Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[berkeleysprings]

i wonder if , in the long history of wheaten marans if they ever looked better than whay we are all producing today ? i would think its a easy answer and it no. they are better now . also if roosters with white in wi.gs and tails produce nicer hens ( better cream colur) .thats a indacation we have to breed bad roos for good hens and bad hens for good roosters ? that would stink

 

[Debbi]

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Unfortunatly, probably yes. Same with the BCMs, a loud colored roo will put more hackle color on the ladies. They don't seem to help the male offspring though, so you get more overly red roos.

Randy, how are the combs doing in the Wheaten world? Do you guys see many sprigs or carnation combs within this variety??

 

[AZBootsie]

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some times they are very hard to hatch i usually go 45 percent humidity till lock down than 62 percent and yes wheaten marans are hard for some reason . i think its mostly fertility of roos .. just rest the eggs for a day whan you get them . id sudgest not candeling them every two seconds but thats just me... there is a dry hatch method but iv never tried it..

Thank you Randy, I will try that.

 

[VillageChicken]

I hatch marans eggs alongside other breeds that lay white, blue and brown. They haven't been any harder to hatch unless they are very large. I have hatched hundreds of eggs, and have seen that usually the very largest eggs, of any variety, are the hardest to hatch.

I have been very successful with dry hatching all varieties, but haven't tried in the very driest dead of winter. I've been hatching a couple dozen every week here for the past 2 months, and only add water for the last 2-3 days. At that point the humidity is 60-65. Before that I don't even measure.
It doesn't seem to make any difference.

 

[berkeleysprings]

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Unfortunatly, probably yes. Same with the BCMs, a loud colored roo will put more hackle color on the ladies. They don't seem to help the male offspring though, so you get more overly red roos.

Randy, how are the combs doing in the Wheaten world? Do you guys see many sprigs or carnation combs within this variety??

never got side sprid or carmation out of the 200 + birds raised i snhould correct tiis
. clpser to 350 birds amd combs are not perfect ie amonut of points

 

[berkeleysprings]

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love to see some pictures of your birds spme day of ypu ever post mpre pics let us mo

 

[berkeleysprings]

tomarrow i hope to post alot of rooster pictures of some upcomeing breeding roos . my old davis is not doing the job in the beroom lol. not sire if its because of molting or what but i have 4 of his off spring comeing to age and il post pictures and ask for some thoughts from everyone.. its nice to get advice and outhers thoughts

 

[berkeleysprings]

 

[Debbi]

Nice Randy! I like them all...except for that last pic!

They would've been shot with something other than a camera here.

 

[berkeleysprings]

lol i will just as soon as i take the plug out of shotgun were only aloud 3 shots

also the last 2 hen pics are of a very small hen almost a bantum size. i just need a small roo to breed her to she
is same age as roosters but very small