International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[so lucky]

Wow, that is a dark egg! So pretty. Much darker than my Marans' eggs.

 

[aliciaplus3]

where the marans eggs come from ? not from a pullets ?
chooks man

Yes pullets but they had been laying several months

 

[Maiahr]

@Acre4Me so at what age did they start laying - weeks, days?

 

[Acre4Me]

@Acre4Me so at what age did they start laying - weeks, days?

they are 24 weeks and three days old today (hatched April 29). As best we can tell only 2 are laying eggs. The first egg was on Sept 29 - age 21weeks+6Days. The second one started yesterday. The third pullet hasn’t come into lay yet.

We have 2 black copper Marans and one blue copper Marans. We do have a light on in the coop in the early hours of the day to provide approx 14 hours of light total (bulb+natural light), which may have facilitated their POL in the fall, but maybe not as we only turned on the timer and light a few weeks ago.

 

[Chooks man]

they are 24 weeks and three days old today (hatched April 29). As best we can tell only 2 are laying eggs. The first egg was on Sept 29 - age 21weeks+6Days. The second one started yesterday. The third pullet hasn’t come into lay yet.

We have 2 black copper Marans and one blue copper Marans. We do have a light on in the coop in the early hours of the day to provide approx 14 hours of light total (bulb+natural light), which may have facilitated their POL in the fall, but maybe not as we only turned on the timer and light a few weeks ago.

the light for sure speed up they maturity .
very early 21 weeks +6 days = 22 weeks
usualy they start at 25 weeks and up .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Yes pullets but they had been laying several months

photos of the mature pullets please .I like to see how they turn up

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

View attachment 1936310 I take pics at lockdown.... the darkest ones here are the marans.

what breed are the pink ones?

 

[Acre4Me]

@Chooks man Here is one Black Copper Maran - I think she is "mossy" in coloring - at least that is what others on here thought when I posted pics a couple of months ago. 24 weeks old.

 

[Acre4Me]

@Chooks man, Here is the Blue Copper Maran- 24 weeks.

 

[Acre4Me]

@Chooks man, Here is the other Black Copper Marans - not much feathering on the legs, but there is a little. Age 24 weeks.