If I may interject, you might take care to holster your sharp tongue here...for now and for evermore. I know from hard experience, one can get neck deep in "poop' just for joking around, even with one you think you know. If the wrong person is cycling or in a grumpy mood, one can get into...
I guess I'm kinda old and a lot 'old school'. I understand culling/killing a hateful cock if one has small children or elderly folks to worry about but there is no way I would 'cull' an otherwise excellent cock bird just because he thinks he can take me. When I get so that one CAN get the best...
I honestly haven't been able to read every post yet (but I will, eventually). I'm wondering if anyone other than I has any appreciation for the solid Black (more or less) Marans?