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  1. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Doh!!
  2. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Doh!!
  3. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I clearly bring out the worst in me, my apologies.
  4. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Wow, I am the only one in here in the last couple of months who gave you any of that to talk about, so, Happyfrenchman, you aren't helping.
  5. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Don, I've been patiently waiting for you to elaborate on this post, but you haven't so far. Might I prod you to do so?? In case you don't remember, I'm inbreeding multi-purpose x BCM roo for 4 generations, always cross with pure BCM fathers.
  6. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    A google search for "absorption crossing" sure doesn't bring much up, just one conversation about cow breeding and your comment here. An FAO.org document mentions it, but they describe it very differently to what you've described. Can you point me to any further discussion of this "absorption...
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    @Chooks man Rooster 1: Rooster 1: Rooster 1: Cockerel 1: Cockerel 1: Cockerel 2: Cockerel 2: Cockerel 3: Cockerel 3: Cockerel 3: Cockerel 1 and 2 are brothers, but unrelated to Rooster 1. Cockerel 3 is an F1, and therefore brother to all my current pullets. Must I...
  8. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I should add, I plan on introducing new pure BCM cockerels to the laying flock over time. I have 2 dozen pure BCM eggs coming in March.
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    no offspring cockerels are with offspring pullets, all cockerels are being culled for meat. So all pullets are with their fathers (2 different bloodlines)
  10. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Don, we don't know each other, but I thought I would ask you specifically given @scflock 's high regard. I have pure BCM roosters, cross breeding them with a local multi-purpose hen, and then inbreeding for 4 generations in the hopes of getting the recessive BCM gene to turn them into very...
  11. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    When I am storing up my eggs for a setting, they sit in my ground floor, which stays consistently 55-60F and maybe 35% RH. Once I fill a carton (12), it gets set at a 45 degree angle until I am ready to set. For my first hatch this year, there was no discernable difference in egg age versus...
  12. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Very nice, I assume these are from your own birds? How many layers do you have?
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Yeah, no improvement in the hatch rate yet, but I'd never set eggs laid in the dead of winter before. I think the outside temperature has had some impact on egg quality, but that could also just be me defending my bad habits. I started the first hatch at 35% RH, and got way more weight loss than...
  14. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    96 set. 68.75% fertility rate, 77.27% hatch rate, 17.6% mortality after hatch (first 3 days in brooder), leaves me with 42 chicks, mostly BCM looking. Day 3 has started in my 2nd hatch, with 100 set. The eggs below are my 2nd setting, these are Gen 2 eggs, note the distinct difference in...
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Well, good news. A friend who raises BCMs just gave me the loan of one of her cockerels, actually a bird from the same clutch my younger BCM came from. So in a week or so I will be back up to a compliment of 3...here's hoping he's randy.
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    My rooster had a nice comb like that a year ago December, and lost it almost entirely to frostbite last winter. Now I hope to breed smaller combs.
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    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I recently lost one of my 2 BCM cockerels (34 week old), leaving me with 1 Rooster (1 year and 41 weeks) and a setting mate of the deceased to service my flock of 46 pullets (with more pullets to come). My first setting this year (96 eggs set on 1/6/16) had only a 68% fertility rate. So I am...
  18. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Am I being too persistent in asking for comments on my purebred BCM roo, posted in post #10819...now 4 pages ago? I have recently received 2 additional purebred BCM roos, 3 weeks old, from the same breeder.
  19. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    We're my pics that bad? I did ask for picture advice.
  20. NTBugtraq

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I'm sorry about the quality of the pictures, but I would appreciate what critical feedback you might have for my roo. I should point out that his comb and 1/2 of one toe fell off this spring due to frostbite in the winter. Also, he was tackled in the bush by two of my Bichons who, I think...
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