International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

Liza s cockerels .great gift
the Blue cockerel with his new Leg ring #1 .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Group #1 ,hatch 1 & 2. 5&4 weeks old .
all sort of colour start to come out .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Group #2 .hatch 3 &4 .2&1 weeks old .
better type than first group and a lot early feathering type from khabib and Samir2 Splash cockerels .well pleased .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

my new watering system . very eazy to make and cool too .hold 20L [5 Gallon } each.made one for each breeding pen .
for the youngster I ll make a larger system .big water tank .

chooks man

 

[BenTN]

Rooster #1.

Keeping him for color and type(depth of chest).

His tail angle is high and comb not so good.

What do you think?

Ben

 

[BenTN]

Rooster #2

Keeping him for tail angle and comb(best I had).

He is not fully colored and almost too dark. A little thinner build than roo 1 but still decent type.

What do you think?

Ben

 

[BenTN]

3 pullets I am working with.

Top forward has good type but nearly no copper in hackle and good tail angle.

Top rear has good type but nearly no copper in hackle and high tail.

Pic 2 has most of what I am looking for, type, hackle color, low tail.

All birds need help in the comb Dept. Hopefully I can stay ahead of the tail angle and bring in better hackle on the hens.

What do you think?

Ben

 

[Chooks man]

@BenTN
Rooster #1 .
Qualities = Correct head . correct face . correct neck .correct copper type . correct chest depth .correct mass .correct wings .correct plumage type and well feathered legs .
Faults = his body type is squarish. Comb is too large the frent of it is twisted ,the back of it is toughing the neck .
Missing the complete shoulder pattern . short back ,high tail ,feets too dark . ears tuft is too dark should be copper .

problem working with this dude .all his pullets will be dark no hackle marking or just a little around upper part of the neck .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@BenTN
rooster 1 from this photo his legs look like they are bent inward . have a look at him from the rear to see if his feet are straight and well spaced .
maybe just a photo .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@BenTN
rooster 2 .
Qualities = correct body type long with a deep chest and nice stand .not too high like roo1. correct back ,flat long and wide .. tail to die for .plumage type correct ,leg colour correct , they look lighter than roo 1 . his comb is big but not that bad .

Fault . need more body colour .shoulder need more colour . I can not see the front of the comb and eyes .
he is better quality than roo#1.

chooks man