Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[geebs]

Adozengirlz:

9 day old birds: red zip on R
Dark Black body and head
No white around eyes
White at mouth corner
Medium grayish bib
No comb
Black legs w/small shanks only center toe pink with outside toe tip pink
Short wings
All black beak
Sparse feathering

11 day old: Green on L
Yellowing in toes thick base of shank blackish shank
Yellowing I down on bib by wing/belly
Overall bird color gray with dark head
VERY minimal white (one tiny spot at corner of mouth) and a touch on wingbow.white primary
Yellow comb
Grey eye not super black
No tail…hen feathered wing.

Band 8:

White above eye
Great leg feathering
Clearly marked bib
Clearly marked white at mouth corners lots of it
Very dark horn on beak
Yellow comb very bright
White wingbow
Tail feather
Black (dark) legs and only ½ of the center toe pink and tips on outer toes
Yellow/pink webbing

Band 5

Black head dark eye though iris is noticeable
Yellow comb
Small white at corners
White spot by ear
Clear lines at the bib
White at wingbow
White primary
Very black legs
Great leg feathering
Pink toes
Thick legs
Tail feathers


I am taking a break...I will come back and edit... Someone want to do the others???? I will come back and finish in a while... Feel free to jump in with your 2 cents etc.. as always... Tell me what I missed... I am sure there is lots.

We can wiegh in gender guesses.. anyone want to keep track of that??? maybe the bird owners????

 

[sewandgrow]

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Oh boy, am I with you on that........................ I read everyday ( 2 days catching up with because of the poultry show) & try to keep up but sometimes my heads spins & I have to just walk away & think of something else for awhile. I wonder if it has anything to do with me getting older??????? LOL I thought it was a "use it or lose it" thing so I try to challenge myself & "use it" as much as possible on a daily basis. Anyway, I intend to keep on trying.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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I'm keeping track of gender guesses. Got my Excel spreadsheet all set up already! pinkchick has been documented.

 

[Casey76]

Oooh, where do you get your pretty zip ties from?

 

[Wynette]

tee-hee on zip ties!

I get mine from Harbor Freight - they are the most inexpensive place I've found, and they even have them in neon colors!

 

[math ace]

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Mine are from Home Depot.

 

[math ace]

GEEBS - - I don't know whether to thank you or

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I truly am in awe that you can spot and note all that in my chicks.
So, I printed out your observations and Dh and I will sit down tonight - - - - one chick at a time and go through the whole list.

TOMORROW - - I will try to post the remaining 4 birds and will work up the same type of observation report.
Then you can add to it any thing I missed. At the moment, I feel like I am back in school with a long homework assignment!

 

[geebs]

MathAce THanks either way... right back at ya

(passive aggressive thing)

.... I may mean nothing.. or it may mean something... That is the point... Anyone can look at the phenotype (outside appearance) and point out what they see... Lets do the first (that I know of) documentation of the phenotype of the babies.... the more information we have with these... the more we may be able to control the outcome later....

To everyone: If I have missed something... speak up.. I am sure I have...typos or whatever.. it is a GROUP effort... This project will be fun to see the outcome.. the more eyes the better.

When I first started with my very first birds.. I got presentations that were not available in pictures anywhere... I later found out that they meant somethng... they were really bold examples but now I know that the presentation was important.. Maybe... here comes the theory... just maybe it is the small degree of something greater that we can watch... If we tune our eyes to see the small things... they could pay a dividend somewhere later... or we can all just enjoy a silly adventure and look at baby pictures.. Either way.. win/win!!!

 

[sewandgrow]

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I say Aye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was sure a big help to me when I was brand new...............Thanks so much Lisa.

 

[math ace]

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I say Aye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was sure a big help to me when I was brand new...............Thanks so much Lisa.

If you only knew how bad today has been. Thanks