Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[flgardengirl]

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Hi David,
Do all European countries use the same colour card for grading Marans eggs? Is it possible to order a European colour card? If so from who?
Joe

I have a golden comet that lays a solid #4 egg LOL!! She really does, sometimes it is a #5! She doesn't have feathered feet though so she can't be French. I won't tell her

 

[knjinnm]

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So do you still have the rooster which produced the cotton free rooster and do you know which hen is the mother?

Joe

 

[berkeleysprings]

yes i do but its genetic luck more so than breed if u ask me lol thats funny last year i didnt know better
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So do you still have the rooster which produced the cotton free rooster and do you know which hen is the mother?

Joe

 

[jeremy]

berkeleysprings, that rooster looks very nice!

I guess there's the proof that a rooster can be bred without the fluff!

 

[berkeleysprings]

i culled because of the comb i wasnt crazy about , not knowing about the fluff

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[fowlman01]

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Whatever you did, keep doing it, that is a nice male.

Note the tail coverts and the width of the tail feathers......excellent wing carriage and overall conformation. There are things I can't determine by a picture (width of body, weight etc), but that is one of two of the best male Marans I have seen so far. The other was a blue red I believe.

Good job!!

Walt

 

[rockyspringsfarm]

That's a beautiful rooster berkleysprings.....You didn't "freeze" him, did you ?

Thoughts about hen color.....I read somewhere that using the darker hens would help with the under color on males if you needed to work on a male line. My understanding of the comment was that it was in the context of setting up a male line breeding group. I would like to hear from David on that issue when he has time. I, for one, would really appreciate some thoughts on what to use in setting up a male breeding group and a female breeding group for a double mating program.

The discussions are interesting and helpful. We can learn by sharing.

 

[Illia]

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Besides the fact that you sent him to the freezer ( give you a little

for that ) - I'd say

Hens with darker coloring, especially on the chest, will also add problems, though, like red leaking into the chest and too dark of plumage in general.

 

[berkeleysprings]

most of the nice comments i dont fulley even understand and me not knowing what to look for but thank you , the one good thing about what i am doing is i dont have a big bunch of birds i only have a very small number of birds so its less confusing and i have always taken notes on the history
mabe i pic the birds better my way ,i pick the ones that look like they taste better lol
i feal dumb lol
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Whatever you did, keep doing it, that is a nice male.

Note the tail coverts and the width of the tail feathers......excellent wing carriage and overall conformation. There are things I can't determine by a picture (width of body, weight etc), but that is one of two of the best male Marans I have seen so far. The other was a blue red I believe.

Good job!!

Walt

 

[Glenbogel06]

Berkeleysprings sister here - yes, freezer camp! Can you believe it. And that roo was one of the ones that used to follow our mom around all the time. Maybe next time he'll listen to me and not rid us of the roos quite so quickly! What do you think? You think he'll listen to me now? I would say that's still a big "NO"! Afterall, I am "little sis", and who ever listens to little sis? LOL