Marans - Splash

[tdgill]

eggs or chicks

 

[pinkchick]

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some beautiful chickens you've got there...where can i get a few of those???

Thanks! My Splash girls are not laying yet....... *can't wait* I started over with all new Marans and have three pens of Blue, Blue Copper, Black Copper and Splash. Current photo of eggs from my Blue, Blue Copper and Black Copper pen are posted in the Marans thread. (posted 11-20)
I will be posting more updated photos of my splashes later today.

 

[pinkchick]

So here are a couple more photo's of my Splash Marans close up. These birds all originated from Davis lines. Don't know why the one pullet has black eyes but she has nice blue legs with some feathering. I also have one roo from that batch that also popped up with black eyes, though his have changed recently, her eyes on the other hand have been black since the day she hatched.
The last two need a name any suggestions?

"Independence" we call her "Indy" 4 mos old

3 mos old pullet (please excuse her being slightly muddy...can't really expect anything else here in the lovely rainy Pacific Northwest

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My Splash Cockeral 3 mos... you cannot see it in this photo but he is starting to turn copper all through his hackle area.

 

[tdgill]

what makes a splash marans

 

[pinkchick]

This was in a thread and was posted by Speckledhen that she linked from Bev Davis' website. Hope it helps.

Blue color is the result of a third gene. It is a modifying gene for black pigment, and is located at a parking spot called "Bl." The choices (alleles) that can go into this parking spot are basically black pigment (bl+ = black pigment allele) or a bleaching allele (Bl = blue allele, which really is the black pigment allele with a modifier that bleaches the black pigment). If you think of the blue allele (Bl) as a bleaching version, then you can visualize how if a bird gets one dose of blue allele (Bl,bl+), it turns out blue in color, and if a bird gets two doses of blue allele (Bl,Bl), it gets double-bleached all the way to splash. And the blue allele acts wherever there is black in the bird, so wherever the bird WOULD HAVE BEEN BLACK, it is now bleached either to blue, or all the way to splash, depending if it gets (one blue allele and one black pigment allele), or (two blue alleles).


Basically splash birds have two copies of the blue gene, that is what I understand anyway!

Blue x Blue= 50% Blue, 25% Black , 25% Splash
Blue x Black= 50% Blue, 50% Black
Blue x Splash= 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Black x Splash=100% Blue
Splash x Splash= 100% Splash
Black x Black= 100% Black

 

[tdgill]

awesome info...txs. going to look for pics of blues. So I would get 100% blues from my Black copper marans roo and splash hen. feel free to post a blue if ya got one. ;-)

 

[tdgill]

what makes a black copper

 

[pinkchick]

Is this a test?

I don't know if I will pass. Best I can do is direct you to a thread that has wonderful info in this. Do a search under Black Copper Marans vs. Black Marans, I believe it was posted by Amazondoc.

I do have blues and theoretically yes you will get blues from that cross. Worked for me with my Splash Marans Roo over my Barred Rock hens (which are considered black genetically, I think) and everyone of them came out blue. I only crossed these to see if one could actually get a darker egg from the barred rocks and I have one that is laying a nice dark egg for a Barred Rock cross, her hatch mates are laying a regular colored barred rock egg. She has good feathering on her legs, good leg color, good type, good lacing, no barring but a funky comb.
Here is a photo of "Sam" my BR x Marans and one of my Black Coppers that has the wrong hackle color... she is all blue just looks dirty in this pic because my Mr. Bill had just done his thing with muddy feet.

This is "B'lana" my blue copper hen 2 mos ago

and "B'lana" now

Another one of my favorite blues "Sookie Stackhouse" she's bound and determined to keep her spot in the nest.... she is a a product from my Black Copper Roo over my splash hen and she too is muddy from Mr. Bill

and just because I thought it was funny here's Miss Sam getting in on the business too!

I think my DH may be right when he tells me I spend too much time with my chickens...........

 

[tdgill]

great pics, they are so pretty. As you can see i havent done much learnin about breedin...lol

 

[kathyinmo]

I have a couple splash .....

This is when a bit younger...