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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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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    This is fascinating, and entirely believable for Chanel. I do have a younger hen (45 weeks) laying a similar shape so when I identify which one I’ll check it out for this fat pad.
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    Marans genetic and how to breed them to SOP

    @Chooks man do you have any pictures of a cuckoo Marans x blue copper Marans? I’ve heard that barring and blue can interact in a blurry way rather than looking clearly barred. I was wondering what to expect from my Wellington x Chanel eggs.
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    I’m thinking (this is before seeing them in the flesh, mind you), I’ll aim to grow out a cockerel from Chanel and one from those darkest eggs. This would allow them to be less related, but also prevent either carrying any of Loki’s genes. I liked Loki for many reasons but making sure neither...
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    Got this egg today. This is like the egg I saw Claudie lay when she just started. But I haven’t had one in a while so she must have stopped laying, so non of her eggs in the incubator. I thought the longer speckled eggs next to Chanel’s in the inner ring were Claudies that had changed as she...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I shared these on a different thread but I thought they deserved to go here too. Chanel is almost 4 years old now, just put on weight post moult. I’d say she’s around 8 to 8.5 lbs now, as heavy as Wellington was when I sold him. She just seems to get better with age. There’s three of her eggs...
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    Reviving the English Golden Cuckoo Marans

    Exactly. The writing accompanying the standard even mentions using cuckoo hens for sex linked hybrids, but ignored the autosexing of the golden. The chairman of the Marans club lives near me and seemed interested in the project, so I’m hoping I can get some interest to spread the variety out...
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