Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[snowbird]

Is there a line of Marans out there (black copper, or blue copper, or just black)... That has perfect feet/toes?

I hate the feathered legs, but would like Marans that follow the rest of the SOP.... and of course also lay dark eggs....

BUT GOOD TOES/FEET!

ones without droopy wings would be good too.

Is there a line of Marans out there (black copper, or blue copper, or just black)... That has perfect feet/toes?

I hate the feathered legs, but would like Marans that follow the rest of the SOP.... and of course also lay dark eggs....

BUT GOOD TOES/FEET!

ones without droopy wings would be good too.

Is there a line of Marans out there (black copper, or blue copper, or just black)... That has perfect feet/toes?

I hate the feathered legs, but would like Marans that follow the rest of the SOP.... and of course also lay dark eggs....

BUT GOOD TOES/FEET!

ones without droopy wings would be good too.

The best feather footed Marans I have seen are the Wade Jeane close up bred fowl. There are some of them out there but you will have to dig them out. There used to be a lady on here that had some Marans close up Jeane. Her Id on here was Monique. She bought a large flock from someone in Georgia. Don

 

[Alaskan]

I would actually prefer British Standard chickens.... No feathers on the feet.

I find it is the feathered feet that are more likely to have problems with the toes.


But, I guess since the SOP was passed in the US, no one in the US is still breeding to the British standard????

Anyone know anyone breeding Black copper, BBS Copper, or just Black Marans to the British Standard in the US?

 

[magdelaine]

I would actually prefer British Standard chickens.... No feathers on the feet.

I find it is the feathered feet that are more likely to have problems with the toes.


But, I guess since the SOP was passed in the US, no one in the US is still breeding to the British standard????

Anyone know anyone breeding Black copper, BBS Copper, or just Black Marans to the British Standard in the US?

I got clean-shanked hatching eggs for Birchen Marans off of Ebay, so it's not completely unheard of. They are gorgeous birds too. But shank feathers are one of those things that is relatively easy to breed in or out of a line, so to do it yourself wouldn't take too many generations I think. BUT the demand for those birds would not be high for anyone interested in showing.

 

[Alaskan]

Quote: Except for the shank feathers..... are they to SOP? and good egg color?

any kind of deformities? Droopy wings? Messed up feet? Cross beak? etc?

And which seller?

 

[themenagerie]

I was hoping you folks wouldn't mind giving me advice..I've been reading this thread for days and am only about page 220ish. I've been looking at a lot of BCM pullet pictures, and while I've had a lot of chickens, the BCMs are new to me and it seems like the pullets have a lot more comb at a younger age than what I'm used to. This particular chick is 7 weeks old and is actually a BCM/Welsummer cross (slumming..lol). Any guesses on gender? If it makes a difference, it feathered out very early, has been smaller and much more submissive than my obvious roo chicks. There is no sign of saddle feathers at this point. Thanks for your time.

http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/c...ser]=130175435&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=168

http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/c...ser]=130175435&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=169

 

[bigshawn]

The first picture looks like a cockerel, I can't get the second picture to load.

 

[moms3cuties]

Marans are not the fliers that Leghorns are.

My Marans don't like flying up more than about 2 feet.  Because they get so big and tend to be a bit clumsy (compared to a Leghorn), super high perches with Marans might result in injuries.

I do have high perches, but I have set up my space so that the Marans can get up high by small stages.... ....  mine haven't yet damaged anything..


point being....  give the Marans more time, they can and will fly up to perch, but not as well as Leghorns.

How high is too high [for safety] for a Marans? My perches are about 3-4' off the floor. I have a higher one on one side of my coop and a lower one on the other side. My current 2 BCM hens aren't anything spectacular but I have some nice prospects growing out and I don't want to risk hurting them down the road with too high perches.

mine free range and do not have the cage where I live as I'm in the intercity in the old historic area. so they all seem to prefer my Peachtree at the moment, however I'm glad they haven't fallen.

 

[Kildare49]

1st one appears to be a cockerel. 2nd pic. not a good side view to judge.

 

[themenagerie]

Thank you to those who weighed in on my picture. All of my experience says cockerel too, I can usually spot them early on, but this one feathered in like a pullet, carries itself like a pullet and other than the large comb, I would bet $$ was a pullet. All my cockerels in this age group (none same cross) are pretty obvious. All of the BCM cockerels I've seen in this thread at this age, there is simply NO doubt they're boys... they all have SO much red at this age, while this one has no red. I've seen many pullet pictures in this thread that appear to have pretty decent comb development at this age. This one's comb is flesh colored, not yellow, not really pink. I hate the waiting game...

 

[RFR of CA]

Got my LP quad in. Love the mellow temperaments so far. I think she handles them a lot judging by their calm demeanors. So far I like the dark skin on the LP feet. Feathering is very dark, but their is copper coming in.

My Heaven Sent LPs are doing well. I will post picks as they grow out. Looks like I have four pullets and two roos.

The Greenfire birds are a huge improvement over the stuff they were sending out last year, but I am not overly impressed yet. I will let them grow out and see what happens.