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Thank you! It's kind of exciting to finally be able to move to the next step after several years of starting over each year. It makes me want to fire up the incubator now instead of waiting a few months! (I'm sure my husband would love chicks in his garage all winter, right?)

Thank you & congratulations!

Hi everyone! Could someone help me with a breeding question? I have two females and neither has much coppering. My new male is very dark - possibly mahogany. It seems unlikely that I will produce females with nice coppering from this match or do I just need to try and see? I also have my...

So good to hear - thank you! I know he has a lot of growing to do, but glad that he's fine so far. This just might be the year that I can work with what I have instead of starting over.

Looks like it's fixed! Ok.... @snowbird Here are some pictures of him outside. I tried to get a close up of his wing area, too. He's 13-14 weeks now and has left his little band of hatch mates and is running with the big flock. Quite advanced, this one is. lol Here's a bit more upright...

Thanks Ihilani for the feedback. I have some better pictures, but am having trouble uploading them. His back doesn't normally look like that picture. It has a nice slight downward slope without that hump. He was looking for an escape route -- which I certainly prefer over coming at me to...

Well.....he's a BCM. What do you see wheaten about him? Oh no.

Here is my first "own" cockerel that made the preliminary cuts. He's 13 weeks old (!!!) and I really like him. It's hard to see here, but his saddle and hackle feathers match. It seems that his back slopes slightly downward. (This photo doesn't quite show his natural stance, but it's close.)...

Yes, that helps! Is it the same color Cuckoos Marans have? I'm familiar with that color. So are light brown or greenish eyes a cull point or is that something that can be worked on?

Hello! Today's questions is about eye color. What is the proper eye color for a Black Copper Marans? I'm seeing that black or pearl eyes are a DQ. Then I saw that the eyes shouldn't darken to brown. What is pearl, anyway? A picture would be great if anyone has one of the proper color...

Would anyone be willing to give me some advice please? My current male it not exactly what I had in mind, but he's quiet and not mean. That is of utmost importance to me in our small flock. In my current bunch of chicks I have "the tank" (posted a few days ago) that is the offspring of my...

To make sure I'm understanding correctly.....you find that using males with "halo" can help add color to pullets?

Check out this "bad boy". He's the biggest crowing offender in the group, and is now crowing so loudly that I can hear him loud and clear through the yard. He just turned 8 weeks old on Friday. His comb and wattle development is leaps and bounds ahead of the other males in his group. His...

I am growing out a batch of BCM's that are 8 1/2 weeks old. Am I the only one that finds the males of this breed start crowing around 6 weeks and start becoming obnoxious by 9? We've had a few other breeds of males this year and their crowing didn't start until around 13-14 weeks. Maybe it's...

Honestly, I tend to NOT choose Marans eggs for my breakfast because of the "lottery" issue mentioned previously with the meat spots. I have hens from a new line this year and find less meat spots, but they're still there. It's interesting, but also discouraging, that others seem to have this...

Thanks for sharing your experiences! I'm glad to finally be at a point to be able to see for myself. My rooster isn't a terror this year, my hens lay well, and I FINALLY had a decent hatch. Plus, I have 14 more eggs looking good in the incubator....but I don't want to count my chicks before...

Thank you! Will the egg color become lighter than the lightest line? Also, is it better to use males of darker color or females? Or does it matter? Thanks you!

Does anyone have time for an egg color question? My hens are from a dark laying line. My male hatched from a line that is around a 4. The chicks are just a few weeks old, but I'm wondering what I can expect. I have about a 1,000 questions, but I'm wondering if someone can give me some egg...

Good morning! I'm hatching and went to bed with 4 marans eggs "unzipping". Instead of finding chicks this morning I found the eggs in exactly the same way. This hatch also included OE's (6 of 6 already hatched out by yesterday morning plus one BCM that already hatched fine). I took the...

Thanks for the info, Wynette.