Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[pinkchick]

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Just watch and make sure the color doesn't get washed out.. . .

Are any of the combs bright pink?

Here is a picture of my 4 week old cockerels . . .

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/cliff1801/marans study 2011/marans 1 month old/IMG_1473.jpg

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/cliff1801/marans study 2011/marans 1 month old/IMG_1479.jpg

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/cliff1801/marans study 2011/marans 1 month old/IMG_1484.jpg

Here is a pullet for comparison

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/cliff1801/marans study 2011/marans 1 month old/IMG_1489.jpg

The girl has a little color to her comb and wattle, but not nearly as much as the boys. PLUS, the boys seem to have larger combs and wattles.

WOW!!! They sure do grow fast don't they? These pictures just slapped me back into reality. Here I was thinking they were still younger.

 

[pinkchick]

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Hi Cluck!

Do you have some more photo's of him to share? I think it would help and maybe spark some more comments from others if we could see him from a full side shot. Thanks!

 

[sabella]

Pink, glad you like Sherman, I'm thrilled with him. So if #2 is a he then I need more girls!

I don't think 3 girls are enough to keep 2 boys from fighting. Are they?

 

[math ace]

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I don't IMHO think that #2 has too much leg feathering. It goes all the way to the end of the toe like it is suppose to.

 

[pinkchick]

Sabella~

Yes, 2 boys will be pretty darn rough on 3 girls when they are mature and trying to do their thing. Adding more girls would be a good idea, or coop space is an issue then you could always downsize by one rooster and get another one later on down the road. 1 rooster can handle about 11 girls.

 

[snowbird]

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They are lovely! I'm very jealous that you got a white one!

Don.....do I have to live really close to you to get some white culls?

Kim, the only cull was the BC, I had no intention of selling the white or wheaten but seem to be a nice person so when they ask I sold. The spotted female is a Mottled Java. That white and wheaten female are the only one's I have ever sold. White female really turned out nice. Don

 

[bigspringshatchery]

One of my black copper hens laid a almost white egg today. What would cause her to do this? Did she just forget to paint or what?

 

[pinkchick]

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They are lovely! I'm very jealous that you got a white one!

Don.....do I have to live really close to you to get some white culls?

Kim, the only cull was the BC, I had no intention of selling the white or wheaten but seem to be a nice person so when they ask I sold. The spotted female is a Mottled Java. That white and wheaten female are the only one's I have ever sold. White female really turned out nice. Don

Do me a favor and the next time you feel like culling any those White girls' eggs....you just cull them all the way over here to me and I'll cull them straight in to my incubator......I'll save you the trouble of having to grow them out, to cull them later.

 

[poularde]

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What a beautiful little flock you have! I do really like the white.

 

[sewandgrow]

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They are lovely! I'm very jealous that you got a white one!

Don.....do I have to live really close to you to get some white culls?

Kim, the only cull was the BC, I had no intention of selling the white or wheaten but seem to be a nice person so when they ask I sold. The spotted female is a Mottled Java. That white and wheaten female are the only one's I have ever sold. White female really turned out nice. Don

Gees Don, I wish I lived in your neighboor.....................I'm nice too.......LOL