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  1. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    After four years Twenty BCM chicks now grown with no yellow feet , plenty of shank feathers but no middle toe feathers , no wheaten feathering or mossiness, no halo hackles, but still a few floppy hen combs and some hens with little copper. The perfection part of the SOP is elusive but even so...
  2. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I have bred two generations of BCMs with no copper on the chest of the roos, but out of the five males third gen I kept (out of 29 hatched) one has developed a chest spotted with copper. Only one of the other four is going to make it to the hens. Any way, all breeders should have males with...
  3. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I agree this is fascinating, I guess Agro is destined for soup even though he is nice looking. Now I think back on my breeding and I used to have many more broody hens. Maybe I have some how, by breeding for type (SOP) reduced this trait. Are BCMs originally bred to not be broody.
  4. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    We have only BCMs and five sweetheart Roos but one meanie. He was from a real friendly roo and his offspring so far have not been aggressive. Can it be that Agro is not passing his bad manners on to the chicks ?
  5. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I have just breed hens with one toe feathers and now have a roo with a middle toe feather
  6. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Quote: Cute chicks If they have the same parents I would guess the left to be female and right to be male but a chicken sexer would squeeze them and compare vents. My avatar is a homemade (dishwasher) incubator.
  7. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    (After your goals were stated) I would breed number 4 roo and look for chicks that have less breast copper and more leg feathers. The mossy hen may not be the best choice. Are there any with longer backs and black bodies. It is a long task but if it can be fun for you than why not. After all...
  8. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Wynette Thanks for your help . I did enlarge the photo (see old post) of Henry he is very large and still not crowing yet, but another roo (The photo on the lawn) also has a bump. No hens or pullets have them.
  9. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    My latest BCM Roo hatchlings are maturing but one has a bump on the beak. Is this an inherited trait? The bump is on the beak next to the comb But none have any light hackles under the dark copper.
  10. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    We dont have much of a picture but I will take a better one soon I have been busy hatching ( my latest in my home dishwasher incubator was 27 Black Copper Marans) on 5/29
  11. chicken-whisperer

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Wow I have been reading over 200 pages in the Marans thread and it’s great. Especially when Bev posts, because she is a BCMs legend here in SoCal. I have been breeding for the perfect type for almost two years and wonder has anyone found a way to keep the egg color from fading in the laying...
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