International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

She is a girl to me .. the colour of her beak plus the golden I wonder if Monique did send you a Golden cuckoo?

I have to ask her .

chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: You tell me...... did I?

 

[Chooks man]

did you post 10 faulty combs?

Yeah Chickengr .they are all of none is good.

you could just put one pretty one in the mix .ha ha ha.

My Rooosters are going mad

chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

Quote:
What is wrong with number 8?

Don't we want to know what makes a comb bad?

 

[bluejean55girl]

 

 


did you post 10 faulty combs?

Yeah Chickengr .they are all of none is good.

you could just put one pretty one in the mix .ha  ha ha.

My Rooosters are going mad

chooks man

What is wrong with number 8?     Don't we want to know what makes a comb bad?

too many points on number 8 I'm guessing

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: What is wrong with number 8?

Don't we want to know what makes a comb bad?
too many points on number 8 I'm guessing
Yes....

 

[Braxton Brigade]

I don't think so

Must have been a slight shadow, perhaps just some trickery from my own eyes haha.

Dvoice brexton comment about your cockerel comb is bang on the money recording to the Original French Standard.
I fully agree with Braxton Brigade.
Why you don t think so
Chooks man

Just a misunderstanding Chooks man, they were referring to a question within my "evaluation".

 

[Braxton Brigade]

Here are some Marans combs to critique.

1 Points on points forming "m"



2 Double comb point dips between 4 & 5

3 Out of proportion - too big - falling too far over the beak - short in the back

4 S shaped comb

5 Needs no explanation

6 Lobe stuck to the head, side sprig

7 Split lobe, too-large comb, the second part saw-toothed, lacking depth of points, ‘sketched’ and rounded points, protruding front-of-comb, excessive number of points

8 Points everywhere

9 Point on a point

10 Side sprigs

This is the problem with combs... variation haha, there are so many things that can be wrong with a comb.

I want to add a something about trying to prevent the 3rd comb from happening, brooder temps greatly effect how large a comb will get, combs are the birds main cooling device, if they grown up needing to shed lot's of excessive heat they will compensate by growing a larger comb, perhaps too large even.

Bev Davis lives in florida (I think), I saw her comment on a FB post saying something very similar to this.

 

[Old Man Tom]

Every thing about this cockerel is great, but the comb. That make 8 chicken dinners! ha ha

 

[Braxton Brigade]

Every thing about this cockerel is great, but the comb. That make 8 chicken dinners! ha ha

I saw a couple of your other Marans that you have some great potential with.