International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

I worked last night putting leg bands on my Coppers. I am planning my pens out and logging it all. Here soon I will be shuffling pens around. I am going to put the Birchen/ Blue Birchen that are 100% not keepers in a separate section. Maybe rehome them. I would like to get down to about 25 for winter. So 8 more can go but not worried if they dont. I am two turkeys down. Sold a pair today. They where only wanting them for pets. I plan on the large pen for layers and grow outs. I give out free eggs and everyone wants eggs. They can have them from my laying pen. Not my Copper pens! Sorry for rambling! Lol

Good on you BC and BLC eggs are for hatching not eating .
large pen for thelayer and grown up is a good idea .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Kayla, I will never remember those names. I love flowers though so how about Rose for my best BC pullet. She now has the orange leg band. Lily for the other BC pullet. She has black and a white leg band. Ruby for my best BLC pullet she had pink band and now has pink and Blue leg bands. Jade for the other BLC pullet she has yellow leg band. They are my breeder pullets for next year. Ruby and Jade's mother is Pearl she has a red leg band. I will also be breeding Pearl next year and possibly one other BLC pullet depending on how she turns out.

rally impressed .you are realy serious about it .great name s love them all .
chooks man

 

[KF0002]

Group #3 hatchstill hatching Day 23 . so far 68 chicks hatched from 107 fetile eggs .
the CLB shipped egg 1 chick out of 24 egg ,lucky me he is a boy .that what I need .
Golden Boy 22 chicks .
Enki .15 chicks
Big Blue 13 chicks
Day Walker { Trustted him with my best hens not a good result } 12 chicks out of 34 egg .his first time with a girls ,he is getting better .
BM 5
CLB 1
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all healthy and happy .
chooks man

I love your chick setup! Congrats on the big hatch. If you lived where I could ship to I would send you some Legbar cockerels. I have Cream/crele and white Legbars.

 

[marchick]

rally impressed .you are realy serious about it .great name s love them all .
chooks man

Thank you Chooksman!

 

[marchick]

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did some work on the brooder house .I made the boxes larger .double .they where 8 feet X 4 feet now they 8 X 8 feets .each box,
this coming Sunday I have to build one more brooder box for the new hatch . prepared place for it ,ready to build .
they have more space now ,they can run around .place the bedding will stay dry too .

chooks man

Very nice! I wish we had more room. I have to work with what I have though. I am edging over in the wood shed. That's where I kept them from about 6-12 weeks of age. I am hoping to convince him to block off part of it next spring after the wood dwindles down.

 

[KF0002]

Grabbed some quick shots of a few cockerels free ranging. There are some good looking boys out there.

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The next 2 pics are of brown eyes (#4). He has beautiful color and type but brown eyes.

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[KF0002]

I noticed a little something on Prince today. See that white primary feather in his wing?

He gets that from his dam.. Queen.

Here he is with Malika (his full sister). He doesn't like having his picture taken.

And here is Malika.

 

[marchick]

Grabbed some quick shots of a few cockerels free ranging. There are some good looking boys out there.

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The next 2 pics are of brown eyes. He has beautiful color and type but brown eyes.
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You have some nice birds. I like 1,4 and 6 the best. Can't wait for Chooksman to come on and give his pro advice.

 

[marchick]

I collect eggs today and both layed. I can definitely tell Ruby and Jade's eggs apart. Jade lays a rounder egg. Jades egg on right and Ruby's egg on left.

 

[KF0002]

I collect eggs today and both layed. I can definitely tell Ruby and Jade's eggs apart. Jade lays a rounder egg. Jades egg on right and Ruby's egg on left.

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They look great! They have really good color. My pullets from this year havent started laying yet.