buckock
Songster
This guy is a black tailed red maran from Cackle… but. What do you call his color and what gene would cause this expression? I think it might be a dilute gene to change the red to cream but I’m not sure.
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This guy is a black tailed red maran from Cackle
Cackle should be ashamed if that's what they are selling. That bird is a mix.
This is what they claim their birds look like:
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The leg feathering is much better on this bird and the color is correct-ish. Your rooster has nearly no feathering on the legs. It also isn't built like a Marans, IMO. He looks like he's got Dominant White and all the color you see is red leakage. It certainly isn't dilute.
@The Moonshiner - what do you think?
That's my point. He's not a pure Marans, especially since he was in a mystery box. He honestly looks like a Red Sex-link rooster with a lot of leakage.I’m not upset. Cackle have only been working on the breed since 2020 and the chicks are all white so his fault wouldn’t have been apparent at hatch. Also, he came in a hatchery surprise box that had a ton of amazing chicks. If I’d gotten him specifically as a breeding rooster, sure I’d have been disappointed. But… this is way more fun.
Question about the dominant white… wouldn’t one of his parents had to have been white? I have a hard time believing any hatchery would have allowed that in a breeding flock!