International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

Haha.
Right?!

I have a sinking feeling I have a lot of cockerels in this batch. I sure hope im wrong.

50/50 would be nice.

50 /50 sound good .
correct trio or two correct pairs will be wonderful . that what we need if we can get .

chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

good sign early maturing cockerel ,
I had one start @ 11 days old . @ 4 months he was fully into breeding business . his sisters start to lay @ 6 months exactly .
mark him please .hopefully he has a correct conformation and low tail .
there is many traits we can breed for .it is not body type and body pattern .lot lot more .all need to be addressed if some one want to breed a solid line .

chooks man

This is good to know.
I will mark him in the morning when he starts crowing and get a picture of him.

 

[Chooks man]

we have 6 broody hens ,all sitting on DZ marans eggs each plus on hen sitting on F1 NN eggs .they will start hatching next weekend .
plus Troy s told me we have 4 dz eggs from CTB and Khabib pens ready to go to the bator tomorrow ,he is selecting only the darkest one . ,we don t have enough broody hens .

I m well happy with Troy s now he has learn a lot ,he help made life easier for me . I will never be able to thank him properly . without him I will have no marans , when he took over the farm and started working me 2 years ago ,he did not what to do with a chooks , now he want to be marans breeder he understand marans well ., great for marans chooks breed .

chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

Troy sounds like a good apprentice.
That is just what you need.

I cant wait to se the NN chicks.
Is this the beginning of your Marneck line?

 

[Punkybrewster]

This is the guy I caught crowing.
So far, he stays to himself and is not overly friendly.

I like the cockerels that act this way. In my experience, they end up being well behaved roosters.

8 days old.

 

[Chooks man]

Troy sounds like a good apprentice.
That is just what you need.

I cant wait to se the NN chicks.
Is this the beginning of your Marneck line?

well happy with troy .
yes my friend ,it is the second part .producing different F2 for my Marneck project .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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This is the guy I caught crowing.
So far, he stays to himself and is not overly friendly.

I like the cockerels that act this way. In my experience, they end up being well behaved roosters.

8 days old.

I like him a lot ,he is showing some good traits at this age .
early feathering type . great trait .
good head and eyes . good vigor .
early maturing .
correct body type and correct hatch down pattern .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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This is the guy I caught crowing.
So far, he stays to himself and is not overly friendly.

I like the cockerels that act this way. In my experience, they end up being well behaved roosters.

8 days old.

looking at this chick body type and hatch down pattern I can see he will be very compatible with line #2 pullets .
if I remember them when they hatched ,they where leggy type with too much white on them .
this guy is short .long ,stocky . fully feathered . good leg feathers . good hatch down pattern .
so far so good .your traveling trouble seem to pay of . well happy for you my friend .

chooks man

 

[kcrandall]

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This is the guy I caught crowing.
So far, he stays to himself and is not overly friendly.

I like the cockerels that act this way. In my experience, they end up being well behaved roosters.

8 days old.

Excellent hatch down on this chick! Hope he turns into a nice cockerel.

 

[Punkybrewster]

looking at this chick body type and hatch down pattern I can see he will be very compatible with line #2 pullets .
if I remember them when they hatched ,they where leggy type with too much white on them .
this guy is short .long ,stocky . fully feathered . good leg feathers . good hatch down pattern .
so far so good .your traveling trouble seem to pay of . well happy for you my friend .

chooks man

Yes. I think the travel may have been worth it. I am still worried about the white underfluff that his sire had but as you say,
"Wait and let him grow up to see what he becomes."