Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[snowbird]

Notice you ask about the tail angle, I can see nothing wrong with the tail angle. If you have time catch these pullets up and check the undercolor. Don

 

[berkeleysprings]

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[cherylcohen]

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I can give you what I think and believe to be correct. Even though they are very young I believe #3 is much too dark to be able to even use as a breeder, notice the ear feathers are just as dark as her main feathers. These would have some tisdale wheaten blood I would think. The other two at this point are workable with #1 being the best, #2 is a little darker but we have to use some of these in our breeding program. What do the males out of this mating look like. Don

thanks agreed, but what about the pink band one's tail?

I'm not keeping the roos from this breeders, but I've got 5 I just hatched from cree farms 5 days ago!!

 

[rsquared]

Okay Wheatie fans, could use a refresher on feather sexing the youngesters. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. How young can you do this?

Thank you

Risa

 

[huckleberryfarm]

When their wings start coming in at about 3 or 4 days, the boys will have dark feathers and they will continue to get darker. The girls will be lighter. Someone told me very light and I remember that mine were kind of brownish and I was very confused on whether they were girls or boys. But a few days later, the boys really were turning blackish and the girls didn't. You should be able to tell fairly quickly.

 

[VillageChicken]

Pullet #3 looks to be carrying the Db gene that is part of what separates wheaten from black tailed buff. If you look at flgardengirls pictures on the main thread you'll see a blacktailed buff hen that is very similar to your 3rd pullet.

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[snowbird]

Randy, will try and combine everything we talked about on the Marans thread. The ear feathers on chicks would be called ear Down and the older fowl would be called Ear-Tuft. It should be at least a off colored white if it is white. The lighter the undercolor , the ear-Tuft will be lighter also or at least it should. Don

 

[berkeleysprings]

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[snowbird]

Randy, do you find that it is hard to breed the wheaten females so that you have the three color contrasts, wheat, dark red, and cream. I find in my wheatens it is harder than one would expect to accomplish this most of the time. It seems like to accomplish all three colors at the same time is very hard. Don

 

[berkeleysprings]

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