International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[RoosterML]

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@RoosterML
I start to worry about the true stand of your chooks ,not sure if they are square or the way you are taking photos of them .you are standing . too high .
better photos for selection are taken ground level .from the side .,back .standing .front ,top .

chooks man

All the pictures I took I was standing looking down or zooming in on them.

 

[Chooks man]

All the pictures I took while I was standing.

I know that .I can tell .
ground level is better .
chooks man

 

[RoosterML]

I know that .I can tell .
ground level is better .
chooks man

Ok i will get lower for pictures at the same level as them.

 

[Chooks man]

Ok i will get lower for pictures at the same level as them.

yes my friend .
my chooks if they see me with standing with a camera they will run away ,
only when I sit on my the ground and show them the camera { red color camera } they come to check it out , so I can take as many photos as i like ,

chooks man

 

[RoosterML]

yes my friend .
my chooks if they see me with standing with a camera they will run away ,
only when I sit on my the ground and show them the camera { red color camera } they come to check it out , so I can take as many photos as i like ,

chooks man

Nice! I will say I am very surprised how friendly they are even the cockerels are good and friendly.

 

[RoosterML]

@Chooks man what are you feeding your chooks? Do you feed your roos different from hens?

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man what are you feeding your chooks? Do you feed your roos different from hens?

yes I do .
selected cockerels at 6 months of age and the breeding roosters when not breeding .they ration is 40% breeder pallet at 18% proteins + 60 % wheat . at all time ,they can eat as much as they want .
only breeding roosters will get a same feed as the breeding hens .80% of the ration is breeder pallet 18 % pro + 20 % wheat in the spring and summer .black seed flower in Autumn and Winter , plus Vitamin B12 .
all get ACV all a year around .
chooks man

 

[RoosterML]

yes I do .
selected cockerels at 6 months of age and the breeding roosters when not breeding .they ration is 40% breeder pallet at 18% proteins + 60 % wheat . at all time ,they can eat as much as they want .
only breeding roosters will get a same feed as the breeding hens .80% of the ration is breeder pallet 18 % pro + 20 % wheat in the spring and summer .black seed flower in Autumn and Winter , plus Vitamin B12 .
all get ACV all a year around .
chooks man

Really ACV in the water I take it? Do you have a separate waterer also or only ACV?

 

[Chooks man]

She was hatched from my BCM roo and hen. Right now I don't have anymore photos but I'll try to get more.
This is her dad. Couldn't get a pic of her mom because she kept running away.
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This is her again.
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good thing her father had a good copper .
from the front the pullet look very good .nice wide chest ,good hackle marking .good copper quality . legs well spaced . great plumage type .that only I can see.
can not comment on the things I don t see .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Really ACV in the water I take it? Do you have a separate waterer also or only ACV?

my chooks are free ranging all a year around . I give them ACV mild dose all the time ,some time we give them water with vitamin C in hot weather or water and cod liver fish in winter . very hard we give them plain water . only when they are chicks .
free ranging = ACV
chooks man