Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[chickengr]

My youngster has a milky eye, no fluid, no crusties, no smell. Any suggestions what it is?

I would put tobradex or similar ointment 3-4 times a day. it doesn't look good.

 

[Elemes]

Here are my 2 BCM at about 7 weeks.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

How about a picture, Sometime the real young will grow out. If they are in a place with no Sunshine it will effect the Comb also.

I finally got around to replying, sorry about that lol. I've decided that with the combs being such a big issue with marans I will not be using him in any serious breeding right now. I'll hang onto him for a while, hoping to get a little peddler cockerel soon. Probably just sell pet quality chicks/fertile eggs once my girls are matured.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Both parents were pure BCM one chick is white.

I am waiting on one more egg to hatch. It is still under broody but the development looks good.

 

[snowbird]

Both parents were pure BCM one chick is white.

I am waiting on one more egg to hatch. It is still under broody but the development looks good.

These had some tainted Genetics somewhere. The dark chick with all the brown is not a BC Marans either.

 

[Choco Maran]

Chickengr What ever happened with the chick with the bad eye?

 

[gimmie birdies]

No I had to lighten the pic because he was hard to see..here is same chick, I didn't lighten the pic. I am not trying to breed,

I am just getting a few colored eggs in my coop.



here are the eggs they came from, good enough for me. thanks.
Here are the parents, and she obtained them from GFF.

and I got the eggs for free, ... yeah me.

 

[I Love Layers]

I can't wait to get 10 of these beauties next year!!
Hopefully I get more hens then roos though since the person I'm buying from only sells straight runs..

 

[gimmie birdies]

The chick to the left is the chick from the above pics, born yesterday, and the second chick born today!
I am very happy with both!!!and the white one makes me happy too.

 

[gimmie birdies]

The dark Gray and the light gray are blue isbar mixes, (not related to the marans. they were eggs from my coop)

the 2 black are the pure BCM, (the black ones are "Dolly" because she was a day late and a dollar short, and "Madison" because her genetics made someone "mad" and the white maran. They were hatched in a group.



White maran up front, ( on a diff page BYC a breeder said BCM will have a white chick sometimes, but it is rare! LUCKY!) Also I didn't have a name for her, someone didn't like her genetics, so I named her Jen. Thank you for the name! The blue isbar mix chick in back...