Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[VillageChicken]

Just heard back, and so far no losses. Got just one week left, and we're back in Hungary. The kid taking care of them is having a heyday hatching eggs from my birds. I'm glad for him.

Yeah Berk how's the yellow leg gene hunt going for you?

 

[loprettaerin]

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Glad you will be coming back to new chicks and all your birds are intact

 

[cukooformarans]

Yay for babies! What kind is he hatching?

Do you only work with Wheatens?

 

[berkeleysprings]

i think iv got two hens worked out and 8 more to go , this weekend il know for sure , im truying to squeeze more chicks out of my old rooster , breeeding him , he is over 4 now
and slowing , i will post some chick picks this weeekend,. i returned the loaner roo to the nice people , and i saved a yellow leg wheaten marans for further test breeding
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[VillageChicken]

We have Wheaten Marans, Black Copper, Bresse Gauloise in white and black, and Araucanas (and a whole bunch of mixed barnyard layers).
My Wheaten hens are the most eye catching, especially when they are not too dark.

So did you test your Buddy Henry hens first Randy?

 

[berkeleysprings]

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they are due to hatch sunday , and thats so true about the wheaten being the lookers of the bunch ,,, and your right about not breeding the dark ones lilke in this picture

i wish i understood how the rooster plays a part in this , im not sure i understand how two completly looking birds (hen & rooster ) could have anything to do with each outhers colors or why its so random ,, i only produced a few ,,, less than 3 , in the many i have hatched that are to dark , of corse i couldnt tell the roosters but hens its easy to see to much mohogany like u pointed out a long time ago and u set me stright ....

 

[Budda's Birds]

Hey peeps! how are everybodies birds doing? how is the search for the birds hiding the yellow leg gene Berkleysprings?

 

[berkeleysprings]

the one carring the hidden yellow is gone and i have a few daughters to work threw ,,,, takes forever , egg color is great on a few 4 gen birds wich is nice

Budda's Birds :

Hey peeps! how are everybodies birds doing? how is the search for the birds hiding the yellow leg gene Berkleysprings?​

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Hi, y'all! I'm new to the world of wheaten marans and have some questions.
I have hatched out two rounds of chicks from two different breeders. Round one was a failure. I got one chick out of 24 eggs and she has a leg turned in. I really like her coloring though. I am unsure if the leg thing is genetic or if it was a hatching error. I am thinking that breeding her is a no no. She is a nice even color though.

Round two came from a different breeder whose chickens looked more like those of the girl that hatched in round one. The babies though have come out with black lacing almost. They don't look anything like the baby that come out of round one. Two of them seem to be roosters. One is coloring in like what I see adult wheaten males look like. The other is almost solid black on his body.

male 1

male 2

The lot of them-

My questions is will the black molt out as they age? Will they ever look like the first girl? The standard seems to look more like the first hatch than the second. Is this correct? I'm wondering if perhaps this second round is not the quality I thought it was.

What do y'all think?

 

[berkeleysprings]

all black one is funny but heres some pics what should look like

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