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

[drom]

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And remember, according to the APA a variety only has to breed true 50% of the time -- not 100%.

Oh, hey there now, I didn't know that-great information

 

[ninjapoodles]

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I don't know about Buddy's roo, but if you're referring to the peck marks on his comb and wattles, my roos look like that about 90% of the time! It seems to come not from the other roosters, but from what I can observe, the HENS! My boys that are out with the hens definitely have more battle scars than the ones who live in the "bachelor pen."

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

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I don't know about Buddy's roo, but if you're referring to the peck marks on his comb and wattles, my roos look like that about 90% of the time! It seems to come not from the other roosters, but from what I can observe, the HENS! My boys that are out with the hens definitely have more battle scars than the ones who live in the "bachelor pen."

Yeah, the poor guy looks real bloody and swollen. In need of a rinse!

When our roo's get in a battle, there's always bloodshed, followed by lots of cool water rinses and separation. I've never had a roo taken down by a hen though. That's got to be a humbling event for the boy.

 

[ninjapoodles]

I couldn't see anything but the black peck-marks. I don't believe my hens have ever produced blood or swelling!

 

[amazondoc]

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Dangit, I realized when I was driving down the interstate this afternoon that I said this half wrong. I forgot one VERY important fact, namely that the silver/gold genes are sex-linked!

This means that the hen has only one copy of the gene. She has EITHER silver OR gold, but she CAN NOT have both. So she can't be a carrier.

SO -- in order to get more birchens, breed the birchen-carrying-gold rooster to a black copper hen. The hens that are produced will be either black copper, OR they will be birchen. The roos that are produced will be either black copper or birchen-carrying-gold. Then breed the birchen hens back to their birchen-carrying-gold father (or one of their birchen-carrying-gold brothers). THOSE offspring roosters will be either birchen-carrying-gold, or birchen.

Whew. Sorry for my attack of CRS syndrome earlier!

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

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WHOOOOO HOOOO!! I have my first Golden Cuckoo egg PIPPING!!
Cross your fingers I get at least 1 live hatch out of this sitting!!

 

[monarc23]

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WHOOOOO HOOOO!! I have my first Golden Cuckoo egg PIPPING!!
Cross your fingers I get at least 1 live hatch out of this sitting!!

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

amazondoc wrote:
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.

Dangit, I realized when I was driving down the interstate this afternoon that I said this half wrong. I forgot one VERY important fact, namely that the silver/gold genes are sex-linked!

This means that the hen has only one copy of the gene. She has EITHER silver OR gold, but she CAN NOT have both. So she can't be a carrier.

SO -- in order to get more birchens, breed the birchen-carrying-gold rooster to a black copper hen. The hens that are produced will be either black copper, OR they will be birchen. The roos that are produced will be either black copper or birchen-carrying-gold. Then breed the birchen hens back to their birchen-carrying-gold father (or one of their birchen-carrying-gold brothers). THOSE offspring roosters will be either birchen-carrying-gold, or birchen.

Whew. Sorry for my attack of CRS syndrome earlier

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No problem amazon. I really appreciate you taking the time to correct. Funny how things are always subject to change. I was hopeing for a flock of Blue Coppers,but Birchen are just as beautiful. So I wil take your advice. I have Black Copper pullets from the same eggs so I will breed the Birchens back to them,then the Birchen Roos back to whatever Birchen hens he produces,and so on.

One other question. Will the Blue Gene still crop up in some of the offspring since they came from Blue Copper eggs?

So much more to breeding these birds than I originally realized,but anything worth having is worth working for. Just glad we have knowlegeable people here!

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

SweetMissDaisy wrote:
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.

WHOOOOO HOOOO!! I have my first Golden Cuckoo egg PIPPING!!
Cross your fingers I get at least 1 live hatch out of this sitting!!


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Congrads SweetMissDaisy !

What a thrill it is to hatch your first Marans! Yay

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

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WHOOOOO HOOOO!! I have my first Golden Cuckoo egg PIPPING!!
Cross your fingers I get at least 1 live hatch out of this sitting!!

Congrats on the pip!

You did increase the humidity for the hatch, right? I wouldn't sweat the initial low humidity. Had you ever used the "dry method" before? If not, you just may be in for your best hatch ever, barring any other complications.

Good luck!