Sorry, had to go to work and unload freight, but am back now. First, I can't believe how big these birds are already! Second, on that dark pullet, it does look like she has cuckoo in her background since they can be used to work on blues. You'll just have to watch her close. I've had some in the wyandottes that will come out really well cuckoo marked, even tho they hadn't been used for years and years to make the crosses. So, would not surprise me if the same were to be true for the Marans.We are now at 73%!!!!!!!!
Vicki~
Here is a quick photo of the little blue. I don't know if you can see what I see and this photo does not show you exactly how I see it. It is gray and very overcast this morning......the barring is very different from Ghost barring that I have seen. It is now turning white. When she got here a few weeks ago she was blue with what I thought was Ghost barring, but now that it is turning white I am thinking different. Am I right or is it just wishful thinking?
What do you think?
She is just now a tad over 2 months old.
Here is the solid Splash male and a peek of the other Splash pullet that came with them. I got 4 birds total, I rehomed one yesterday to a lovely lady looking for pretty eggs.....the pullet had clean legs, but she was very pretty. She was colored very similar to the male, very unlike the other pullet who reminds me more of my splash copper birds with more defined blue coloration and flecking throughout her body.
Copper on the chest is not a good thing on pullets or cockerel, on a male less than 10% is considered ok, but prefer mine to have none. On a cockerel, they will get color on the hackles, saddle feathers and wing bows, and can be a solid copper, but more than likely on the hackle and saddles, they will have an edging of black. If you can post a photo that would help to determine what you have. There are also issues such as mossiness and etc to consider, so without a photo, it makes it harder to know exactly what you have.
