International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

cockerels with very nice comb .

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[Chooks man]

group #3 . are in they new pen .9 weeks old

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[Chooks man]

my youngest group ,the crosses I call them ,liza s line X import line . they are true looking marans ,@3 weeks of age all the pullets are fully feathered with a long tail so they are k+ { fast feathering type}.the cockerels are fully feathered but without tail or just coming out tail so they are K/k+ mix between fast a late feathering genes .love they body type big .long and wide .
all my future BC/BLC and Sp breeding cockerels will be from this group . there is some thing about alright .

I have 71 of them from 3 different combination .majority come from the Blue X Blue .the darkest eggs of the 3 groups .well pleased about that .
now they have a lot growing to do .
I m looking forward to work with them ,I m exited again to breed them . great line will sprout of this chicks ,plus a lot work and time .they worth it .

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Hi every one .this is new thing for me . let see how does work ,

seem to work fast .this new set up .

 

[Chooks man]

my boy is getting big .
here a photo of his mother when she was his age .

those 2 will be my foundation pair of Red Pyle marans variety .

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[Chooks man]

BCM pullets 4 months old .group #1. all sired by Black Mamba . they are heavy thick pullets,they start to fill up . pleased about them .
Black Ma,ba produce some stunning pullets and cockerels .

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here one of the best BLCM cockerel I produced from Group #4 9 weeks old . he is super big ,wide ,long and heavy ,short on his feet plus he is early feathering type .this guy was not bred for body colour but bred for body type .
DW X Shiva .

he is as long and big as his mama .
here his mama Shiva s .

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group #5 are 5 weeks old .a lot pullets in this group .great stuff .all healthy and ready to move outside

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group #6 the youngest and my favorite 5 weeks old , my future blood line nothing will be added to it .there is enough genetic diversity to sustain it for as long as I balance the mating and select well .

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[Chooks man]

Black marans pullets ,some are Black copper without marking others are solid black .I need test mating them to know who is who .all sired my Black Mamba over different hens .
I know now BM is a split between BC and Solid Black .he is E / ER . now I need to find a pullets are E /E or E/ER .
I have 4 solid Black cockerels .good enough to work with ,they are sibling to the pullets .
Shiva s and Ravendale son s are solid Black .

love her straight and well spaced legs .gorgeous . Dam s is Ravendale ,she from Gr#2 4 months next weekend

sisters

her mother is Kali . group#2 a week shy from 4 months

her mother is Shiva s group #1 the oldest group 4 months old
I have more from Gr#1 but hard to take a photo of them running all the time .or they never pose .

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