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  1. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I get some awesome feedback on the AM thread. I really did get some nice birds, and the chicks I'm starting to get from my first year breeding are beautiful. When I get to feeling too full of myself over there, I always come back here to get humbled
  2. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    That's another reason I hang around this thread more. I could sell any bird that laid dark eggs all day long, and no one in my area would know any better. I want to learn and breed to SOP for exactly the reason you stated, for that rare customer that wants to show one day. I want the pretty...
  3. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    My first flock was a total disaster, but I didn't know that until I posted pictures on here thinking people would tell me how cute they were. That was a rude awakening, but it was also what made me want to start learning more about what I was doing, rather than hatch every egg that's laid from...
  4. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Thank you for your opinion, and I completely understand where you are coming from. If I didn't want to breed for SOP, I wouldn't continually ask Don for his opinion. I know he's going to give the harsh truth, and that's what I want to hear. I don't want to be one of the people churning out eggs...
  5. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Thanks Don, and Wynette, too. I've always been confused as to whether it was carnation or coronation, so now that's settled. It appears that the rear of his blade may possibly be set to produce a few more points, and I thought that's what coronation was. Nothing definite yet, maybe I'm gunshy...
  6. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Ok, let me try this: @snowbird Look up 3 posts ;) There are 2 other cockerels, much slower to mature. One is the mossy chick, but the other may be worth watching. Why does one mature so much faster than the others?
  7. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Ok, here they are at 7 weeks. The biggest cockerel is just starting to show a little color, but the front of his comb is starting to turn a little, and could possibly be the beginnings of carnation comb. Don, and anyone else, feel free to critique. The pullets so far are still mostly dark, but a...
  8. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    So many people don't know the difference in standard bred birds and mixed birds, I didn't. I learned here that the first flock I bought was junk. I could have easily kept breeding them and selling those offspring as BCM, but I wanted to do better than that. They sold out the first day I...
  9. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

  10. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    So far just the one is mossy, and it's a cockerel, so he's an obvious cull. The others are looking good so far. Only time will tell what they throw
  11. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Don, did you ever see this second set of pictures?
  12. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I had the same experience with my bad Marans. The speckled eggs never had the color of the Davis hens I added later
  13. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Ok Don, here are some more pics. There is only one blue. I see what you are saying, but that really is the lighting in the pictures. All others are black Blue is on the far left Close up of Blue Best cockerel on the left, mossy on the right. There is one more that I'm still 50/50 on. Could...
  14. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Don, one male is maturing faster than the others. I think there are two more but those are pullets in the picture. One male is mossy, it was as a chick, but the other two are solid black so far. I see a hint of copper feathers in a few, including the blue. I'm fairly certain she is the only...
  15. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Week 4
  16. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I have had them go both ways. Some pullets will even out, and some lay speckled. I have noticed that my better bred birds lay more solid
  17. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    That's what I have been doing for the last 18 months. I kept chickens for 5 years before learning about SOP. I got my first batch of breeder quality AMs last year, and have been so impressed with those birds. This year I ordered my first flock of BCM from a breeder, and am growing them out right...
  18. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    As a day old, she was just a touch lighter than the others. After a few days I started to suspect she was blue. I'm pretty sure now, and am glad that if she is blue she's a very dark blue. That's what I'm shooting for with my AMs. I'd love to see more pictures of your rooster. I only have 2 to...
  19. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Here is my girl I think is blue
  20. scflock

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Just moved the 4 week olds to the grow out pen. Definitely 2 boys and 11 girls. The one I suspect is blue has sprouted a couple of copper feathers, so if she is blue, she's blue copper :D If she is, I will make a trio with her and one rooster, then have the rest in a BCM pen :thumbsup
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