Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[dvoice]

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[jaybrenn]

I think you're correct on all three.

 

[dvoice]

Nice. Started with 8 eggs. 3 infertile I didn't finish zipping and 1 weak and died so would be great if I had a trio

 

[snowbird]

I think you're correct on all three.

Jay, good to see you here, look forward to discussing the wheaten

 

[snowbird]

Randy, Come out of hiding we have another good Wheaten breeder on board.

 

[jaybrenn]

Thanks for the welcome Don. I don't know about being a good breeder or not but I'm trying lol. Hopefully I can learn a thing or two from you all.

 

[jaybrenn]

Has anybody ever bred females with some black "ticks" in the hackle feathers? I have one with them and have hatched a few out of her. Im curious to see if it corelates to anything in the male offspring. I would assume that the females will have the hackle ticking Im just wondering if anything will show up in the males.

 

[snowbird]

Jay, I like the stripe in the hackle of the male and female. I know when I breed a female she must have the stripe. I can not really say if it makes a difference since my females have to have it or no breeding pen. When all is said and done we will realize that the stripe , like the slate undercolor has something to do with the White showing up. I believe also that it helps with Body color on the male and female.

 

[jaybrenn]

So you think that the slate undercolor has something to do with white showing up then? The reason I ask is because I had a cockerel that I got from a friend of mine that had a white feather in each wing but he had really light almost white under color. I'll see if I can find a pic of him.

 

[jaybrenn]