Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[1 Bad Rotti]

I don't even have leghorn. I was just curious which color would prevail or if it would just be a light brown egg.

 

[Organics North]

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Sorry for the side track.. Is my avatar eggs? I changed it to eggs, but on my computer it just shows the galaxy sideways...

On the temps yep.. But we are starting to embrace the idea of winter now.. No more mud just clean white fluffy stuff from here on out..

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[Organics North]

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IMO very unlikely it would be as dark as the Marans, it would be lightened by the cross, best I can tell
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[Debbi]

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You would get a very light tinted brown egg. The Leghorns are known for their production of lots of white eggs. Cuckoos, unless bred by a breeder for dark color, are not typically known for very dark eggs, as in hatchery birds. So you would divde the production of the Leghorn in favor of a tinted egg, basically.

 

[Debbi]

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Sorry for the side track.. Is my avatar eggs? I changed it to eggs, but on my computer it just shows the galaxy sideways...

On the temps yep.. But we are starting to embrace the idea of winter now.. No more mud just clean white fluffy stuff from here on out..

ON

I'm seeing dark and blue/green eggs??? Looks great! Give me the snow, but keep the cold temps up there!

Now they're talking freezing rain here for T-Day, and that STINKS!!!

 

[Tala]

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I bred a RIR with White Leghorns and they laid very light tinted brown eggs. Kinda off-white or pinkish, just barely brown. Lemme see if I can find a pic.....

The middle row, upper 2

 

[Debbi]

Whoa Tala! Are you back from the future, or did you set the year on your camera wrong??

 

[Tala]

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hehehe it goes back to 2099 every time I recharge the battery. Usually I set the month and day right, but somehow I tend to get a lot of year 2099 pictures. It was from last September

 

[Debbi]

Ahhh, technology! Funny as how the camera will be long dead and gone well before that date! I love it!

 

[Organics North]

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Thats what I was thinking

Like a digital camera is going to last 90 years..


Thanks for the pics Tala...
You know a picture is worth a thousand words..

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