/gold relationship.

 

[Chooks man]

He is REALLY nice. I'd love to have one that looks that good. You said silver/gold, is that why his hackles are more of a silver/straw color? Does he carry gold and not express it? I guess I'm a little ignorant of the silver/gold relationship.

yes my friend he is S/s+
one copy of each .
the silver is dominant that why he is more silver/straw colored .
the presence o gold is making his silver turn yellowish .
he do have some golden feathers here and there .

for his progeny to be able to express the gold he has to be mated to a Black copper hens. ( only his daughters will be golden cuckoos and black copper s/-. - black and blue-) not his son s. they ll be like him half silver and half gold S/s+ .half barred and half unbarred .

chooks man

 

[morbius18]

love his body type and his dark copper , need more of it . but it is a correct tone .not washed out .
his comb need a little work at the back .i
his wattle are gorgeous .small .around .free from any folding or splitting .
eyes to die for

chooks man

He did develop white on the tail feathers. I think that he comb is too big and his back too flat. He also seems shorter than the others I've bred, not much, but an inch or so.

 

[morbius18]

The other blue golden cuckoos are showing potential though. I'll probably keep both and end up culling the black one pictured above.

 

[Chooks man]

@ morbius 18.
my friend you ve done well .

I really like this one . he has a more complete body color pattern and great body type . love his tail angle and shape too .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@morbius18

this guy i like his body type and tail angle and shape ,but his comb is bad .coronation type at the back of it .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@morbius18

I like this guy body thickness . solid head and flat tilted back .
I agree with you his comb is big but better than the comb of the blue ,coronation .
i don t like his tail angle ,plus the white .

I really like the depth of his chest and a correct cuckoo marking .
I think he is better to work with than the coronation blue cockerel .. personal opinion .

this guy complete your best blue cockerel .
if you just work the blue cuckoo ,you ll end up loosing the cuckoo marking .

if I had them I ll pair the black cuckoo to a Blue cuckoo pullet .both F1 and his mama a BLC hen to reinforce the type and the dark egg color.
and I ll pair the gorgeous blue cuckoo to the black cuckoo pullet .both f1 if I m correct !
like this you ll have 2 set of related but different F2 line to work with and 1 back cross line .

chooks man

 

[morbius18]

@morbius18

this guy i like his body type and tail angle and shape ,but his comb is bad .coronation type at the back of it .

chooks man

Might just be the picture, he doesnt appear to have coronation like a
penedesenca chicken comb. Maybe just a poor comb.

 

[morbius18]

@morbius18

I like this guy body thickness . solid head and flat tilted back .
I agree with you his comb is big but better than the comb of the blue ,coronation .
i don t like his tail angle ,plus the white .

I really like the depth of his chest and a correct cuckoo marking .
I think he is better to work with than the coronation blue cockerel .. personal opinion .

this guy complete your best blue cockerel .
if you just work the blue cuckoo ,you ll end up loosing the cuckoo marking .

if I had them I ll pair the black cuckoo to a Blue cuckoo pullet .both F1 and his mama a BLC hen to reinforce the type and the dark egg color.
and I ll pair the gorgeous blue cuckoo to the black cuckoo pullet .both f1 if I m correct !
like this you ll have 2 set of related but different F2 line to work with and 1 back cross line .

chooks man

You are correct on all the f1s. I have 2 blue f1 cockerals, 3 blue f1 pullets, 1 black barred f1 cockeral and 2 f1 black barred pullets. They were the best of what I hatched.

Sounds like a good plan what you have suggested, I'll get a start on it this coming spring.

 

[Chooks man]

Might just be the picture, he doesnt appear to have coronation like a
penedesenca chicken comb. Maybe just a poor comb.
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I see what you are saying ,bad comb for sure .
lovely tail .

choos man