International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

he is great .love his body type and mass .look chunky to me .super wide at the shoulder .great , love his copper .rich red
he is going a be a big rooster .thick and heavy .
there is nothing wrong with his wing .there is no such a thing as holding them high . holding them low is a fault but not high .
holding them high sigh of strength and dominance .
how he is looking now ?

chooks man

Unfortunately he got a leg injury and couldnt walk. He wasn't getting better so my husband had to cull him. I think he hurt it jumping down off the roost in the hen house.

He was a very big rooster and I really liked his copper color. I've had a lot of bad luck this year.

 

[WVduckchick]

I sold my cockerel and 6 of my 8 pullets today. I plan to move the 2 remaining pullets in with my cream legbars to make some olive eggers. The cockerel got aggressive with me once too many.
But I have 15 eggs in the incubator, about a week in, and I can see development in several already, so we’ll see how much I miss my group in the next 2 weeks, and decide whether to keep these babies or sell them.

Since some of you have CLs too, is there any visual clue to gender at hatch, when crossing CL over BCM? I don’t think so, but having never done it, I thought I’d ask.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I sold my cockerel and 6 of my 8 pullets today. I plan to move the 2 remaining pullets in with my cream legbars to make some olive eggers. The cockerel got aggressive with me once too many.
But I have 15 eggs in the incubator, about a week in, and I can see development in several already, so we’ll see how much I miss my group in the next 2 weeks, and decide whether to keep these babies or sell them.

Since some of you have CLs too, is there any visual clue to gender at hatch, when crossing CL over BCM? I don’t think so, but having never done it, I thought I’d ask.

Not if Dad is the legbar. Both sexes will be barred then. If you decide you want more Marans, I send you eggs the spring

 

[WVduckchick]

Not if Dad is the legbar. Both sexes will be barred then. If you decide you want more Marans, I send you eggs the spring

That’s what I was thinking, but somehow I always manage to confuse myself

And thanks! I’ll keep that in mind.

 

[Chooks man]

Unfortunately he got a leg injury and couldnt walk. He wasn't getting better so my husband had to cull him. I think he hurt it jumping down off the roost in the hen house.

He was a very big rooster and I really liked his copper color. I've had a lot of bad luck this year.

sorry to hear that you lost him . he was good looking .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Unfortunately he got a leg injury and couldnt walk. He wasn't getting better so my husband had to cull him. I think he hurt it jumping down off the roost in the hen house.

He was a very big rooster and I really liked his copper color. I've had a lot of bad luck this year.

sorry to hear that you lost him . he was good looking .

chooks man

 

[KF0002]

sorry to hear that you lost him . he was good looking .

chooks man

Yes he was, thank you. Hopefully the cockerel from Max and Queen ends up being a good breeder.

 

[KF0002]

@Chooks man I wanted to show you my Cream Legbars I will be showing.

 

[KF0002]

This is #632.. son of Queen and Maximus. Born 5/12/18 so he is 6 months old. Current weight 5.18 lbs. According to my records he had good hatch down at birth.

I like that his tail is low right now.. means it will likely have proper angle when he matures and not be too high. He has the comb of his grand mother, Sheraz.. twisted. But that is not a big deal to me right now. His sister has the same problem and she is getting ready to be a show girl. Lol.

His chest is free from leakage so that's a plus. Nice long back, wing angle good. He is a little more narrow in the back end than I would like. He also has his sire's halo, but he is the best contender right now for my BCM line. He has younger brothers free ranging but they are too young to tell much about.

And here he is.. on my kitchen counter. But you wouldn't expect any less from me would you?

*Pardon the mud on him.. it's been raining here. I should have cleaned him up before his photo shoot. lol

 

[chickengr]

This is #632.. son of Queen and Maximus. Born 5/12/18 so he is 6 months old. Current weight 5.18 lbs. According to my records he had good hatch down at birth.

I like that his tail is low right now.. means it will likely have proper angle when he matures and not be too high. He has the comb of his grand mother, Sheraz.. twisted. But that is not a big deal to me right now. His sister has the same problem and she is getting ready to be a show girl. Lol.

His chest is free from leakage so that's a plus. Nice long back, wing angle good. He is a little more narrow in the back end than I would like. He also has his sire's halo, but he is the best contender right now for my BCM line. He has younger brothers free ranging but they are too young to tell much about.

And here he is.. on my kitchen counter. But you wouldn't expect any less from me would you?

*Pardon the mud on him.. it's been raining here. I should have cleaned him up before his photo shoot. lol

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I would use him for olive eggers only. I think he is too dark with 2 faults (halo and twisted comb). I bet you have better roos.