Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[berkeleysprings]

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[berkeleysprings]

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well u hope u have chicks hatching let me no please

 

[Illia]

Just showing off and updating.


Out of only a couple W/BW eggs I hatched, I got just what I wanted. . . A Blue Wheaten pullet. She's growing and feathering fast!

Here's an enormous cockerel who's as usual feathering in very, very slowly.

My Blue Wheaten father/cock is FINALLY almost done molting. I can't wait to see him in his once former glory again.

 

[rsquared]

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They are just gorgeous Illia!! Congrats on the pullet and her coloring

 

[Cattitude]

I wondered about my 3 Marans chicks being so huge compared to the other chicks! Apparently they are born to grow fast. I have 9 more Marans eggs in the hatcher and today is Day 21...

 

[cukooformarans]

Here is my cutie hatched this past Thursday from eggs from Randy. He/she is an energetic one. I tell you, I think he has the loudest chirp I have ever heard. He can chirp over the tv and my 2-year old! Quite a feat!

So what do you think? I see some black coming in on the wings. Male? Too early to tell??

 

[berkeleysprings]

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nice chick sorry hat h rate was so poor but lile i said once they start laying again il send more the chick is to ypung for me to sex and most wing feathers iv noticed start put ki.da black. my maim worry is always yellow legs
it takes about two or 3 weeks to know leg color is pinkish white like they should be so dont worry abouy yellow legs till 3 weeks from what Vc tells me chicks eating the egh yoak makes legs yellow

 

[berkeleysprings]

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very nce . how old ?

 

[cukooformarans]

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nice chick sorry hat h rate was so poor but lile i said once they start laying again il send more the chick is to ypung for me to sex and most wing feathers iv noticed start put ki.da black. my maim worry is always yellow legs
it takes about two or 3 weeks to know leg color is pinkish white like they should be so dont worry abouy yellow legs till 3 weeks from what Vc tells me chicks eating the egh yoak makes legs yellow

Well, the picture may not show well, or I may not know what I am talking about ... but his legs really don't look all that yellow ... they are a shade that I don't know how to describe other than they do have a pink tint with light yellow undertones .... that probably doesn't make sense but it would if you could see them ... anyhow ... I'll post updated pics as he gets older so we'll know for sure soon! Thanks again for the beautiful eggs and all of the help!

 

[berkeleysprings]

yellow legs on older bord

normal correct color on youngbirds