International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Braxton Brigade]

you are so wrong about him . he is a hand some boy except his comb and need more color on his lancet and a little bit on the shoulder.

I tell you what I like about him and he will pass it down to his progeny .is his posture bang on the money . strait legs .he carries him self well .

chooks man

You don't think he has a halo? I alway thought he did.

Well I am happy to hear that you disagree, I am going to post some pictures of his sisters in a bit.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

I have been studying these pictures and I like him.

I love how he carries his head.
Nice long back.
Carries his tail at the right angle.
He has filled out in the body.
I like his face very much.
Nice feathering on his legs and I can see the pink showing thru.
I think he is quite the handsome fellow.
He could use more copper.
Dark ear tuft.
I can't see his eye too clearly but it looks like the right color.
How wide is he in the rear.
We are all too hard on our own birds.
More pictures please from the top down and front/rear.

This is why I love this thread! We all lack self confidence because we have been told we have nothing in the past. I am finding it hard to break that habit with my birds, I think I have nothing but apparently I have something good haha.

 

[Chooks man]

look the way he stand sublime posture .

his strong point =
Head well strong well placed and well colored .
Neck meduim .strong and well arched .
Back is his great asset . flat ,long nicely tilted .
Tail a little longer but nice 45 degree Angle .
Body type good fit into the triangle tyoe .
Chest nice and deep .
Shoulder nice and wide .
Wings well tight held close to his body .
Feathers type exelletent free from fluff .
Legs nicely feathered and well colored .strait and well spaced .

What bad about him .
Comb = he will be no responsible to pass it down his progeny .mam will
Shoulder need more color
Lancet need more color.
Hackle has 2 type of color Red copper and a Golden hues.
Eyes need more color ( need to be mated to a hen with a gorgeous eyes)

he is exactly like my BCM rooster for this year . I sold all the good one .

chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

@Braxton Brigade

Is this the cockerel that you posted pictures when this thread first started? He has really changed.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

I don't have good photos of his head and rear but I do have these that I can post for now.

As you have said in the past Chooks man, type is first and foremost, I often forget this haha.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

@Braxton Brigade

Is this the cockerel that you posted pictures when this thread first started? He has really changed.

Nope, this is his brother. His sisters are much like the one you're mentioning, lacking color.

 

[Chooks man]

I don't have good photos of his head and rear but I do have these that I can post for now.

As you have said in the past Chooks man, type is first and foremost, I often forget this haha.

i see another problem carry his tail side way ( wry tail ) supper recessive genes could be bred out .

I want to see his sisters do they have a same type of tail or better.

Chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: I like him much better than his brother. Isn't it funny when you watch them grow and they are constantly changing? You change favorites every other day.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

Pullet #1 when she was around 22 weeks old and not nearly as filled out as she is now.

( she is tilting her butt down in this photo so she can balance on the pole)


Her now that she is laying and is 27 weeks old.








I will have to get pictures of the other sister tomorrow, she was in the nest box when I was taking pictures this morning.

This is the girl you liked, Chooks man. Every chick in the hatch has a poor comb from the start, all over the place with bends.

 

[Chooks man]

From this photos he seem to carry his tail nice .
watch him and see if he changes the way he carries his tail during the day time went he is walking NOT relaxed .

photos aren t always enough by them selves need high light them .

chooks man