Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[DogandPonyShow]

Not wheaten/blue wheaten Marans, but I took this picture tonight and thought it might be of interest to this thread. 9 week old Ameraucana cockerels - wheaten, light and dark blue wheaten, and splash wheaten from left to right. Plus a couple of Marans and a blue wheaten Am pullet hiding between the boys.

 

[Chooks man]

pretty and healthy chooks a pair of Black copper marans there too.

chooks man

 

[Acadian Birder]

Question: If I cross a male Wheaten Marans with a Black Copper Marans ...what will I get ? ...and would the eggs be as dark?

 

[Chooks man]

crossing the Wheaten to a black copper is not a good thing .they are from different genetic family.
Wheaten are eWh family.
Black copper are ER family

you will get black mossy pullet with a straw hackles and a mix up cockerels with a straw hackle and too much red on them.

chooks man

 

[Acadian Birder]

Ok thanks...I am SO lost in the genetics , its not funny

 

[Chooks man]

Genetic is simple when we don t start mixing the thing .

if we work with a particular variety we have to know about t and understand t. very simple .
family genetic
color of the variety
type

work with a pure strain you will find genetic is very interesting and easy to understand

breeding chooks is fun

chooks man

 

[SunHwaKwon]

I'm posting in the BST but thought I'd throw it out there that I am looking for wheaten/blue wheaten eggs, as close to Maryland as possible.

 

[OldChurchEggery1]

Happy New Year! Looks like this thread has been very quiet. Anyone planning on hatching some Wheatens this spring? I'm looking forward to having eggs in the incubator soon

 

[enggass]

Yes. Hatching some Wheatens. My first. Set date March 3rd... You?

 

[knjinnm]

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I posted, but now I'm in a bind so I'm hoping someone here can help. A raccoon killed my Wheaten Marans cock so I'm looking for a replacement. I'm in the vicinity of Richmond, VA. If anyone has hatching eggs, what might you charge for them? That's my preferred way to bring in replacement stock, with NPIP day-old chicks a second.

I hope you all are doing well. Those Australian Marans in the post above look lovely.

Did you find a replacement for your Wheaten Marans cock? If not contact Randy AKA Berkley springs, he is in WV.