International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

View attachment 1519278 Another chick and another girl! It's almost too good to be true that all 4 are pullets. There is exactly a 2 week spread now and 1 egg left. This cuckoo is pretty amazing if you ask me. I think Saturday is the latest it will hatch.

Edit: is there any way I'm not seeing headspots! It's a bit shocking to me...

the black chick on the left looks like cockerel.

 

[chickengr]

a friend of mine gave me a pullet. she is black with bluish ear lobes. BUT she has a strait comb so far! if her comb remains strait she will be my breeder no 1! she is about 4 mo. all the other girls have s-shaped combs.

 

[Hensndoes]

the black chick on the left looks like cockerel.

It's two weeks old already. Staggered hatched I posted about weeks ago. These had a CLB mom so they should have had headspots if male.

Here it is when it was 4 days. Never had a hint of a headspot

 

[chickengr]

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It's two weeks old already. Staggered hatched I posted about weeks ago. These had a CLB mom so they should have had headspots if male.

Here it is when it was 4 days. Never had a hint of a headspot

it is hard to judge from the photo, not to mention I don't wear glasses and I should, lol. I have a marans hen that looked like a boy at that age. she still has boy's stance but lays eggs.

 

[marchick]

No, that’s not what I meant. I know blue lacing, but I meant no disrespect or criticism. My apologies.

None taken. No need to apologize.

 

[marchick]

Love the type, nice going.

Unfortunately I can't take credit for them. They are Harvey's and I can't wait to work with them. I was very pleased to find out that she is sister to that Gorgeous Black Copper rooster Harvey posted in the Marans club. In fact most of my Blue Coppers are brother/sisters to him.

 

[Hensndoes]

I think sad news. The last egg pipped and appears is trying to come out of the shell but was in the middle of the coop just now. I thought mom or one of the babies may have pecked it. I went and go a baggie to remove it and see it's still wiggling. Maybe trying to work out of the shell still? I've never done this but I thought I saw blood. I put it back under mom I hopes I'm wrong and this is just what hatching looks like...

Edit: mom isn't interested. I made a contraption in the bathroom and turned it into a sauna. Go back to check =Baby is chirping and making it hard for me to do what I think I need to. It looks like it broke its upper beak when it went to hatch. Mama knew best and left the nest. Now I'm the jackass trying to intervene. Wish I wouldn't have checked on them. Sad.

 

[marchick]

I think sad news. The last egg pipped and appears is trying to come out of the shell but was in the middle of the coop just now. I thought mom or one of the babies may have pecked it. I went and go a baggie to remove it and see it's still wiggling. Maybe trying to work out of the shell still? I've never done this but I thought I saw blood. I put it back under mom I hopes I'm wrong and this is just what hatching looks like...

Edit: mom isn't interested. I made a contraption in the bathroom and turned it into a sauna. Go back to check =Baby is chirping and making it hard for me to do what I think I need to. It looks like it broke its upper beak when it went to hatch. Mama knew best and left the nest. Now I'm the jackass trying to intervene. Wish I wouldn't have checked on them. Sad.

There is a thread on assisting hatching. I know we are not supposed to help them. Sorry you are going through this.

 

[Hensndoes]

There is a thread on assisting hatching. I know we are not supposed to help them. Sorry you are going through this.

I culled it. Its beak was so broken. That's why mama rejected it. Farm life sucks sometimes. Little boy was peeping and talking to me.

I didn't post the pic but it came out of the fat end of the shell. All the other chicks split their shell in half. Maybe this is why? i would have helped him if it wasn't for his beak. - these were autosexing marans crosses so I did see a head spot as he dried off.

 

[marchick]

I culled it. Its beak was so broken. That's why mama rejected it. Farm life sucks sometimes. Little boy was peeping and talking to me.

I didn't post the pic but it came out of the fat end of the shell. All the other chicks split their shell in half. Maybe this is why? i would have helped him if it wasn't for his beak. - these were autosexing marans crosses so I did see a head spot as he dried off.

Yes, It does suck sometimes. I know we shouldn't help but I feel for the poor babies. My first chicken was a crippled rooster. It hatched when we had snow. It froze and filled up with air. Looked like a balloon. Called the vet and he had us suck out the air with a syringe. He survived but he hopped on one foot. Followed me all day long everywhere I went. Not a breeder but one of the best pets I ever had.