Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[sewandgrow]

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Temperature 99.5*
Humidity for the first 18 days between 45 - 50* Increase to 70* for the last three days.

Eggs are very forgiving so don't worry too much.

The incubator should be pre set so you should be alright with the temperature but humidity might be a problem because it's very hard to find an accurate hygrometer. Check the air space at day eight and take out any eggs that look clear. Keep an eye on the air space, if it looks small reduce the water, if it's too big increase the humidity.

Some people can't help themselves at the end of the hatch to see if there is a live chick there or not. If there is a live chick that is a bit late hatching put the egg back in the incubator and cover the egg with a wet face cloth. The chick will hatch out and be alright with the extra humidity.

Bev


Thanks Lisa,
I read everyday but it is difficult to keep up with all that is going on. I stashed the info in my BYC notes.
Karen

 

[math ace]

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Absolutely no problem. I just remembered that Bev had answered the same question for me - - - so it was easy for me to go back in find it through my own posting history.

Bev will still need to answer what type of incubator she uses . . .

 

[VillageChicken]

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The W/W gene for white legs is not sex-linked. So both hens and roosters have two copies. Either one can carry/hide the yellow.

What you wrote in your earlier post is correct. You will need to single mate to find your hens carrying yellow.

You will need to keep your rooster who carries yellow to help that process, but after that, if you keep him, he will continue to create carrying offspring.

It is the ID/ID gene that is sex-linked, and roosters carry two copies, hens only one. This is the shank darkening gene.

 

[math ace]

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What does W/W and ID/ID stand for ? ? ? Thanks

 

[VillageChicken]

W = the gene that gives white legs. If they don't have W then they have "w" which is the symbol for yellow

So W/W is white
W/w is still white, because white is dominant = these are your carriers
w/w is yellow

ID = inhibitor of dermal melanin, it is the one that gives the dark undercolor of the skin.

Males can be ID/ID = Pink or light shanked
ID/id = pale slate if combined with white skin Hens with similar color shanks can be ID they only have one.
id/id = slate Hens with slate shanks are "id" they only have one

The concern with Yellow is with the W or w gene.

The two shank genes were mixed up, that's why someone mentioned only the roosters carrying yellow.

 

[geebs]

No reason at all to post except that I just like to look at my rooster and though you guys might like some scenery... It is windy wet and cold here.. and I am using a video cam... but still posting it anyway!!

There is one of his hens peeking through the fence at another roo.... He is bookin'... (gotta set things right) LOL...

 

[VillageChicken]

Silver Salmon: is that the Silver version of Golden Salmon?

It's strange because I think Golden Salmon is the same as Golden Duckwing isn't it?

so Silver Salmon would be Silver Duckwing? Or is there a difference?

These are pictures from the French website:

It's confusing because the only other variety that is called Salmon is the Faverolles, another French breed.
But the Salmon Faverolles is Silver Wheaten with Mahogany. The French really know how to make things confusing.

 

[RobinZ]

First BCM egg today, WooHoo! Not as dark as I hoped, will they get darker? (Pic shown up against a RIR and Comet egg. )

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34221_100_5927.jpg

 

[math ace]

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Sometimes they get darker, sometimes they get lighter, sometimes the color doesn't change at all.

 

[geebs]

Congratz Robinz!!!! alway a good day when we get an eggie!!!

villagechicken...Thanks for posting.. As for duckwing, the phenotype presents itself in several different ways... This is my understanding... The genotype can be different and still produce the same phenotype depending on the breed of bird... If anyone disagrees with this... please set me strait... It is hard to wrap my brain around it and I don't want to have false ideas as I am learning too... I have asked that question before and that is the answer I got..if I am remembering it correctly...

Oh and yes golden salmon is written out as duckwing also... I can't answer for the silver... I imagine that instead of having a golden base that the base color is silver but what makes it salmon instead of Birchen I just don't know... I hope someone comes along with the answer.