Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[maryhysong]

Quote: that you have a cross, not purebred Marans.

 

[snowbird]

Quote: The yellow feet and shanks indicate that someone doing experimental matings did not keep records and mixed the out of breed stuff back into their other Marans. The Yellows just says they are not pure Marans.

 

[jenniebean123]

In my opinion, an egg is an egg... they all taste the same...but.... they definitely taste better when you have your own chickens, especially when they can run around in the sun and eat bugs. The dark coloring is a novelty in this country. Alot of people are amazed to see the dark eggs. 

But I don't think you will find out from these guys... I would guess you have too young cockerels there...  I am more sure about the first one than the second. The second could still be a hen. But the stance is important too. I think the roosters stand up straighter. Like miniature ostriches... The hens have a more flat backed stance.

Mine I was able to sex by the combs pretty early, but I didn't want to believe it. (I counted 10 roosters to 4 hens). Turned out I was right though.

Good luck with your chickens... I hope you can get some hens.

Thanks the one with the bigger comb stands up real tall and took on a cat when it got to close lol the other one im hope is a hen with moss color because he has flakes of copper on her back and wings but my luck to roos

 

[Chad Cool]

Quote:
Okay I got you now. and you would not breed this chicken right?

 

[snowbird]

Kim, here is a picture of the male from the white eggs.

 

[snowbird]

Quote: Best thing would be put her in the egg laying pen . i should also say if you have hatch mates to this pullet and they do not show yellow you would need to do a tast hatch to verify they were clean of the yellow legs.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

[COLOR=0000FF]Just thought I'd post a pic…They looked so cozy together, I see that this boy's eye is too light, his lady's eye is too dark, and the straw color…..[/COLOR]

Blarney, this male does not have straw hackle. It appears he "may" have the halo effect going on, but it also could be the flash from the camera. He does have good color balance, which is nice to see. You're correc that his eye is a bit light, but it's not "out of the realm" of correct. If he's nice otherwise, I certainly wouldn't cull on that point alone.

Thank you for the input Wynette! He's my only cockerel right now, his personality alone makes him worth keeping, he's never even looked at me sideways. He is getting bathed at this very moment for the Twin Tiers poultry show in New York. He is my son's bird, wish us luck!!

 

[Wynette]

Best of luck, Blarney! make sure to oil his legs, comb, & wattles so they're nice & spiffy! Also, file down the sharp points on his toenails...that's much appreciated by judges! (Sorry, not trying to tell you what to do...just thought I'd add some words of encouragement!)

 

[dcbcaaron]

Good Luck !!! Blarney ! !!!

 

[dcbcaaron]

That first male should NOT be used for breeding. He has much too much color on his breast. Also, I'm not sure, but it appears he may have a comb issue. Like carnation influence? Tough for me to see from the pic, tho, on that one.

The females in the 2nd pic are alright; does the one on the left have a single comb? It almost looks as it it may be a pea comb (olive egger?). They have nice hackle color; they do look a bit too steep (uphill from the base of tail to the base of neck) - they should be slightly uphill, but not this much, although this could be because they were a bit frightened at picture time & may have been standing a bit more upright than they normally do.

The male in the 3rd pic looks pretty nice, from what I can see; again, it's not the best pic to be able to see much in the way of conformation, but he appears to be a nice, beefy boy. The issue I see with this male is that he appears to have a "halo" in his hackle feathering; that's where it becomes lighter toward the end, sort of as in a halo effect. That is an indicator of wheaten influence, and you don't want that popping up in generations later on. It's a shame, because he appears to have optimal shank feathering, and again, he looks nice & big. I'd like to see more pictures of this male, from the side so we can see his topline & underline, and from directly above, straight down, so we can see the shape of his body.

The male in the last pic - it's just too fuzzy for me to able to tell anything.




This is all my personal opinion; I am not an expert.

on the female, it is a single comb, it's just shorter than my other two ladies.

i've got some more pics of the nicer roo, and the last roo from my eailier post that was blurry.
the bigger roo def has some "halo" happening,
my least Halo is also my roo in the middle when it comes to copper color in the breast. he is the last pic here.
the first two pics here are of my favorite roo, because of size and color, he's just gorgeous ( imo )