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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    The breed standard for the Legbar. I thought the gold legbar was a good comparison because the male has very similar plumage to the GCM male. I suppose the main difference is that they describe the light barring colour as straw rather than light blue, though that could be down to e+ vs E^R...
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    Three(ish) days to go for the F1s and lavenders…
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    She’s actually perked up a bit today, standing and walking much more.
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    Thank you! I can’t wait to see the little ones and the F1 cockerels.
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    Esmeralda laid an egg today. I wasn’t there to collect it so I still don’t know which egg is hers! Rules out reproductive issues but she still isn’t great. Not much worse though and eating a little.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    There’s some promising boys there.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Am I right in saying you want splash silver cuckoo based whites because it means any paint patches are likely to be pure white anyway?
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    18 from 26 eggs remain on day 15 after candling. There’s one very dark one is suspect is dead but since it’s so hard to tell I’ve left it in. 6 lavenders, 2 have funny air cells but seem to be developing okay. All 3 of Chanel’s! 2 big speckled ones (I think Esmeralda but could be Joan or Belle)...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    @Chooks man I saw in the old GCM thread you had an F1 blue cuckoo you wanted to breed splash silver cuckoos from, to breed into dominant whites to get pure white birds. Did this ever come to happen or was it one of those projects and bloodlines interrupted by chaos?
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    Unfortunately Esmeralda has suddenly declined, slight weight loss and complete loss of apatite. She can walk but doesn’t bother and just lies on her side next to the drinker. I have a feeling I’ve caught it too late, whatever it is. She doesn’t seem egg bound or have crop-related issues, or...
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    Happy Easter everyone! Should really have taken some nice egg pictures…
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    @wrathsfarm have you hatch any chicks off of Poppy yet? I assume some of your young silvers might be but couldn’t remember.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Do you select for/against the recessive white the pops up in your line, or just let it happen when it happens?
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    Marans genetic and how to breed them to SOP

    I don’t hate the cockerel’s pattern, I’m not too keen on the pullet, just looks like a messier blue to me. Like you said not much of a pattern. But for me at this stage in my GCM project, all the cockerels are going to be S/s+, B/b+ anyway, so I’m selecting for the best type rather than best...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Thinking about it my Brahmas also lay rather long and pointed eggs, and they definitely have this character. It’s funny then when you think about it that Marans ideally should have rounded eggs when they’re at heart a dual purpose breed.
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