International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[kcrandall]

Autosome genes are passed down to the future generation from both parents ,regulated by the rules of dominance .
Sex linked genes are different ,Mama hen passes her sex lined genes to her sons only .
the Sire will passes his sex linked genes to both his progeny boys and girls .Example /silver cuckoo hen mated to solid black rooster = all the male progeny will be dark cuckoo and all the females progeny will be solid black .
but a silver dark cuckoo { one copy of the cuckoo gene} rooster mated to a solid black hen =50% cuckoo and 50% solid black . boys and girls .
sex linked genes are very complicated .
chooks man

Thanks for clarifying the autosome / sex-linked inheritance!

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

The picture of the angry girl I posted yesterday. This is what she gave me this morning.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Clover and 2 out of 3 of the Holly girls are laying now. They have been laying for almost 2 weeks now. Here are a couple of their eggs.

 

[Punkybrewster]

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The picture of the angry girl I posted yesterday. This is what she gave me this morning.

Pretty egg!

 

[GsWingsnThings]

Hey all, just wanted to share our project and learn what I can about the Golden Cuckoo Marans.
We went the route of buying our stock from a hatchery, I see a lot of potential but there are some corrections to be made. I noticed at least 4 different feather patterns now at 5 months old and different down when they were chicks. I know i have several types of marans. From my understanding you get Golden Cuckoo when breeding Cuckoo roos and BCM hens after a few generations. And then there is crele which is similar to the golden cuckoo but that cross is golden salmon and cuckoo?

 

[Chooks man]

Hey all, just wanted to share our project and learn what I can about the Golden Cuckoo Marans.
We went the route of buying our stock from a hatchery, I see a lot of potential but there are some corrections to be made. I noticed at least 4 different feather patterns now at 5 months old and different down when they were chicks. I know i have several types of marans. From my understanding you get Golden Cuckoo when breeding Cuckoo roos and BCM hens after a few generations. And then there is crele which is similar to the golden cuckoo but that cross is golden salmon and cuckoo?

you have few type of golden cuckoo . some are golden crele .
if you want to breed a proper golden cuckoo marans ,than select only the one they had a black hatch down as chicks ,not the stripy ones .
you have one pullet in second photo facing the camera look like a proper golden cuckoo marans ER/ER .
the cockerel in the photo is not golden cuckoo .
you need to find a good BCM cockerel to pair him to your pullet .

chooks man

 

[GsWingsnThings]

you have few type of golden cuckoo . some are golden crele .
if you want to breed a proper golden cuckoo marans ,than select only the one they had a black hatch down as chicks ,not the stripy ones .
you have one pullet in second photo facing the camera look like a proper golden cuckoo marans ER/ER .
the cockerel in the photo is not golden cuckoo .
you need to find a good BCM cockerel to pair him to your pullet .

chooks man

Thank you for the info! Getting this guy tomorrow!

 

[Offshoreorca]

My second egg from my Marans pullet is larger and more uniform in colour then the last. Happy with how things are going!

 

[salshep20]

My second egg from my Marans pullet is larger and more uniform in colour then the last. Happy with how things are going!

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[kcrandall]

My second egg from my Marans pullet is larger and more uniform in colour then the last. Happy with how things are going!

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Very nice color, texture, sheen and shape.