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Just bringing this thread back up to the front for reference purposes.

As the title implies... This thread was never meant to be a place of active conversation. This thread was meant as a source of QUICK information concerning the marans. You can and will find the same information on the other marans threads, BUT you will have to look though thousands of posts...

Sorry about that... We, people on the black copper marans threads, were going to do the examples of as many good marans traits as possible BUT the BYC neighboorhood changed. When Nifty went to the current system, it was very hard for many of us on dial up internets to get on BYC and totally...

Outline of female marans

OUTLINE of Male Marans

To add clarification, the birds are Disqualified if they are 20% over or under the SOP goal weights. Before they reach the 20% limit, there are penalities in 1/2 lb increments.

Standard Weights (approved 6/11/10) Cock...8 lbs Hen6 1/2 lbs Cockerel.7lbs Pullet..5 1/2 lbs I just weighed my birds tonight and went looking for this thread... It sure has been a LONG time since I've added anything to this thread. I thought it would be a good idea to bring it back into...

SOP for LEGS and TOES: Legs set well apart and straight when viewed from the front. Lower thighs -- strong and well feathered. Shanks -- medium length, stout, and straight; lightly feathered down the outer sides. Toes -- four long and well-separated toes on each foot. Outer toes...

SOP for Shape AND Color BEAK: Long, stout and well curved. Horn color, black shading permitted. EYES: Large and prominent. Reddish bay color.

The previous pictures were Examples of what marans SHOULD NOT look like. The next group of pictures will examples of what marans SHOULD look like. SOP for COMB: Single, moderately large, straight, upright, evenly serrated with five points; the blade not touching the neck.

Ladies and gents, This thread has now been updated with pics of some of the faults and DQ's. As always, you can check in the first part of the APA SOP book and you will find more examples of some of these faults and DQs. I will continue to add more pics of faults and DQ's as I stumble across...

I just thought I would throw in some benchmarks to this.... I weighed my cockerel today and at 18 weeks old he was 5 lbs and 13 ounces. His sire is 8 3/4 lbs. The standard calls for an 8 lb rooster. So, the cockerels need to be around 5 1/2 pounds by 18 weeks to meet this goal. At least with...

BLACK COPPER MARANS 7 /26/10 version Disqualifications (approved 7/26/10) Yellow on shanks or toes. White ear lobes. Pearl or black eyes. Absence of feathers on shanks. (See General Disqualifications and Cutting for Defects.) Standard Weights (approved 6/11/10) Cock….…..8 lbs Hen……6 1/2 lbs...

Updated post to include pics of DQ and faults on Shanks, toes, and other parts of body... Fault - White in the hackle. White under coat in the hackles of a 5 month old Black Copper cockerel. Fault - Straw colored hackles Fault - Feather Shafting Fault - Feather Shafting On...

Updating post to show pics of DQs and faults of back and tail DQ - White in the tail feathers. DQ - Wry tail Black Copper cockerel, 5 mos. Fault - Pinched Tail DQ - Squirrel tail

Updating post to show pics of DQ's and faults of head . . .. Wrong ear tuft color - Fault Ear Tufts should be the color of the hackles - Lustrous deep copper, neither yellow nor mahogany DQ - Side Sprig DQ - Side Sprig DQ - Carnation Comb (Pink) 3 week old Black Copper male...

Updating this post to list all the Disqualifications and Faults the Marans will be judged on. Pictures will follow. As a reminder.... THIS thread is not for chatting. It is simply as place you can go and QUICKLY find information about the Standard of Perfection for Marans. Faults and DQs on...

Here is the Black Copper COLOR standard: COLOR -- MALE DISQUALIFICATION: Brown wing bay. (See General Disqualifications and Cutting for Defects.) COMB, FACE, WATTLES AND EAR-LOBES: Bright red. BEAK: Horn, black shading permitted. EYES: Reddish bay. HEAD: Lustrous deep copper, neither yellow...

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Once again, I borrowed this from another BYC member on the marans thread. FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES only ! For those interested in showing, here is the point system French Black Coppers will be judged on: Symmetry 4 Weight or size 4 Condition & vigor 10 Comb 5 Beak 3 Skull & face 4 Eyes...