Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[Glenbogel06]

Hey Randy - Just looked at that picture again. Are you sure that isn't our current "bachelor" Roo? It looks like he's in the old brooder/marans area, and our other group of bachelors was in the tractor coop area. I don't remember having other males in that area close to other marans. Then again . . . the memory isn't what it used to be!

 

[cpartist]

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I remember commenting about this boy not too long ago...loved him.
Found the post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=383320&p=55
It was less than a month ago. It would be great if he's still kickin' and has no freezer burn

Please check it out and let us know!

 

[berkeleysprings]

well my sister is right i think ,he is the one i liked , the pictures i posted just a few months back and i will inspect him tonight now that he is a few weeks older ,how dumb am i , i went searching for a roo picture of one with out fluff or verry little fluff i never thought to look in my own coop !i wont be home till dark tonight but il post some pics saturday

 

[jeremy]

I'm looking forward to those pictures!

 

[Debbi]

Randy,

I sure hope he's not the one in the freezer!!

You'd better listen to your little sis! The two of you need to get together and decide together before culling. Maybe get some red spiral bands to band the culls?? Even then, I'd watch them for a couple of weeks longer. These guys can change so much in a couple of weeks!!

 

[berkeleysprings]

thanks for the help and advice deb ,,,, i have leg bands on all the hens but as for ther roosters i never breed any roos except the origonal davis roo but i raised to age many last year and saved 5 or 6 roosters and picked one to keep as a back up so i realy had no reason to band 2 birds i will test breed him in a few weeks just to see what comes out but the way i see it is i will go backwards in egg color mabe if i use another roo.
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[berkeleysprings]

Great news! Rooster did not go to freezer camp!

 

[jeremy]

Guess what I'm getting tomorrow everyone...

 

[berkeleysprings]

i hope its a flock of wheatens!
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[fowlman01]

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Some people don't agree with this, but if they were mine I would use both males and breed father to daughter/mother to son.
BTW: I don't think you give yourself enough credit. You seem to have the eye that the old timers used before people went high tech with genetics. The main tail feathers in this male are probably wider than most Marans males......anywhere. They have exceptional width of feather. This is what you need to correct tail problems. That little bit of fluff is nothing.

Walt