International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

Hard to get a decent picture of this pullet but she is looking chunky and I like her so far. She is still nearly solid black so far but what copper that is coming in looks good.

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she is very nice .super chunky love her stand . clear eyes ,very good too .
Sire please?

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

I would have to mate her to either her clear eyed uncle (Dark Halo), or her clear eyed grandsire (Duke) to avoid a brother sister mating. Both those males have halos and poor quality copper color. Her sire is Dark Angel and he has marbled eye color so doubling up on a fault would yield a high volume of dark eyed offspring.

Something to ponder on if she grows out as nice as she looks now.

I think you can do brother/sister mating once without having problems. if there is a clear eyed cockerel? @Chooks man would it be ok?

 

[Chooks man]

Too bad this pullet has dark eyes. She is lovely. Keeping my eye on her despite her eye color.

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never mind her dark eyes .she is all perfect for what we looking for .Every post on her is correct except her dark eyes .
stunning long body type .great great plumage type and color .lovely tail . lovely head / copper to die for .complete hackle marking .and I can keep going and going .

Stunning . BRAVO my dear friend .
she is too perfect .
Sire please ?

we are going to create a keeper pen .so far .
cockerels = broken wing
pullet= this one ,you better name her well ,because we are going to hear about her . Like Sheraz before her ..

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I think you can do brother/sister mating once without having problems. if there is a clear eyed cockerel? @Chooks man would it be ok?

it is not the mating is a problem .the number of chicks hatched is a real factor .
because sibling carry almost a same genes . if they mated together ,most of genes will repeat them selves .
do no pair 2 chooks with a same faults regardless what they relation .
true sibling mating is a great tool to no what hidden genes are in your line before investing too much into it .

clear eyes cockerel will always yield high number of chicks with a good eyes .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Another dark eyed pullet. She is nearly solid black but she has a back for days!

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Best body type of them all . she is true brick type we are looking for . true marans body type .gorgeous long back and tail .

Keeper pen for sure . baby dark Angel that her name if you like .
I really like this pullet .
you see I will allow the fault on the girls but not the boys . because now you have 2 sires progeny .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

She may be useful despite her dark eggs.

she is not laying my friend ,hahahaaaaaaaaaaaa

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I would have to mate her to either her clear eyed uncle (Dark Halo), or her clear eyed grandsire (Duke) to avoid a brother sister mating. Both those males have halos and poor quality copper color. Her sire is Dark Angel and he has marbled eye color so doubling up on a fault would yield a high volume of dark eyed offspring.

Something to ponder on if she grows out as nice as she looks now.

broken wing is her future mate for sure .
this pullet can not be crossed back to her Sire. Grand sire neither Uncle .
she need to be mated to new cockerel ,so we do not lose the gorgeous copper quality and we work to fix the eyes color . so sibling or cousin will be great .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

You guys all make me so envious with your lovely birds. I cannot for the life of me find anyone near me with Marans. One person has some, but their eggs are not even a 4, and their pullets are almost all black. Since Covid, and the border closure, being in Canada I may as well be on an island.. LOL I guess I will just have to do my best with my 3 pullets and be happy with making some CLB babies and Olive Eggers... and keep on searching.
I got a fairy egg yesterday.. I am hoping it isn't from one of my Marans pullets,(because it wasn't very dark) but I think it probably is. It was a fair size for a first egg, but looked just like a Welsummer egg. None today. I will have to try and catch her in the act to see who it is. My Marans are just 21 wks, and my Easter Eggers/Olive Eggers are 17 wk. So It could be anyone.
Would 21 wks be early for a Marans hen to lay? Sound too early, right? Im hoping its one of my Welsummer/Marans/EE mixes that are 17 weeks.
Here it is. Hmmp. Dont know how it ended up sideways. Sorry.

What do you think? Marans? Was hoping for darker...

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marans shape { on the right} need more color that all .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@chickengr

here few photos of the new cages .

60 cm X 60 cm X 120 cm
2 ft X 2 ft X 4 ft

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

more photos

9 delivered .9 more will be delivered next few weeks . and 5 more = 23 total .
well happy with them

chooks man