Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[OldChurchEggery1]

I subscribed to this thread and another Marans thread and have a question about the neck feathering in the Wheaten hen. I have five pullets right now, two of which I won't be breeding from unless they lay incredibly dark eggs because it seems to me they have some kind of pattern gene showing up. Of the remaining contenders, two of them have faint black striping in their neck feathers. In reading the French standard, it says some black is permissible (

Tête et camail rouge-or à brun ; quelques marques noires possibles)

I hope it hasn't been covered already, but how much black in the neck feathers would be acceptable here in the US? Would my pullets be okay? Both of them looked like this at 3 1/2 months:

 

[berkeleysprings]

i have noticed the younger birds take on a almpst penciled feather look but it seems to gey washed out later

 

[berkeleysprings]

camt seem to find the right pictires

 

[Illia]

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Nice girl!


My pullets right now are feathering out very fast, but my most anticipated girl for some reason has a lot of black tickling in her neck. I'm sure it will disappear, she's just a baby, but it seems so unusual. The second pullet is coming along perfectly. My cockerels are still feathering in very slowly but are monsters in size! Too bad, they don't get super-big. The parents to thesse little'uns and their uncles were fast growing chicks too but don't get any bigger than the average Wheatie.

Pics soon.

OldChurchEggery1 - There's no mention of it but most breeds ask for no black or just don't mention black, thus, it is not wanted - , but I believe and don't quote me on this, that a tiny bit is permitted.

 

[berkeleysprings]

so hard for me to post here with me cell phone but il get back on the internet mabe next month . im tryimg to save some moneo

 

[berkeleysprings]

thank you . im just trying to post some random pics of hens some are very old
some are young. but golly they tale forever to come to pol

Quote:
Nice girl!


My pullets right now are feathering out very fast, but my most anticipated girl for some reason has a lot of black tickling in her neck. I'm sure it will disappear, she's just a baby, but it seems so unusual. The second pullet is coming along perfectly. My cockerels are still feathering in very slowly but are monsters in size! Too bad, they don't get super-big. The parents to thesse little'uns and their uncles were fast growing chicks too but don't get any bigger than the average Wheatie.

Pics soon.

OldChurchEggery1 - There's no mention of it but most breeds ask for no black or just don't mention black, thus, it is not wanted - , but I believe and don't quote me on this, that a tiny bit is permitted.

 

[berkeleysprings]

over the years iv gotten a few roosters (young)and noticed the darker colors and not used them here is a pic

 

[berkeleysprings]

to me thos guy is very nice looking but i had to cull him because he carried recessive yellow . but he was smokeing hot!

 

[cukooformarans]

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what kind of changes would have been made? How would one go about finding out what was approved??

 

[cukooformarans]

Randy

That is one VERY nice rooster ... I don't see the white at the base of his tail like most cockerels I've seen pics of are showing ... wow!