International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Punkybrewster]

And these are some of the line #2 pullets.

 

[kcrandall]

So we are now at 7 weeks old. This is line #2. The ones that looked like tall skinny giraffes at a few days old. Their plumping up nicely. I like their leg color and feathering. Nice blue eyes.
There are 9.
2 cockerels and 7 pullets.

These are the two cockerels. One is bold and friendly and the other one stands back and observes.

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Very sloooow feathering.

Nice looking cockerels! I like their type, combs, and eyes. Both look like they will have some copper on their breast (no more than about 10% coverage is acceptable per SOP). We’ll be able to tell more as they growout. Some breeders prefer the slower maturing cockerels claiming their color is more proper when fully matured.

Take Care,
Keith

 

[kcrandall]

And these are some of the line #2 pullets.

I like this group of pullets too - good type, eye color and tails. The pullet in the 5th pick looks like she will have a high tail so watch for that. Overall, you have some promising options.

Take Care,
Keith

 

[marchick]

I decided to take 20 week pictures of Black Jack and Ace. Below is Black Jack and I will put Ace in another post.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Nice looking cockerels! I like their type, combs, and eyes. Both look like they will have some copper on their breast (no more than about 10% coverage is acceptable per SOP). We’ll be able to tell more as they growout. Some breeders prefer the slower maturing cockerels claiming their color is more proper when fully matured.

Take Care,
Keith

I noticed their chests too. Im hoping a lot of it will molt out.

Way back in this thread ive seen it minimize as the cockerel grew into adulthood.
I have no idea what the parents looked like. Thats the hard part. Thanks for the observations. Much appreciated.

And as for the pullets tail, it goes up and down with alerts but im always watching the darn tails. Line #1 has a few that started out like this and now their staying higher.

 

[Punkybrewster]

I decided to take 20 week pictures of Black Jack and Ace. Below is Black Jack and I will put Ace in another post.


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Beautiful cockerels.
I love the coloring and the combs and type.

 

[marchick]

This is Ace. Ace is smaller than Black Jack. It is getting harder to tell them apart.
I need to leg band them.

 

[kcrandall]

I decided to take 20 week pictures of Black Jack and Ace. Below is Black Jack and I will put Ace in another post.


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Black Jack is a good looking cockerel! Nice rich copper - should only fill out and get richer with age.

 

[kcrandall]

This is Ace. Ace is smaller than Black Jack. It is getting harder to tell them apart.
I need to leg band them.
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Same comments for Ace! These two cockerels are like book ends. You could start a clan breeding program with them.

 

[marchick]

Thank you! Your pullets are coming along nicely. They change so much. Some of mine that had too much color on chest are looking better but not keeping any Blue Copper cockerels.