I just bought 6 purebred cuckoo maran chicks from another well known local breeder and 2-3 have rose combs. They are two weeks old and look purebred, does this ever happen with purebred maran's?
Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!
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no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
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no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
I'll go take some pics in a bit. As to any other breeds he only has maran's and rir.
no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
I'll go take some pics in a bit. As to any other breeds he only has maran's and rir.
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no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
I'll go take some pics in a bit. As to any other breeds he only has maran's and rir.
ok sounds good. That's too bad he didn't have another breed that might have gotten slipped in. That would have solved the problem much smoother than thinking of the alternative. I'll keep an eye out for the photos and hopefully others will come along as well soon
no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
I'll go take some pics in a bit. As to any other breeds he only has maran's and rir.
ok sounds good. That's too bad he didn't have another breed that might have gotten slipped in. That would have solved the problem much smoother than thinking of the alternative. I'll keep an eye out for the photos and hopefully others will come along as well soon
So my best friend calls me like 30 minutes ago and tells me that she has a pip in her eggs that are due on Sunday.
So I says to her, "NO WAY!" "You know I could have swore I heard chirping coming from my 'bator this morning!" "OooO...Sh-tuff!"
She says, "Yes WAY! Go look at your eggs!"
I shared my eggs that I got for the NYD hatch with her, remember? Then remember I said I thought they would go early?
So I'm freakin out on the way into my office to look in the 'bator, I get there and find this.................WARNING!! WARNING!! THIS IS PRETTY NASTY, so the weak of stomach should probably just not look.
Well you all know me and I had to open the egg, but first I removed the nasty oozy stuff and sure enough...this chick had pipped and appears to be a fully developed chick. Anyone ever had a chick pip and then.....ummmm, explode?
And no I won't show photo's of the open egg and chick, I thought this picture was gross enough.
EEEEEEEeeeewwwwwwwWWWWWWWeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Needless to say.....I put the other 11 eggs in lockdown.
So I says to her, "NO WAY!" "You know I could have swore I heard chirping coming from my 'bator this morning!" "OooO...Sh-tuff!"
She says, "Yes WAY! Go look at your eggs!"
I shared my eggs that I got for the NYD hatch with her, remember? Then remember I said I thought they would go early?
So I'm freakin out on the way into my office to look in the 'bator, I get there and find this.................WARNING!! WARNING!! THIS IS PRETTY NASTY, so the weak of stomach should probably just not look.
Well you all know me and I had to open the egg, but first I removed the nasty oozy stuff and sure enough...this chick had pipped and appears to be a fully developed chick. Anyone ever had a chick pip and then.....ummmm, explode?
And no I won't show photo's of the open egg and chick, I thought this picture was gross enough.
EEEEEEEeeeewwwwwwwWWWWWWWeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Needless to say.....I put the other 11 eggs in lockdown.
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no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
I'll go take some pics in a bit. As to any other breeds he only has maran's and rir.
There are 2 types of combs in the RIR's....Rose and Single.
no..they should have single combs only. The only way a marans would have a rosecomb is if indeed they are not purebred. Do you know if they raised any other breeds in barred or cuckoo pattern that might have possibly been grabbed instead of the cuckoos? Maybe this is a better question...do you possibly have any pics you could post for us? There are some sharp genetics gurus that come on here and might be able to give you some more technical insight
Oh...and welcome to the forum!
I'll go take some pics in a bit. As to any other breeds he only has maran's and rir.
There are 2 types of combs in the RIR's....Rose and Single.
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Now c'mon..I warned ya'll.
Now c'mon..I warned ya'll.
WOW that was informative! you guys are awesome...I will definately take my newbie self over to the other threads and see what I can learn there as well...I am gonna go ahead and post some pics of my roos here as well as you guys are SO awesome and some have asked for them,if that is ok. Pink chick thank you SO much for the answers to EACH question that was much appreciated! Village chicken thank YOU for the other threads and the standards,also much appreciated.
SO with out further ado here are my boys...
This is the first set of brothers... Approx 11 months of age. SUPPOSEDLY GREAT bloodlines like someone said a pound of salt HA! Anyhow this is them easy to tell apart
The first is Hector and the other is Crappy.HAHA yep that is his name.
Hector again
and again
Two brothers
crappy part turkey or somethin?
better legs? than his brother.... is it me or is everything else bad? he is super sweet too!
bless his heart, I wonder if he is just a lot younger and the lady didnt know? Im expecting an egg soon!
he has gorgeous colors!
I will do a second set on a different post of the other set of brothers.
SO with out further ado here are my boys...
This is the first set of brothers... Approx 11 months of age. SUPPOSEDLY GREAT bloodlines like someone said a pound of salt HA! Anyhow this is them easy to tell apart
The first is Hector and the other is Crappy.HAHA yep that is his name.
Hector again
and again
Two brothers
crappy part turkey or somethin?
better legs? than his brother.... is it me or is everything else bad? he is super sweet too!
bless his heart, I wonder if he is just a lot younger and the lady didnt know? Im expecting an egg soon!
he has gorgeous colors!
I will do a second set on a different post of the other set of brothers.
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