Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[geebs]

Hey guys can you give a shout out to the man upstairs to watch over a shipment of birds that didnt' arrive today... that means they will sit for the next 48... I am just sickened.

 

[OHmamma]

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That is sad to me. Poor babies.

 

[Zanna]

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I have no breedworthy ladies yet

I have 3, 5 week old pullets (and 3 roos I think...) and more day olds coming in a couple of weeks. It has just worked out this way. Hopefully the boys will still be fertile by the time I get them some worthy gals

No one said Rome was built in a day!

I will look closely at the black tomorrow and report back (maybe even with the flashlight tonight when I tuck them in). Different people have weighed in this time but a month ago, Roo #2 was voted the better boy. I think Don said that he could be used to make a lot of improvements. Any vote now Don?? Pink?? They have changed a lot in a month. Personally, I like the type of Roo #1 better and his colour is more pleasing to my eye but that means not much as far as who is the better roo. Of course, they all have + & - 's and the two are such a different type my hope is they will give me some breeding options. And, who knows, maybe one of the younger roos I have growing up will turn out to be better!

 

[AyeUpChuck]

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Still got my boots on! Hoping you'll get a call at 1am telling you they're here.

 

[math ace]

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I think you have two nice candidates for your final selection. At this point, I wouldn't do anything until you get some ladies and see what they are like. Your roo needs to compliment your ladies. Both of these guys have pluses and minuses. . .

In my flock . .. . my girls are long backed, so my roo is short back to provide a balance.
. . . . my girls are not at stout as they should be, so my roo is a very chunky monkey


So, if you can stand the crowing . .. I would not make any more decisions until you get the girls. These boys have some strong opposites going on. It is not like they are the same and you just need to pick the better one. . . . One has dark coppering and one has light coppering, one has a short back and one has a long back. . . .Which one you keep depends on what your ladies are lacking .. ..

Just my thoughts

 

[pinkchick]

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I have no breedworthy ladies yet

I have 3, 5 week old pullets (and 3 roos I think...) and more day olds coming in a couple of weeks. It has just worked out this way. Hopefully the boys will still be fertile by the time I get them some worthy gals

No one said Rome was built in a day!

I will look closely at the black tomorrow and report back (maybe even with the flashlight tonight when I tuck them in). Different people have weighed in this time but a month ago, Roo #2 was voted the better boy. I think Don said that he could be used to make a lot of improvements. Any vote now Don?? Pink?? They have changed a lot in a month. Personally, I like the type of Roo #1 better and his colour is more pleasing to my eye but that means not much as far as who is the better roo. Of course, they all have + & - 's and the two are such a different type my hope is they will give me some breeding options. And, who knows, maybe one of the younger roos I have growing up will turn out to be better!

#1 has nice copper color..boy he sure is a chunk and a nice bird, but I still like roo #2 as well, I don't care for his comb, but combs can be worked with as long as he doesn't have sprigs or any other comb issues that will breed forward. His sparse leg feathering IMO does not count him out of the running for breeding, you can still use him if the girls that you will have have nice leg feathering....you may not get perfect results the first couple tries with the offspring, but it can be done.
You might still want to keep both if you can until your younger birds grow.

 

[pinkchick]

Geebs~

I have my fingers crossed and happy thoughts going out to you about those chicks.

 

[flgardengirl]

Those poor little lost babies! I hope they show up tomorrow morning. Do they have any idea where they are at all?
I recently had a pkg lost. It was sent to me from California and the sender forgot part of the house address on the label. I had a tracking # and it said it had been delivered and it hadn't! So I went calling around all our local P.O.s and found it stuck at one with a totally different zip code than ours! How crazy is that? The pkg had the correct zip on it, just missing the last house # in the address so they were gonna leave it stuck at a different P.O.

 

[geebs]

Post office couldn't find em at all... They sent out a trace yesterday but everyone is off.... the next chance is Monday... THey have sent it downt he wire to open the package and water it if they find em...

I feel like I am holding my breath... THis is one long weekend.

 

[pinkchick]

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Waiting to exhale right along with you my dear friend.....I SOOOOOOOOOO hope someone finds them and opens that box to water them. I'm so confused as to why they can't be found......we would think someone could hear them chirping... wouldn't we?????