International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@kfelton0002

this pullets too .more photos please. very interesting pullet . sublime copper hackle and plumage type . love her tail too .

chooks man

 

[marchick]

right there with you, I would feed all those birds for way too long trying to make a decision.

Right! I was the whole time thinking I need a BC cockerel over my BLC hens. The one BLC cockerel from the beginning I really liked him. There was just something about him and I liked him better than all the rest even the BC. I liked the BC everything but his size and I was doubting he would catch up. Boy am I glad I kept both of them. Culling is the hardest part for me because I don't want to cull too early and regret it.

 

[marchick]

sorry to hear about your knees .
knees and the cold weather don t mix well . hope you get well soon .

chooks man

Thank you!

 

[KF0002]

if the white feathers appear in the first 18 month .than it is genetic .
if the white appear after the big molt 18 months then could be related to other thing .like stress ,sickness etc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

white any where is bad news .
chooks man

Good to know! I'm glad you cleared up that misconception then. So far I've not found any white in my females. Just a few males, mostly white underfluff under the hackle. I will hopefully get a handle on it one of these days.

 

[KF0002]

@kfelton0002

this pullets too .more photos please. very interesting pullet . sublime copper hackle and plumage type . love her tail too .

chooks man

I will get more photos as I can.

 

[Chooks man]

Right! I was the whole time thinking I need a BC cockerel over my BLC hens. The one BLC cockerel from the beginning I really liked him. There was just something about him and I liked him better than all the rest even the BC. I liked the BC everything but his size and I was doubting he would catch up. Boy am I glad I kept both of them. Culling is the hardest part for me because I don't want to cull too early and regret it.

very hard when there is not enough space .
you have done well .you have a good line now . the fun part just started .

chooks man

 

[KF0002]

@kfelton0002
I like this one .love her long flat back ,her tail .her body type . her deep chest ,all the package.
her eyes I m not sure .if just a light or they dark .

love to see more photos of her please .
chooks man

my friend I told you ,you have a good marans .

Thank you! I appreciate that. Her eyes are dark/marbled. I like her type and mass very well. She may make it to a brood pen.

 

[KF0002]

banded 20 cockerels not 50 .
I have 50 rings that all not enough to cover all my cockerels from all 7 groups .so I need to order 100 more rings .

chooks man

Oh ok I see!

 

[KF0002]

@marchick and @kfelton0002 .you both worry too much I think .let chooks express them selves .you have to look @ what they have now as good traits .not to worry what they will have in the future .nature know that ,we don t .so we don t have to worry all the time about every trait .
enjoy the beauty they are showing now .in this moment . not what you think may happen .

chooks man

I am learning to do just that. Last year I probably would have freaked out to find a split/slipped wing bird produced from my line. But this year I am a lot more laid back with it. No line is going to be free from DQ, defects, recessive genes, etc. I am learning to appreciate my birds for what they are now and am seeing potential where I wouldnt have seen it before and what can be done to improve upon them. I will breed my best to my best and take them as they come.

 

[Chooks man]

Good to know! I'm glad you cleared up that misconception then. So far I've not found any white in my females. Just a few males, mostly white underfluff under the hackle. I will hopefully get a handle on it one of these days.

white underfluff under the hackle is a big problem . but you only need one rooster without it to breed it out .
does Duke s have the white underfluff ?
does Prince have it ?he is from different sire line .
any cockerel we selected has it ? hope not .

for me I will take any fault in a working cockerel as long as he has a correct body pattern , correct copper ,and free from any parasitic white . those are the thing I can not stand .

the rest bad comb .dark eyes .high tail ,short back ,bring it on . those fault I will fix them on the hens lines .
cockerels lines I will focus on body colour with a complete body pattern . plumage type and qualities , quality of the copper , free from any white .. those are a cockerels traits .
rest from mama hen .

chooks man