Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[omas biddies]

Some of my new babies! Just love the little fuzzy butts!

They are so beautiful.

 

[Farmer Viola]

here are some of my BCMs they are going to be egglayers (not breeders). 3 mos old

this girl has very RED feathers in her neck (she is my favorite personality wise):


the other girl has COPPER neck:




this girl is feathering so beautifully... but she does not have any copper yet! only a couple small specks of copper.
I am interested to see if more copper comes through as she matures

they are 3 mos old!
I do not know, is it more desirable to have copper or red in the neck feathers? this is just for curiosity's sake, they won't be bred anyway

 

[DMRippy]

The copper is better, the red is mahogany.... like your BLRW should have, only coppers shouldn't show RED.

 

[Farmer Viola]

okay thank you!!

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

here are some of my BCMs they are going to be egglayers (not breeders). 3 mos old

this girl has very RED feathers in her neck (she is my favorite personality wise):


the other girl has COPPER neck:




this girl is feathering so beautifully... but she does not have any copper yet! only a couple small specks of copper.
I am interested to see if more copper comes through as she matures

they are 3 mos old!
I do not know, is it more desirable to have copper or red in the neck feathers? this is just for curiosity's sake, they won't be bred anyway

My understanding is the longer they take to copper up the better (unless they don't get any copper at all). I have pullets 8-10 months that are just getting some copper in their hackles and it can take 18 months I've heard. The cockerels that are getting copper at 4-6 weeks will have too much and are dinner-bound.

 

[Farmer Viola]

My understanding is the longer they take to copper up the better (unless they don't get any copper at all). I have pullets 8-10 months that are just getting some copper in their hackles and it can take 18 months I've heard. The cockerels that are getting copper at 4-6 weeks will have too much and are dinner-bound.

how interesting! thanks for sharing

does the red ever change to copper through moulting or does the color generally stay the same?

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

how interesting! thanks for sharing

does the red ever change to copper through moulting or does the color generally stay the same?

Stays the same shade from what I've seen.

 

[DeltaBluezTess]

The experience I have had is the chicks that really start to get copper early, then they will have too much copper. Usually excessive on their chest. If they start to get color at after 3 plus month, and if after 6 months is good. I have a pullet that is 12 month old and she had maybe 4 copper feathers on her neck at 8 months and now has stunning copper around her neck.

But if you aren't breeding for SQ, and just want eggs and not breeding, then copper anywhere is fine. Depends on what you want the Marans for....

Diane

 

[omas biddies]

here are some of my BCMs they are going to be egglayers (not breeders). 3 mos old this girl has very RED feathers in her neck (she is my favorite personality wise): the other girl has COPPER neck: this girl is feathering so beautifully... but she does not have any copper yet! only a couple small specks of copper. I am interested to see if more copper comes through as she matures They are beautiful..I can wait to hatch some out. Good luck they are 3 mos old! I do not know, is it more desirable to have copper or red in the neck feathers? this is just for curiosity's sake, they won't be bred anyway

 

[Peneliva]

Does anyone have Marans in Kentucky for sale?