Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[seabreeze]

Loprataerin (what does that mean anyway

.....dont' worry,

a lot of us are still learning, just different levels of the learning curve. I'm pretty new at this as well and *most* the folks here are really helpful and quite knowledgable!! I hear ya on spending hard earned $$ on chicken eggs and its always a risk with genetics. Lots of great visuals here to learn from and you can always PM one of the *well educated chicken gurus* (privately) if you feel a bit awkward talking/asking publicly!

 

[flgardengirl]

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Don't feel bad I spent $40 on 11 birchen eggs and hatched out only 1 !! It turned out to be a fertility issue with the hens just starting to lay again after the colder weather etc.
It happens to everyone now and again but I do think that your seller is being misleading if thier 'Salmons' are truly barred like the ones in that photo-not your fault, next time you will know.

 

[seabreeze]

So are they mutts or gold birchens of some kind? If determined worthy of breeding (they are only 5 months right now), do you only breed them to blues/splash or to black copper? The spangled one is definitely the *plate* not *mate* type from earlier comments so he will probably meet the freezer gang at 6 months or so. But his bros, the dark and lighter birchens?, what to do with them? Thanks!

 

[seabreeze]

Thanks FlGardengirl.....I just hope to figure it out someday....HAHA!

 

[flgardengirl]

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On the last set of those pics thier hackles almost look more silver than gold on my monitor. Are they both?

 

[gilavina]

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Thank you...this is fantastic info...the coding that goes with genetics doesn't just roll off the tip of my tongue...I usually have to go look it up. I go mostly by logic and from past experience with breeding. I appreciate the way you explain things!

 

[seabreeze]

one appears more silvery the other shows more gold. It stopped raining for a bit, maybe I will try and get photos but have a bunch of dogs to bathe for upcoming national specialty so no guarantees on photos

 

[seabreeze]

Thanks VC, I second Gilavina's comments! X2

 

[seabreeze]

Ok, had to pull my pony up a bit on the comment that the Ig gene blue inhibiting black? (I am a total green horn on chicken color genetics. No, make that clueless!!)....in dogs, the blue is a dilute gene affecting the expression of black. So you are saying that the blue inhibits, not dilutes, the black? (please forgive my ignorance!)

 

[gilavina]

Morning to you Seabreeze and Flgardengirl! Its a gray hazy morning here, but in good spirits. Just got home from getting my taxes done and getting a decent refund...so I'm happy about that. Thinking I'm gonna put part of it towards my birds..We'll see what I end up with hehe

Any hatches for you two recently or coming up? I love hearing what people have going on. The other day I hatched out my first 7 dorkings..and they gorgeousness...they are Dark Brown, Dun and Fawn colors...a couple of each. I also got a decent hatch on some shipped black copper eggs. That tip of leaving them sitting in the hatching tray for a few days before moving them to the turners has dramatically changed my hatching rate on eggs.

Flgardengirl, I was gonna ask if they are replacing your eggs for you since it was a fertility issue? I sure hope so!!

Good luck with the show Seabreeze, that's gotta be exciting