International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

they were shipped, and to exacerbate matters i live at 5300 ft. they were in an auto turner also. But the biggest thing was they were turned the wrong way and tried to pip at the wrong end

Pipping at the wrong end is very common with shipped eggs because the shipping process often disturbs the contents of the egg so the chicks can form malpositioned (turned the wrong way). Think of it like a human infant being breech in utero, which complicates the birth process.

 

[Chooks man]

Wow that is a lot of chicks! Congrats!! Hopefully there are a lot of nice breeder birds in the lot. I am enjoying getting a break from chicks right now. We hatched and raised chicks nearly all year up until late summer and chick season will be back in full swing before I know it here.

Been prepping birds for the Appalachian Classic on saturday. I will be taking 3 Marans pullets (I added one to the lineup), an OEG cockerel, and an OEG pullet so fingers crossed.

good luck on Saturday
chooks man

 

[KF0002]

I looked the book up on Amazon. Genetics of the fowl: The classic guide to chicken genetics and poultry. By FB Hutt first published in 1949. It was basically $50 U.S. I would like to get it.

Yes thats it! @Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Wow that is a lot of chicks! Congrats!! Hopefully there are a lot of nice breeder birds in the lot. I am enjoying getting a break from chicks right now. We hatched and raised chicks nearly all year up until late summer and chick season will be back in full swing before I know it here.

Been prepping birds for the Appalachian Classic on saturday. I will be taking 3 Marans pullets (I added one to the lineup), an OEG cockerel, and an OEG pullet so fingers crossed.

there is a lot great chicks to select from . hope they stay healthy and grow fast . happy with they body type and hatch down colours .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

working with a Birchen marans variety .
all my new Birchen line come from Liza s one pen breeding .they have been inbred for 2 generation ,some BC has been added to them .they do have my old line blood runnnig through them.
Now working with them .
have 28 chicks and expecting 30 or more to hatch next weekend .
I ll select the best 8 pullets and 2 best cockerels.
next breeding season I ll pair the selected 8 pullets to a Dark cuckoo from Lucy line. 50% of my old line .and distant related to my old Birchen line .and to a dark cuckoo cockerel from Alnauld line no related .
the 2 Birchen cockerels I ll pair them to a dark cuckoo pullets from Stallone and Arnauld line .no related .
I ll end up with 4 to 6 combination .different progeny to select from to form a solid line s

first they have to grow .
chooks man

Dark cuckoo cockerel . stunning body type very long and wide .he doesn t know I have a big plan s for him .

 

[wolfwalker]

so, I grabbed a picture this morning of the 5 that survived right before I fed the hungry beasts again. Later this afternoon I will be putting in a chick feeder instead of the bowl top

 

[Chooks man]

so, I grabbed a picture this morning of the 5 that survived right before I fed the hungry beasts again. Later this afternoon I will be putting in a chick feeder instead of the bowl topView attachment 1958853

lovely .correct hatch down colour .black with minimum white . black faces with white stip each side of the beaks . good sign .they legs are wel feathered . bood body type .
I like them a lot .

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

final number of the last hatch ,did stretch to 24 days .
DW -8 fetility is a issue with this guy .shame
Enki= 16
GB = 20
BB =4 from 6 eggs

Liza s eggs /
Sp X BLC = BLC 13 . BC11 and SP 11
SP X BC = all BL 20
BIR = 28

Wheaten 12

NN =0

chooks man

congrats!

what happened to the NN eggs?

 

[chickengr]

working with a Birchen marans variety .
all my new Birchen line come from Liza s one pen breeding .they have been inbred for 2 generation ,some BC has been added to them .they do have my old line blood runnnig through them.
Now working with them .
have 28 chicks and expecting 30 or more to hatch next weekend .
I ll select the best 8 pullets and 2 best cockerels.
next breeding season I ll pair the selected 8 pullets to a Dark cuckoo from Lucy line. 50% of my old line .and distant related to my old Birchen line .and to a dark cuckoo cockerel from Alnauld line no related .
the 2 Birchen cockerels I ll pair them to a dark cuckoo pullets from Stallone and Arnauld line .no related .
I ll end up with 4 to 6 combination .different progeny to select from to form a solid line s

first they have to grow .
chooks manView attachment 1958830
Dark cuckoo cockerel . stunning body type very long and wide .he doesn t know I have a big plan s for him .

what do you get from birchen/dark cuckoo cross?

 

[Chooks man]

working and establishing a splash copper line from chicken that hatched from a same pen ,different hens all related .
the hens are Blue copper 7of them .only making eggs from 3 hens .
hen#1 lay large long pointed eggs very dark .
hen#2 lay oval dark and shiny eggs
hen#3 lay oval dark and dotted eggs

First they are matted to one of they son ,Splash copper . I have 11 chicks hatched all tagged .
next week will have more from a same pairing .

Second pairing will be a BLC cockerel from Avgen import line . I will mark a same eggs

like this I will have 3 half sibling from the first pairing and another 3 set of half sibling from the second pairing .with a new blood on them

plus I have a pair of Splash come out of a same hens but Sired by a Blue rooster ,so they are half sibling /cousin to the little ones .

next breeding season I should have 3 pens going on pullets from one pairing will be mated to cockerels from a different pairing .. like this I will line breed but keeping larger genetic diversity .not just a hen and her son s.

the good thing about those splash chicks ,they are massive .wide but a little shorter ,more boxy . let see how they do in few weeks time .

chooks man