Wheaten and Blue wheaten Marans Discussion Thread

[snowbird]

Does anyone know if the Wheaten Standard has been approved yet.

 

[flgardengirl]

Yes. Looky here http://marans.org/news.html

 

[VillageChicken]

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Blue egg gene is dominant, - you could have a heterozygous hen that lays blue, but can produce blue and non-blue laying offspring.

 

[AZBootsie]

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some times they are very hard to hatch i usually go 45 percent humidity till lock down than 62 percent and yes wheaten marans are hard for some reason . i think its mostly fertility of roos .. just rest the eggs for a day whan you get them . id sudgest not candeling them every two seconds but thats just me... there is a dry hatch method but iv never tried it..

I took your Advice Randy and had an amazing hatch.

Bargain shipped me 12 eggs, I dropped one so just had 11 to set. 10 out of the 11 hatched. Not bad for shipped eggs!! They turned 2 weeks old this morning. Now, If I understand this thread, the ones with darker wings are cockerels?? If that is the case I think 4 or maybe 5 of them are boys. It was impossible to get good pics with everyones head showing... The 1 out of place black chick is my 4 year old Granddaughters "lucky egg". She collects the eggs, inspects and talks to each one then picks a lucky to add every time I set eggs.

So this would be boy and girl?? You can see Lucky poking her black head up in the background.

I am in love with these little golden fluff balls!!

 

[berkeleysprings]

wonderful news on your hatch bargain must have some very good roosters yes it looks like you have a hen and a rooster in that picture. it seems to me that the hens feather and quicker than the roosters


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some times they are very hard to hatch i usually go 45 percent humidity till lock down than 62 percent and yes wheaten marans are hard for some reason . i think its mostly fertility of roos .. just rest the eggs for a day whan you get them . id sudgest not candeling them every two seconds but thats just me... there is a dry hatch method but iv never tried it..

I took your Advice Randy and had an amazing hatch.

Bargain shipped me 12 eggs, I dropped one so just had 11 to set. 10 out of the 11 hatched. Not bad for shipped eggs!! They turned 2 weeks old this morning. Now, If I understand this thread, the ones with darker wings are cockerels?? If that is the case I think 4 or maybe 5 of them are boys. It was impossible to get good pics with everyones head showing... The 1 out of place black chick is my 4 year old Granddaughters "lucky egg". She collects the eggs, inspects and talks to each one then picks a lucky to add every time I set eggs.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/71564_wmgroup2.jpg

So this would be boy and girl?? You can see Lucky poking her black head up in the background.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/71564_wmboygirl.jpg

I am in love with these little golden fluff balls!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/71564_wmgroup1.jpg

 

[Budda's Birds]

Hey guys... its been while. It's great that the Wheatens got accepted by the APA also ots of beautiful birds on this thread lately. I happened to get a few good shots of my favorite birds over thanksgiving here they are:

 

[bigshawn]

Budda's Birds :

Hey guys... its been while. It's great that the Wheatens got accepted by the APA also ots of beautiful birds on this thread lately. I happened to get a few good shots of my favorite birds over thanksgiving here they are:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_honey2.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_daughter.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_butterscotch.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_rooster.jpg

Good looking wheatens................​

 

[Budda's Birds]

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Good looking wheatens................

Thanks! These birds are my favorites.

 

[bigshawn]

I see why.............

 

[jeremy]

Budda's Birds :

Hey guys... its been while. It's great that the Wheatens got accepted by the APA also ots of beautiful birds on this thread lately. I happened to get a few good shots of my favorite birds over thanksgiving here they are:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_honey2.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_daughter.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_butterscotch.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/64463_rooster.jpg

Very pretty, how is their egg color?​