Marans Thread for Posting Pics of Your Eggs, Chicks and Chickens

[drom]

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Wow, aren't you lucky! I really like the Birchens. I was thinking last year that if I got another variety it would be Wheaten, (they're so beautiful) but now I am a little more interested in the Birchens since I have the BCs. I am reading that in France, they lay very dark eggs just like the BCs. Does anyone know who is raising the standard Birchens and what is the egg color is like over here?

 

[drom]

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OH, there they are. They are little beauties. Where did you get them?

 

[lildinkem]

I think you can get some chicks from Ray Valentine. I have a cockerel from another breeder who no longer carries them, with a few younger pullets. It will be 3 or 4 months till they lay. Yes they lay a fairly dark egg. A 5 to 6 range in color.

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

lildinkem:I think you can get some chicks from Ray Valentine. I have a cockerel from another breeder who no longer carries them, with a few younger pullets. It will be 3 or 4 months till they lay. Yes they lay a fairly dark egg. A 5 to 6 range in color.

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Could you post a few pics of yours? Just for a comparison of feathering? Please​

 

[amazondoc]

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It's a birchen carrying the gold gene.

Some breeders are famous for mixing their varieties. Ray Valentine, for example. There's no telling what you might get out of his birds.

GOOD breeders will try to produce lines that breed true. OTOH, some of these recessive traits can be hard to get rid of, so it's not really a surprise that they crop up sometimes. And remember, according to the APA a variety only has to breed true 50% of the time -- not 100%.

 

[60ACRES]

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Those are from Brenda: http://littlepeddler.webs.com/

Eggs in the incubator are from Buddy: http://www.backwoodspoultryfarm.com/



...and thanks!

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

Cute chicks posted recently, and what a handsome roo shared as well!
I've got 8 golden cuckoo eggs in the bator that should hatch this weekend... i'm fearful that I won't get any successful hatches. They were shipped eggs, my 1588 bator was at about 25% humidity until this week, and it's running 102, steadily. Argh. I had two different themometers in there -- one was reading 98, and the other 102. So, this week, because I was nervous, I slipped in a third. It's been reading 101-102 all week.

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

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Those are from Brenda: http://littlepeddler.webs.com/

Eggs in the incubator are from Buddy: http://www.backwoodspoultryfarm.com/



...and thanks!

I followed your link to Buddy's site. I was very surprised to see the rooster's condition in the photo on this page:
http://www.backwoodspoultryfarm.com/Backwoods_Poultry_Farm.html
Poor guy... looks like he needs some TLC? Hopefully he was just in a rough and tumble with another roo...

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

CHICKEN little 1 wrote:
O.K. guys I could use some help! I hatched this cockerel from Blue Copper eggs. Could it be Blue Birchen? Seems to me their are alot of recessive genes in the Marans breeds. I've even come out with a Wheaten from Cuckoo eggs. Seems to me there has been alot of intermingling in the colorations. No set guarantee of what you could possibly come out with. Which gives me the idea it could be a while before the Marans breed is perfected. Just a thought.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/14716_marans_and_coop_008.jpg

It's a birchen carrying the gold gene.

Some breeders are famous for mixing their varieties. Ray Valentine, for example. There's no telling what you might get out of his birds.

GOOD breeders will try to produce lines that breed true. OTOH, some of these recessive traits can be hard to get rid of, so it's not really a surprise that they crop up sometimes. And remember, according to the APA a variety only has to breed true 50% of the time -- not 100%.


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Thanks amazondoc ! I'd be lost without your knowledge.

I don't have any Birchen pullets from the hatch of Blue Coppers. I have 2 BCs,1 Black,and a posible Blue Copper. Should I keep the Birchen with any of them or a completely different pen. It would be sad if I couldn't use them.

 

[amazondoc]

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If you know which hen produced his egg, then you could breed him back to his mom in order to produce more birchens. But you'd still have to breed out the gold gene in order to have something really useful. Otherwise you could breed him to a black copper hen, then breed him to his own daughters to produce more birchens. And once again you'd still have to work on getting rid of the gold gene.