Wrath's Marans

[Bantambird]

Yes a lot of history and a very important breed when it comes to our modern understanding of genetics. (That’s genetics as a whole, not just in chickens.) Did you that they were bred at Cambridge by Reginald Punnet, who invented the Punnet square, the very diagram we use for genetic crosses?

Indeed an interesting breed and I’m glad breeders in the states like yourself are treating them as such. I’m also relieved we probably won’t have conflicting standards like we do for leghorns and marans (unless we do…)

If there's a conflict, i haven't seen, outside the shell color debate. My gripe is that lots of folks pick up the breed because they are really pretty, the autosexing gimmick is pretty awesome, and the crests and blue eggs are very fun, but all of those factors plus the complicated color genetics ( basicly crele with a cream gene) means they really aren't super beginner friendly. I do have a project group, made with a friend, where we added rose combs to a batch. Every year, i loose all the single combs on my cock birds among the Cream Legbars. We were hoping for a project variety that can handle our extreme winter temperatures better. I still will keep the regular ones, it's just a project for now.

 

[TexasBlues]

Yes a lot of history and a very important breed when it comes to our modern understanding of genetics. (That’s genetics as a whole, not just in chickens.) Did you that they were bred at Cambridge by Reginald Punnet, who invented the Punnet square, the very diagram we use for genetic crosses?

Indeed an interesting breed and I’m glad breeders in the states like yourself are treating them as such. I’m also relieved we probably won’t have conflicting standards like we do for leghorns and marans (unless we do…)

I found the history fascinating and even more important because of Punnet. Something I find interesting is that legbars are created as are aruacanas in the Uk and Australia, but not in the americas. So at what point in their develop did auracanas lose earmuffs and gain muffs, beards, and crests?

 

[Bantambird]

I found the history fascinating and even more important because of Punnet. Something I find interesting is that legbars are created as are aruacanas in the Uk and Australia, but not in the americas. So at what point in their develop did auracanas lose earmuffs and gain muffs, beards, and crests?

Americaunas were bred here i think in the 70s? One of the breed founders is a member here, i think he's a Minnesotan. User name with Jerry in it... trying to remember

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

I found the history fascinating and even more important because of Punnet. Something I find interesting is that legbars are created as are aruacanas in the Uk and Australia, but not in the americas. So at what point in their develop did auracanas lose earmuffs and gain muffs, beards, and crests?

I don’t actually know for auracanas but I feel like they could have faverolles or something added for these traits. The blue egg mutation actually occurred in South America, so maybe different imports had different traits.

 

[Bantambird]

That's right, it's Jerry's, im pretty sure. Ask him.

 

[Bantambird]

Jerryse

 

[Bantambird]

Aracaunas were developed from south American birds, South American chickens originated from, apparently, Easter Island, from trade with the Rapa Nui people, where the blue egg gene purportedly came from

 

[Bantambird]

Easter Island was settled by the pacific Island peoples, who settled islands all across the pacific over 1000s of years, bringing chickens with them to most islands they settled. It's thought that the blue egg gene was from a fertile cross in of green jungle fowl. Unsure if that's been proven or not.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

Easter Island was settled by the pacific Island peoples, who settled islands all across the pacific over 1000s of years, bringing chickens with them to most islands they settled. It's thought that the blue egg gene was from a fertile cross in of green jungle fowl. Unsure if that's been proven or not.

I did not know about this theory, that’s very interesting.

Also just discovered that you had a YouTube channel (people’s bios only appear on my iPad)!

 

[Bantambird]

I did not know about this theory, that’s very interesting.

Also just discovered that you had a YouTube channel (people’s bios only appear on my iPad)!

Lol, yeah, i just post whatever I feel like, mostly animals because I can and it saves phone space. Sometimes I post actual information!