International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Red Banks]

Quote: Are you still going to get the 4 chicks from the same line as your cockerels or did you decide against that?

 

[Red Banks]

he is stunning I don t care about your Antonio . you know I like Claude .

his hackle color look gorgeous now ,

he is the Best body type of all the marans rooster in any forum full stop .this guy carries a train load of goodies need to be revealed .

I can t stop looking at him .

IF I had him I ll mate him to Soumaya the Black hen a mother of Wallace and Walker and I ll get the Best looking marans in the world .

here Soumaya big Black hen with a litte copper hues on her hackle.

problem I don t have him . he is very far away .

he is a working ( stud ) rooster not a Show rooster .

chooks man

LOL.... thanks Chooks man..... I will get some better pictures. He was a good distance away and it was dark thirty, poor light. I only let them out while I clean the pens and refill water/feed. I start about 30 minutes before sunset. I don't think they really understand time, they don't know they have been locked up for 23 1/2 hours! At least they are safe.

I would like some chicks from either of those two hens of yours. They are so nice.

Do you like Bello's copper? He has so much compared to the other two.

You were right..... I have a good start with these cockerels.

Here are pictures of them when they were chicks. Don't know who is who. This is a picture that Feels Right Farm took.

 

[Magnolia Hill]

Are you still going to get the 4 chicks from the same line as your cockerels or did you decide against that?

I belive I'm still going to get them, and I was just looking at one of the 4 I already have and one I bought a 3 day old chick that was suppose to be a BCM cockerel. but it had no color anywhere, just black. but now I see copper coming in on the neck. but still nothing on the wings except the white feathers. it 8-9 weeks old now

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: Give them some more time. Those feathers usually disappear..... It is good to have pullets and cockerels from the same line. When they are from different lines you could add different problems to the ones you may have already.

 

[Red Banks]

More pictures..... not good pictures just random.

Claude



Bello - he has two crazy feathers that stick straight up in his tail.



Antonio in a blur.... I learned tonight low light makes blurry pics.



One of the younger pullets -

 

[Red Banks]

I have a BCM pullet that has been laying for about a month, she is 24 1/2 weeks old and she has gone broody. Is this normal for this breed?

I have never had a BCM that young go broody. My BBS Marans are the broody hens in my flock.

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: Hard to tell much.... their silhouettes look good. I love how excited you get over every bird even though you have so many!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

More pictures..... not good pictures just random. Claude Bello - he has two crazy feathers that stick straight up in his tail. Antonio in a blur.... I learned tonight low light makes blurry pics. One of the younger pullets -

Your birds are phenomenal! Antonio looks so majestic, even when blurry

 

[Chooks man]

Bello s copper is priceless .

I can tell now that Claude and Bello are from parent stock .

Antonio is from ( or has ) LP line on him .

Claude and Bello well rectify the problem of black pullets .both of them will never yield black pullets regardless to who they going to be mated too . that why I like about them .

Antonio in other hand is great and will work with a nicely marked hens =to give show bird , and mated too the over colored hens to restore the colors pattern .

they are all great but they don t cover the same hens to give a best result ..

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Never post a photos of Claude like this one .you make him look so old and grumpy .

I m watching you RedBank don t mack around with Claude !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chooks man