International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

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Red bronze also result from crossing Royal Palm and burbon red, or at least that's what R2elk said. It's pretty color anyway.

hand some looking dude .love his colour .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Hi guys .here few photos of my new pappy dog Maremma sheepdog . she is a female 9 weeks old .very shy but gorgeous ,does not chase any thing ,very child pappy .
I name her Rita .

happy dogs .happy chooks

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

my white { Recessive } marans pullets .love her body type and body mass.well chunky

name her .Lady Liuwa

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

my new marans chooks moved to they new pen, old orchid pens .painted them and fix few thing .all good ,they are loving it .

they are happy .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

my favourite Black copper pullet .she is so friendly .following my around like a dog .
she is faultless too .hopefully she ll lay dark eggs .
she is show type for sure .great comb and hackle marking ,super rich red copper .high quality.

name her Shazelle .

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

my new marans chooks moved to they new pen, old orchid pens .painted them and fix few thing .all good ,they are loving it .
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they are happy .

chooks man

happy and lucky as well. great place with a lot of green. what are those trees? I think they are perfect for chickens: low and make a lot of shade.

 

[Chooks man]

happy and lucky as well. great place with a lot of green. what are those trees? I think they are perfect for chickens: low and make a lot of shade.

they are plum trees .
now they have so much rotting fruit ,the chooks love them ,great place for the choks .a lot of shade ,shelter from a wind and rain ,plus they are free to do any thing ,we don t close they coop at night ,so they are free to come in and out any time they like . they come out of they coop when still dark at the morning .not all of them ,there is the late sleeper .lazy ones .

choks man

 

[Chooks man]

24 wheaten eggs moved to the hatcher today .counting down .

need some wheaten pullets ,only have 3 for the moment . fingers cross .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

here my Blue golden dark cuckoo cockerel . lovely body pattern ,not fully completed by is there .
he is a big boy brother to the dominant white and the other 2 cuckoos cockerel .same Sire .different Dams .
I ll breed him when he is ready to the BC pullets with a lovely hackle marking .I have few of them . they ll give me Blue and Black copper plus Blue and Black golden cuckoos .

his shoulders start to take golden colour .right time .very important the colour come early as possible before they reach 5 months . other wise they ll be later to colour up .not good .late maturing ,too confusing when selecting at early stage .
he is 6 generation down from my original Charlie . silver cuckoo rooster from England .

I name him "Charlie The Blue " great progeny will come from him .

chooks man

 

[Gargoyle]

I was at the Italian national poultry championships in Dec. 2018. Here are a couple Marans.

This Black Copper Maran rooster took Best of Breed with a score of D96 (Distinguished, 96 points. Maximum possible score at this show was E97, Excellent 97 points).

The two comments the judges made of things that could be better were something about the lobe of the comb (I can't make out the word in my photo of the cage tag) and tail is a bit high.

This Black Maran hen scored B92 (Buono, Good, 92 points). The one noted defect was that the comb is irregular, also things that could be improved was the white in the leg feathers, and something about the ears. They said the general form and shape are good.

If you're interested, I'm posting lots of photos from that show in this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/italian-national-poultry-championship-dec-2018.1288055