Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[berkeleysprings]

your boy looks gtear i like the tail angle also , how old is he ,i wonder if he has recently molted or is he young ? the reason i ask is his main tail sickles are very short compaired to some i have ,,, he looks good but keep an eye on comb standing stright and by the way he looks very good in the tail as far as no fluff
thanks for posting pictures

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[flgardengirl]

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Does anyone know the answer to this genetics question?
I am trying to decide if I should create my own blue wheatens or just order eggs depending on how long it would take lol.
My blue marans have a much darker egg color compared to my wheatens so I am thinking maybe crossing my blues in would help with the egg color in the wheatens as well.

sewandgrow...beautiful wheatens!

 

[crazyforchicks]

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My BCMs are in lock down the 10Th, So excited! Those eggs are beautiful!!!!! What would it take to get some of those beautiful colors?

 

[cherylcohen]

These are the chicks I just hatched out, while they are the beginnings of the breeding program it may be awhile before I will have eggs!

 

[sewandgrow]

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Hi Randy................he is not a year yet. I think Marla said he was a March hatch. I would have to check my notes. My original goal was simply a variety of dark egg for fun, Boy have I gotten off track.....LOL

 

[sewandgrow]

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Does anyone know the answer to this genetics question?
I am trying to decide if I should create my own blue wheatens or just order eggs depending on how long it would take lol.
My blue marans have a much darker egg color compared to my wheatens so I am thinking maybe crossing my blues in would help with the egg color in the wheatens as well.

sewandgrow...beautiful wheatens!

Thanks Flgardengirl,
I found this thread awhile back & have slowly been working through the pages from page one & trying to keep up daily on the new posts. It seems I spend more & more time at this computer these days between the Marans thread, here & dark egg layers occassionally. That could be a good thing....It keeps me off of Ebay buying beads.......LOL When the weather is nasty I don't leave the house anymore than I have too & the computer is in the same room as the wood burning stove & TV.........can't get much better than that when I am alone....LOL

 

[berkeleysprings]

that would explane the short sicle feathers and the comb ,,,, it will stiffen up as he matures , nice looking guy
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Hi Randy................he is not a year yet. I think Marla said he was a March hatch. I would have to check my notes. My original goal was simply a variety of dark egg for fun, Boy have I gotten off track.....LOL

 

[sewandgrow]

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Hi Randy................he is not a year yet. I think Marla said he was a March hatch. I would have to check my notes. My original goal was simply a variety of dark egg for fun, Boy have I gotten off track.....LOL


Good to know Randy. I started with this trio to add diversity to my egg colors & have a couple more juvenile pullets coming up too from the same breeder.

 

[berkeleysprings]

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[blackdotte]

flgardengirl,
If you have a Blue Marans it is fairly easy to infuse the Blue gene into Wheatens.
First cross you can expect to get 50% of your birds that are Blue, & 50% that will be black.
Cull the Blacks.
Mate the best F1 Blues to Wheatens, you will get a mix of black,Blue, Wheaten & Blue Wheatens.
Again cull the Blacks & normal coloured Wheatens.
You can use these F2 Blues as above.
Mating the F2 Blue Wheatens with Wheatens will give you 50% of each.
When happy with type & egg colour, you can mate the Blue Wheatens together.
David