Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[flgardengirl]

Are your OEGB roos hatchery stock? If so, they could be mixed somewhere along the line with a yellow legged bird and the yellow isn't showing in the OEGs but might in the offspring.....

 

[shelleyd2008]

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It can't be a cochin cross since A) it has no feathered legs; and B) the cochins are girls. I've never seen a cochin bantam lay a full-sized dark brown egg.

The pic of the roos was taken when they were around 4 1/2 months old. I'll try to get new pics of them today.

ETA: This is Bev's site, the wheaten chicks on this page have yellow legs. http://www.bevsmarans.com/wheaten.htm

ETA again: Every pic I've come across on google showing wheaten marans chicks show chicks with yellow legs, so I'm going to assume that's what it is.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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The OEGB (b as in bantam

) roos in that pen are a black and 2 splash...no way would I get yellow chicks from those!

 

[pinkchick]

Shelley~

I have no idea what your baby is but I can tell you that it is cuteness x 10!


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[geebs]

shelly the legs are not yellow... They are pinkish white.

 

[Medicine Man]

I could almost testify that my Whetens have yellow-looking legs as peeps and grow to white. Not 110% sure.

pinkish white, that's it. As adults. But as peeps I remember a sort of yellow.

 

[cherylcohen]

here are the wheatens that hatched from fitz farm eggs lat week

Note leg color

 

[geebs]

HMMMM okay... you guys win... never dealt with wheatons so maybe as chicks they look yellow...cool enough.. If fitz has em with yellow legs...they must come with yellow legs... anyone one else???

 

[shelleyd2008]

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The one on the right looks like it has a leg on backwards when you first look at the pic

 

[cherylcohen]

LOL

Just went to look at them in person, the leg color is not really yellow, it's pinky white