so recessive white is a color that only shows up with 2 genes. When it shows, it covers up all other color under it. When it first showed up in my flock, it came from the blue silvers. You can cross it back to other silver based birds, but any chick parented by the white one will carry white...
So we get our newest guardian employee starting next Wednesday. He is just a lil guy, 8 weeks old, and although I would have let him stay with his momma longer, she had a bloat scare that forced them to wean a bit early so I will be getting him home right after his shots and starting him...
I think it might turn out white, and since the whites came from the blues, there is a good chance that the white is hiding blue. My daughter wanted to keep a lot from the white group last year.
I first got my black silvers after searching online and sending a few emails out in 2012/2013. Eventually I got a bite when Bev Davis directed me towards a gentleman in Georgia who was breeding Black Silver ( Birchen) Marans, by the name of Reeves. I managed to get some hatching eggs and started...
Recessive white will cover any other colored genes underneath. It takes 2 Recessive white genes for it to show up, but without the Recessive white, it could be black silver, blue silver, or splash without the white gene.
It might be a recessive white one, too. I do have recessive white in my flock. You will know for sure in about a week when the first feathers come in. If there is any splashy marks, it is splash. If not, it is probably recessive white.
The 'mottled' girl is a mutation, if you get one of those it would be pretty rare but not impossible. Both girls that showed up mottled started out black silver and then started developing more and more white feathers.
Eggs are tough to ship overseas, due to them not liking elevation changes in flying. It might take too long to move eggs via boat, thats why usually adult birds are what is moved, plus dealing with customs for live animals can be a pain.
You know, I once had an Englishman contact me about...
If they have a tiny tail, it's actually pretty good, as you don't want a giant tail on marans you want a nice, pointy tail that is smaller rather than enormous. Slow feathering types can take what feels like forever for their tails to grow. Mine are slow feathering types, and you don't get the...
I've had rumplessness happen in the marans about 1 in 150 chicks. It seems a common mutation in this breed. I eat them, mostly. True rumplessness is where they don't even have a coxyx bone ( tailbone, however it is spelled)
I tend to not handle the boys a lot. After puberty, if I want the boys to be friends, that's a better time to work on them. They are through the confusion of wacky hormones, and finally clear headed, so befriending them after puberty works better for me. I also eat any boy who shows aggressive...
My lesson from this, is that a fence just isn't enough when you have a certain amount of acreage. I will be investing in a GPS fence collar. I had come to rely on him so much in those 2 years. It has been a non stop tear fest. My son is absolutely floored. He dug the grave practically himself...
He crawled through the chain link fence that lines the interstate and was immediately hit by a pickup. We don't think the driver was paying attention because Brian says he didn't swerve or slow down, we just heard it happen. He slipped out while I was busy cleaning the siphon that crosses the...
I hope more hunters get the message, but really once the birds go feral I guess it doesn't really matter. It is definately nice that he admitted that domestic and wild turkeys are the same species, because they sure are! lol. My birds have some decendents among the local wilds, because of wild...