International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[LaFleche]

love to see photos of your marans . you seem to know what you are talking about .
chooks man

Still browsing my old archives on various lap tops and computers.

Just to give you an idea, here are some pictures of 2010, the first a young pullet:

Next a still very young cockerel, different lineage, 2010:

Another one, different lineage, 2010:

 

[LaFleche]

Some pictures of 2011:

Anther hen right in front. Different lineage in winter 2011:

I am sorry for the bad picture quality, but back then there was no i-phone or similar.

 

[LaFleche]

September 2011, a few weeks old cockerel:

Same cockerel in spring 2012:

 

[Chooks man]

I guess I lost my big hen due to heat. she showed no sign of any illness, she was fine and one day I found her dead. during all of these years I lost all of my big chickens due to heat.

I am getting la fleche and white face black spanish as well. I like their unusual looks. as for marans, I told my friend in north greece to keep and breed her marans for me. they are free of parasitic white which is very important for me. almost all marans I have seen have parasitic white, bad combs even very bad tails. my friend's marans are good enough to start a new line.

big hens are good for a cold weather .for the hot weather medium size chooks is better 3 to 3,5kg max for the hen and 4 max for the rooster .especially if the chooks are free ranging all a year around like in my place .they have to be tough .

I used like a super large hens ,but slowly I realized they all died in a very hot days ,when temp passes 40 DC .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I hatched a huge hen from a 55 g egg. miracles do happen from time to time.

size of the egg does dictate a size of the hatched chick not the adult size . broiler chooks are super huge but they are bred from eggs size 62/65 g .

egg size dictate the future progeny eggs size at 50% rate .because other 50 % is inherited from the sire .
if we breed from a hen that lay large size most of her progeny will lay large size .
marans egg is very complicated one ,but peoples are not taking it seriously . they think should be dark that all . we forget about the type ,the size ,the shape and the color .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

September 2011, a few weeks old cockerel:

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Same cockerel in spring 2012:
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big boy .great conformation . love the depth of his chest .
do you still have this lineage ?

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Some pictures of 2011:

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Anther hen right in front. Different lineage in winter 2011:
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I am sorry for the bad picture quality, but back then there was no i-phone or similar.

love the hen in the middle photo . great hackle marking and tail .

you don t have any new photos ? marans you are working with ?
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Still browsing my old archives on various lap tops and computers.

Just to give you an idea, here are some pictures of 2010, the first a young pullet:

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Next a still very young cockerel, different lineage, 2010:

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Another one, different lineage, 2010:

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copper quality of these BCM is out of this world . rich red copper .well uniform .
chooks man

 

[LaFleche]

big boy .great conformation . love the depth of his chest .
do you still have this lineage ?

Yes, I do, but they tend to have a lighter eye colour.
Wait and see when I upload pictures of the actual birds.

you don t have any new photos ? marans you are working with ?

A bit of patience, please. I will take some new pictures as some of those pictures of a few month ago still show already sold birds.

Uploading is quite cumbersome due to my ancient and partially destroyed equipment.

 

[LaFleche]

$7 an egg.
I know. I know......

Each to their own, but I consider the selling of hatching eggs a service among serious and sincere breeders. So I do not see this as a source of income and do not charge such a high price.
But not every prospected buyer will get the eggs of my birds no matter the amount of money they offer. Those carefully chosen will give information about the hatching rate, the overall development and send fotos not only of the offspring, but of their eggs as well. I still have nice connections s with most of my buyers and even friendships, some already lasting more than 15-20 years.