Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[marchick]

I asked him what I should do about my first BCM rooster, and he told me to go to the hardware store and buy an axe

I did buy a cooker! So now I need an axe!!!!

 

[NTBugtraq]

Don, we don't know each other, but I thought I would ask you specifically given @scflock 's high regard.

I have pure BCM roosters, cross breeding them with a local multi-purpose hen, and then inbreeding for 4 generations in the hopes of getting the recessive BCM gene to turn them into very BCM-like birds. These are not for show, but for egg color, egg taste, and meat taste, and of course, survivability in my area.

Is this a really bad idea?

And, should I decide to sell eggs for hatching, or day olds, in Generation 4, how would you label them?

Please be brutally honest.

 

[scflock]

Don, we don't know each other, but I thought I would ask you specifically given @scflock
's high regard.

I have pure BCM roosters, cross breeding them with a local multi-purpose hen, and then inbreeding for 4 generations in the hopes of getting the recessive BCM gene to turn them into very BCM-like birds. These are not for show, but for egg color, egg taste, and meat taste, and of course, survivability in my area.

Is this a really bad idea?

And, should I decide to sell eggs for hatching, or day olds, in Generation 4, how would you label them?

Please be brutally honest.

I am very curious to see Don's response to this. I've always wondered what he would say about it

 

[snowbird]

Russ, Are you breeding the off spring together or are you putting them back with the Black Copper Marans.

 

[NTBugtraq]

Russ, Are you breeding the off spring together or are you putting them back with the Black Copper Marans.

no offspring cockerels are with offspring pullets, all cockerels are being culled for meat. So all pullets are with their fathers (2 different bloodlines)

 

[NTBugtraq]

I should add, I plan on introducing new pure BCM cockerels to the laying flock over time. I have 2 dozen pure BCM eggs coming in March.

 

[snowbird]

I guess this will be ok. But I would go a different route myself.

 

[curious chickee]

I am getting maran eggs to hatch at the end of the month. The cock is a blue copper maran over black copper Marians bred towards the SOP. She is only giving me the darkest eggs laid. I hope to add some color to my layer flock where I sell eggs to friends and family, trying to achieve a rainbow of colors. Don has awesome advice using his advice with breeding by bantam buff brahmas.

 

[scflock]

I guess this will be ok. But I would go a different route myself.

Don, I must say I'm a little disappointed. I thought your answer would be much more… Colorful

 

[scflock]

14 of 15 survived the trip

First impressions, Don?