International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

is hatchet (?) keel bone/breast genetic?

 

[Old Man Tom]

2018 Pullets 1st eggs 25 weeks old, well pleased!! TOM

 

[Magnolia Hill]

2018 Pullets 1st eggs 25 weeks old, well pleased!! TOM

Looking good, they should get darker. Nice copper on those pullets also.

 

[KF0002]

is hatchet (?) keel bone/breast genetic?

Crooked keel is hereditary, likely recessive as I have had 2 birds with good keels throw crooked keeled birds, and Ive had a bird with a crooked keel throw birds with good keels.

Hatchet breast is just a lack of breast depth and mass in the breast of the bird. Making it look like like the breast has been sliced off with a hatchet instead of nice and round and full as it should. Does that make sense? Lacking in breast depth throws off a bird's type and makes it look triangular shaped instead of rectangular as a Marans should.

 

[Hensndoes]

2018 Pullets 1st eggs 25 weeks old, well pleased!! TOM

Yea! Bet they were delicious love the copper color on your girls

 

[Old Man Tom]

Yea! Bet they were delicious love the copper color on your girls

Right now they are on the counter and I'm just admiring them!! TOM

 

[chickengr]

Crooked keel is hereditary, likely recessive as I have had 2 birds with good keels throw crooked keeled birds, and Ive had a bird with a crooked keel throw birds with good keels.

Hatchet breast is just a lack of breast depth and mass in the breast of the bird. Making it look like like the breast has been sliced off with a hatchet instead of nice and round and full as it should. Does that make sense? Lacking in breast depth throws off a bird's type and makes it look triangular shaped instead of rectangular as a Marans should.

then I guess some of my marans have prominent keel bone, not hatchet breasts. they look good but I can feel the bone.

 

[WVduckchick]

A new layer yesterday! Finally!
The light speckled egg of course, the speckles sure are dark! The dark egg is from one has been laying for a few weeks now, although i think I had 2 laying, plus this new one. The blue is a cream legbar egg.

 

[Hensndoes]

A new layer yesterday! Finally!
The light speckled egg of course, the speckles sure are dark! The dark egg is from one has been laying for a few weeks now, although i think I had 2 laying, plus this new one. The blue is a cream legbar egg.
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So pretty!!!! I wish my CLB laid that blue

 

[Magnolia Hill]

A new layer yesterday! Finally!
The light speckled egg of course, the speckles sure are dark! The dark egg is from one has been laying for a few weeks now, although i think I had 2 laying, plus this new one. The blue is a cream legbar egg.
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Nice, congrats!