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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Good day. Greetings from South Africa. I have tried to get some genuine feedback regarding my 5 month old Black Copper Marans Cockerel. We have an extremely limited gene pool here and any birds are rare, let alone good quality according to SOP. This boy is pretty skittish and has no interest in...
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    Black Copper Marans cockerel

    Thank you. Yes, my understanding is that our Marans in South Africa are of the British standard, aka featherless legs. I don't think there are too many other differences besides the feathered/featherless legs. Any thoughts on the cockerel besides the legs would be appreciated.
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    Black Copper Marans cockerel

    Hi everybody. My Black Copper Marans cockerel is just over 4 months old. We have like one breeder here in South Africa that imported BCM's so as with many breeds the genetics and quality are iffy. Any thoughts on this guy? I tried my best to catch him standing still and in a few different...
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    English Orpington - Colour question

    Thanks. I was thinking maybe blue x Jubilee, so thanks for the confirmation.
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    English Orpington - Colour question

    Hi everybody. Greetings from South Africa. I have a variety of English Orpingtons, including splash, black mottled, blue mottled, chocolate and Mauve. I hatched some eggs from a breeder friend of mine and this was one of the pullets. He does have Jubilee birds but the colouring is not what I...
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    Chocolate & Mauve Orpingtons

    Hi everybody. I just wanted some opinions on my 4 month old Chocolate and Mauve Orpingtons. I am not sure if the coloring is quite right and there aren't loads of images on the internet.
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    Inexperience at spotting the fertile "bullseye".

    Thanks. My gut feeling was that it's fertile but I keep doubting myself!
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    Inexperience at spotting the fertile "bullseye".

    Hi everybody, I sure this has been asked a million times but I am really bad at spotting the so called fertile "bullseye". Please have a look at this egg and let me know what you think? All the images are the same egg.
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    My Ayam Cemani cockerel

    Hi from South Africa. Just wanted to get some opinions on my Ayam Cemani cockerel. We have an extremely limited genepool in SA but some excellent breeders.
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    Hatching Silver Partridge Brahma & Ayam Cemani eggs!

    I am from Cape Town. But we also have a farm in Kwa-Zulu Natal, a couple of hours outside of Durban. Oh and I tried to take some pics but they just will not cooperate!
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    Hatching Silver Partridge Brahma & Ayam Cemani eggs!

    Hi, yes I had 4 Brahma (2 males and 2 females) and 4 Ayam Cemani (1 cockerel and 3 pullets) and they are doing really well! I will post some pics.
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    Greetings from Soweto South Africa. I have have ducks and chickens started with breeding of both.

    Hi there. A fellow South African! I am from the East rand, near OR Tambo.
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    Silver Partridge Brahma - cockerels?

    Awesome. Thank you. Yes my understanding is Silver Partridge is an elaborate way of saying dark brahma!:D
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