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Debbi, To be honest with you I believe most all BC Marans will produce a Sprig and if we do not single mate our Brood stock you will never be able to pin point where the sprig is coming from. If you single mate a few then the matings that are clean you can then put the sisters in a pen and breed them together if you would like.
Talking about the Carnation Comb I have never seen any research on whether you have to have the gene on male and female side. From my experience I would say that just one copy of the gene will give you Carnation comb.
The over Brown male that I experimented with the later half of the breeding season did not produce any comb problems, I hatched out over 400 and all were culled with major color faults and shank feathering.
The four Dark males I ended up with from last year I hatched out over 400 and had about 10-12 with sprigs. I still have the four males and one hen and two pullets that got away when losding them.
I have never had a sprig or carnation comb in the Wheaten or White. I bought a dozen wheaten eggs this spring from Wisc. and two of the males had Carnation combs so culled all of the shipped egg chicks. I believe there are more Marans out there with Penne influence that Marans breeders will admit. I still have most of the young Wheaten as the buyer never showed up for them.
Debbi, To be honest with you I believe most all BC Marans will produce a Sprig and if we do not single mate our Brood stock you will never be able to pin point where the sprig is coming from. If you single mate a few then the matings that are clean you can then put the sisters in a pen and breed them together if you would like.
Talking about the Carnation Comb I have never seen any research on whether you have to have the gene on male and female side. From my experience I would say that just one copy of the gene will give you Carnation comb.
The over Brown male that I experimented with the later half of the breeding season did not produce any comb problems, I hatched out over 400 and all were culled with major color faults and shank feathering.
The four Dark males I ended up with from last year I hatched out over 400 and had about 10-12 with sprigs. I still have the four males and one hen and two pullets that got away when losding them.
I have never had a sprig or carnation comb in the Wheaten or White. I bought a dozen wheaten eggs this spring from Wisc. and two of the males had Carnation combs so culled all of the shipped egg chicks. I believe there are more Marans out there with Penne influence that Marans breeders will admit. I still have most of the young Wheaten as the buyer never showed up for them.
