International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

Here are #010's eggs from the last few days.

 

[KF0002]

Can't get a good picture of #010.

 

[Chooks man]

Here are #010's eggs from the last few days.

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love they shape and the size .easy to breed from her now ,you know her eggs .great advantage .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Can't get a good picture of #010.

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she is good one look solid to me with great body type . love her solid bones .not leggy at all .
chooks man

 

[KF0002]

love they shape and the size .easy to breed from her now ,you know her eggs .great advantage .
chooks man

Thank you! I have her in a single mate pen. I will move DA between the Queen/#20 pen and #010's pen every few days.

 

[KF0002]

she is good one look solid to me with great body type . love her solid bones .not leggy at all .
chooks man

I think so too. I have been hesitant to breed her because she has a twisted comb but I can cull any birds with twisted combs from her. The twisted comb is a throwback to Sheraz, her grandmother or great grandmother.

 

[Chooks man]

Thank you! I have her in a single mate pen. I will move DA between the Queen/#20 pen and #010's pen every few days.

great plain . hatch as many as you can from them . especially Queen proven breeder .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I think so too. I have been hesitant to breed her because she has a twisted comb but I can cull any birds with twisted combs from her. The twisted comb is a throwback to Sheraz, her grandmother or great grandmother.

DA has a good comb . comb stuff is hit and miss , it is a last thing in my list to breed .
there is many other traits more important to establish and breed true . like body type ,mass .hackle marking .copper quality .egg size and colour . plumage type .

chooks man

 

[marchick]

The youngest batch is 3 1/2 and 2 1/2 weeks old. I see 2 older BC cockerels both mossy. So far Black jack is the only BC cockerel not mossy. Still have hope on the youngest batch. I find it more difficult when there are 30 chicks running around to see flaws. Not that we can tell much from these pictures but pictures anyways.

 

[KF0002]

DA has a good comb . comb stuff is hit and miss , it is a last thing in my list to breed .
there is many other traits more important to establish and breed true . like body type ,mass .hackle marking .copper quality .egg size and colour . plumage type .

chooks man

Yeah color and type are most important to me this year. I would love to see improvement in color in the cockerels.