International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

No parasitic white so far. That I have seen. There is one BLC hen out there with a white foot feather but not breeding her next year.

good there is not any parasitic white .
chooks man

 

[chickengr]

Wanted to share pictures of my show birds. They arent my best, I admit but they were in the best feather condition.
Pics 1 and 2 are of the same pullet.

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the judges were blind as well!

 

[KF0002]

the judges were blind as well!

Lol I agree. Not many judges are familar with Marans unfortunately.

 

[KF0002]

this Sunday I will be fitting the leg ring on the selected fews from Group#1 .
here few selected ones .View attachment 1961600
Silver Dark cuckoo .sired by Stallone over Baby Blue . gorgeous hackle marking .lancet all ready coming along .stunning and correct specimen .will be very usefull to me in breeding Birchen . I Maked him in my note book as Birchen pen breeding cockerel .he will add gorgeous hackle to his girls 100% .
Imy worker named him a Night Templar .because his hackle and chest pattern .
he is massive for 9 weeks old .

chooks man

He is very handsome! There were some cuckoo Marans shown at the show on Saturday. I wish I would have taken some pictures. I love the cuckoo pattern!

That big white cockerel is looking very wide in his rear view. I love seeing that in grow outs. They are looking very good!

 

[KF0002]

that no good news . #1 is going ,who will replace him?
chooks man

Maybe Malika's son? It's either him, ugly face, or big guy. Which one stays? Even if he stays only as a spare.

For reference, here is is the one we were calling Malika's son. Both pics are of the same bird. I will get more pics of him when I am off work again.

There is one more cockerel free ranging that is a little younger than the rest but he still hasnt grown in a tail.

 

[KF0002]

group#1 are 8/9 weeks old .no heat lamp .fully feathered and massive .
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chooks man

They sure are massive.. built like little tanks! They all look great.

 

[KF0002]

this time I m better prepared and have a better system .
first 4/5 weeks they stay in brooder room ,each box is 8 X 8 feets . enough for 70/80 chicks .
stag 2 ,they get moved to bigger pen .still in the shed but open to air flow ,they still have the heat lamp @night . prepare them for they final outdoor pens and runs .

stage 3 .out door pen with a lot space 10 square metre of space by chooks . cockerels will be separeted from the girls at 4 month old .

I m not going a mix the group .each group this time going to stay by them selves tell adult hold ,take a lot space and coops but yiel better result .

chooks man

I really like that idea. I think my goal for next year is to pen the pullets up away from the cockerels like you mentioned. So they feather in better and dont get muddy and get their feathers damaged from being mated.

 

[Chooks man]

Maybe Malika's son? It's either him, ugly face, or big guy. Which one stays? Even if he stays only as a spare.

For reference, here is is the one we were calling Malika's son. Both pics are of the same bird. I will get more pics of him when I am off work again.

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There is one more cockerel free ranging that is a little younger than the rest but he still hasnt grown in a tail.

who is a big guy .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I really like that idea. I think my goal for next year is to pen the pullets up away from the cockerels like you mentioned. So they feather in better and dont get muddy and get their feathers damaged from being mated.

breeders pullets should not be mated tell one month before breeding them .so can reach maturity without been damaged .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@kfelton0002

deep in my heart I like this guy more than all the cockerel you bred .I just can t find a way to work with him .
he is not a body colour breeder for sure .but MAN body type ,head and tail ,he is inbeatable .
you can forget about a body colour in this line and contenue working perfecting they body type ,feathers type .tail type ,head type .
Malika penned with this guy .line breeding for correct body marans body type . they will be black or almost black but correct .

we still need a well coloured cockerel no hallo to mate him to Malika so we can work on the body colour differently . that is a cockerel I m after .
DARK EYE WILL FIT THE BUIL can you post more photos of him from all different angle .I really want to see every thing .I really mean it .every angle possible .

chooks man

PS = get eggs from @marchick they are your way out . they are similar to your on they body type { both correct} they have a complete body pattern , correct copper quality and quantity .and correct comb .you only need cockerels .
if you guys think shipping eggs is not that great ,than let @marchick hatch and raise 2/3 cockerels tell 10/12 weeks and ship them to you .

chooks man