International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@Bantambird
I like this guy a lot .
great body type .love his deep chest and solid bones .
gorgeous head with lovely comb and eyes .
2 miner fault I see in him . leg color ,they are greyish { from Birchen line } and his wattle has folding . any thing else is correct .
he will make you nice chicks .
love his stand .Elegant and proud .
job well done
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Bantambird
this guy is as pretty as they come .they can not come more pretty than that . which he had the older cock comb .
this guy is better than the old one .this guy only missing the comb .every thing else is great .
he has stunning plumage and gorgeous feet .
the tail he will grow into it like you said .you know your line better .
Great job . well happy for you and for the white marans variety ,they are in good hand .
Bravo again .
love the see the next generation of you marans .
good luck
chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

Beautiful @Bantambird

 

[Punkybrewster]

Negan, line #1. High tail, short back.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Line #2 no name. Same thing.

 

[Punkybrewster]

And last one, line #2 no name. Same thing. High tail short back.

 

[Punkybrewster]

These are my only 3 cockerels so i will have to hatch a lot and cull hard. Thats a lot of cockerels to raise to near adulthood.

All their tails were low until they hit 6 months old.

 

[kcrandall]

And last one, line #2 no name. Same thing. High tail short back.

This cockerel has the best color of the 3. His tail is high but short. Needs to be paired with pullets that have long back, wide thru shoulders and correct tails.

 

[kcrandall]

Line #2 no name. Same thing.

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This cockerel has nice color but he has a slight halo so for this reason he’s my second choice. Needs to be breed to pullet / hen with long back, wide thru shoulders and correct tail.

 

[kcrandall]

Negan, line #1. High tail, short back.

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Negan is my least favorite, he has a squirrel tail (over 90 degrees or at least that’s how it looks in the pic). His color is not as vibrant and crisp as the Line 2 cockerels. If you want to breed your two lines separately then you have to breed from him and cull hard. Needs to be bred to pullet with long back, wide thru shoulders and correct tail set.

A few years ago I bred from a BCM Cockerel that had excessive copper leakage on his breast and had a high / wry tail. I breed him to a Splash Copper Hen that had a long back, wide thru shoulders and low tail. This pairing produce really nice BLCM Pullets.