International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

they hatch down and body type will tell us a lot about Duke s .

chooks man

I just got a sneak peak of them when I checked the incubator. They are nearly all hatched, I am just waiting on one or two more SDW OEG eggs to finish up for the hatch to be done. Duke's chicks look very good! There are only a handful in there but they are beautiful. No white around the faces!

I was thinking about giving them to a broody Game hen that is clogging up a nest in the hen house. She is a persistent and chronic broody. lol What do you think? Let a hen raise them, or brood them myself?

 

[KF0002]

Took a few pictures today of Duchess and all of her attitude. She is a very sassy hen. She has copper, it is just very deep in color so it doesn't show up well in pictures.

 

[KF0002]

Here is my first batch of chicks this year (minus 3 SDW OEG chicks I just snuck under a relentlessly broody hen). There are 4 BCM but one will likely need to be culled as it appears to have an issue with its legs. We'll see.

There are also 2 White Legbars in there and the rest are American Game. I am very happy with the hatch down of the BCM chicks. Two have very dark faces which I love! Oh and I have the chicks in a box with a nest pad as bedding as a makeshift brooder for tonight until I can take them up to the building in the morning. I didn't photograph the chick with the leg issue.

 

[BenTN]

Cute chicks, tell us again what the white in the face down signifies? Does this show up as parasitic white later on? I have 9 BCMs three weeks old now and just wondering what I have to work with.

 

[Bantambird]

this guy was hatched January 27th. He's a blue birchen(silver) cockerel. He has caught my eye, what say you?

 

[Chooks man]

View attachment 1724252 View attachment 1724253 View attachment 1724254 View attachment 1724255 this guy was hatched January 27th. He's a blue birchen(silver) cockerel. He has caught my eye, what say you?

I say hen is sublime .love his body type ,will be well coloured cockerel .
keep him safe please .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Cute chicks, tell us again what the white in the face down signifies? Does this show up as parasitic white later on? I have 9 BCMs three weeks old now and just wondering what I have to work with.

too much white on the hatch down of a BCM chicks mean ,they are a carrier of a parasitic white .
less white on them is better ,

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Here is my first batch of chicks this year (minus 3 SDW OEG chicks I just snuck under a relentlessly broody hen). There are 4 BCM but one will likely need to be culled as it appears to have an issue with its legs. We'll see.

There are also 2 White Legbars in there and the rest are American Game. I am very happy with the hatch down of the BCM chicks. Two have very dark faces which I love! Oh and I have the chicks in a box with a nest pad as bedding as a makeshift brooder for tonight until I can take them up to the building in the morning. I didn't photograph the chick with the leg issue.

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they are lovely . love they hatch down colour .especially last 2 . pure black face with a little dot around they eyes .sign of pullet .
BCM chicks if they are pure they will show a brown dot on they head .sign of pullet too .

they feet is well coloured and feathered . great .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Took a few pictures today of Duchess and all of her attitude. She is a very sassy hen. She has copper, it is just very deep in color so it doesn't show up well in pictures.

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Ah Duchess . she is gorgeous ,love her body type .
her long flat back
love her small pointed tail .
gorgeous face and comb ,wattles and eyes

maybe she doesn t lay a darkest egg ,but he has a faultless body type .

she ll breed well with Duke s and No Name cockerel as well .
she is going to be very helpful to you in fixing the tail shape and angle .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I just got a sneak peak of them when I checked the incubator. They are nearly all hatched, I am just waiting on one or two more SDW OEG eggs to finish up for the hatch to be done. Duke's chicks look very good! There are only a handful in there but they are beautiful. No white around the faces!

I was thinking about giving them to a broody Game hen that is clogging up a nest in the hen house. She is a persistent and chronic broody. lol What do you think? Let a hen raise them, or brood them myself?

broody hen will do a great job for sure .
why you want to work if there is some body else willing to do it for free .
broody hen win every time in my book .

chooks man