Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Cadeau]

Debbi - sorry about your psycho hen....and lost babies - yikes!

Pink - it is a touch of white on the ear lobe- just a little tinge - not the entire ear lobe
I have to go look up what the difference between Enamel White and Positive Enamel White, so I can answer your question better!

Rainy again today....sigh

 

[DMRippy]

Pink, I did get rid of most of the mossy chicks. I think there is one.... but she may have been the one that was an olive egger... maybe not, but she is for sale now.


Are your eggs going into lockdown today or was that yesterday? Mine are going in tomorrow.

 

[pinkchick]

Debbi~ You used 3 little words that explain it all.

Diluted
Idoitic
Government

I have finally seen the light. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

 

[Debbi]

Debbi~ You used 3 little words that explain it all.

Diluted
Idoitic
Government

I have finally seen the light. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

I ain't going there, I'll get a spanking!!

 

[pinkchick]

Pink, I did get rid of most of the mossy chicks. I think there is one.... but she may have been the one that was an olive egger... maybe not, but she is for sale now.


Are your eggs going into lockdown today or was that yesterday? Mine are going in tomorrow.

I made the mistake of using a mossy bird once in my original flocks and paid for it. It passes on very easily and hard to get rid of. The only way I found to get it out of my birds is to cull every bird that shows it and not use for breeding.

I thought I was being smart and would increase egg color and used the original mossy bird because she had a very dark egg...it backfired on me.

My eggs were suppose to go into lockdown on Sunday but I was busy with that mondo yard sale for 2 days and didn't get to it until yesterday morning. 2 eggs looked questionable and the rest are good.

 

[pinkchick]

Quote:
LMBO!

 

[pinkchick]

Touching on the mossy again......I am still finding it show up in the offspring that have blood from Greenfire Farms in them. I kept 2 birds (pullets) that have that blood for testing for the carnation comb (Debbi's and my favorite thing in the whole wide world). Every baby from them has mossiness and Wheaten characteristics. Mossy to me means Wheaten influences or genetics in the background and Wheaten is something I don't want showing up in my Coppers. It is nice to have a couple that have it to cross back to for testing, but they are not used for anything other than that.
I will try to get a photo of a little BCM cockerel from one of these pullets for you to show you the mossy and the Wheaten shtuff going on on him. The nice thing is.....I'm not seeing any carnation combs from my original birds or Lil' Bill. Me likey likey this alot alot alot alot. Guess I made the right decision to cull all birds from there...and keep 2 offspring that I hatched from crosses to my original birds for testing.

 

[Debbi]

Funny, with all the other bad stuff I get with the Marans, mossy hasn't been a problem yet. I had two birds that each displayed a small patch of mossy on their left side of their breasts, but it faded totally away in like 2 weeks time. One of these was Olivia, who is oddly enough the darkest black I have here. She has become a real sweetheart to me lately, and will follow me around when she wants to go back into the coop to lay her egg. Can't remember who the other hen was, I'm thinking it was Clyde's sister maybe? Neither gal shows any coppering too.

 

[pinkchick]

Debbi - sorry about your psycho hen....and lost babies - yikes!

Pink - it is a touch of white on the ear lobe- just a little tinge - not the entire ear lobe
I have to go look up what the difference between Enamel White and Positive Enamel White, so I can answer your question better!

Rainy again today....sigh

From the 2010 SOP Book

Enamel White:
The satin-like white surface color found in the ear-lobes of Rose Comb Black Bantams and Mediterranean breeds.

Positive Enamel White:
Refers to permanent white in the face o ear-lobes where red is required, a DQ in some breeds. The term is not intended to include paleness of ear-lobes due to poor condition, nor any slight white appearance which lacks the satin-like characteristic of the ear-lobe of the Rose Comb Bantam.

 

[pinkchick]

Sorry, I should have been more clear..........I worry about the birds that do not lose the mossy, if it goes away when young I don't mind. I have not seen a problem using the birds that have mossy while young. I will not use a bird that shows mossy after first molt into adult plumage.