International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@marchick
this guy is out 100%

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@marchick

this one is better .I like him short on his feet . love his silver .. he is a keeper .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@marchick
how many Birchen you want to keep .how many pens you have for them ?

chooks man

 

[marchick]

@marchick

this one is better .I like him short on his feet . love his silver .. he is a keeper .
chooks man

I like him better also. I am hoping as he matures he might be better than all the rest. This is a slow maturing line. Slowest I have ever worked with.

 

[marchick]

@marchick
how many Birchen you want to keep .how many pens you have for them ?

chooks man

Coppers are going to be my main focus. I had two Birchen pens but narrowed down to one pen for the Coppers.

 

[Chooks man]

I like him better also. I am hoping as he matures he might be better than all the rest. This is a slow maturing line. Slowest I have ever worked with.

good to hea .he has a better body type and length of legs for sure . keep him tell he mature ,if he turn up better than the original rooster than keep him as your man breeder .
I like him
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I will only have the one pen. I wish I had more.

one pen is enough .
how many older hens are you keeping?

chooks man

 

[marchick]

one pen is enough .
how many older hens are you keeping?

chooks man

I think I have 3 in that pen. I know one lays a light egg. The only problem is I don't know which one. I do know none of the light eggs went into the Incubator. I will for sure keep the one Black Birchen hen. The one blue and solid Black Birchen pullet. So 3 picked out so far.

 

[marchick]

I think this black Birchen with the bare back and the ripped comb is where the thin Birchens came from so I think cull.
I think Blue looks good. What do you think? She looks like the Blue pullet you like.




The small blue you can kind of see in one of the pictures is that Cuckoo. I only keep her for her awsome egg.

 

[marchick]

good to hea .he has a better body type and length of legs for sure . keep him tell he mature ,if he turn up better than the original rooster than keep him as your man breeder .
I like him
chooks man

That would make different blood also. I think all three cockerels hatched out of pen #1. I still need to check wing bands to make sure.