International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

And lastly Jett. She's our sporadic layer and her eggs are oblong (oval).View attachment 2843159View attachment 2843161

this one is in a middle ,she has the body type and the eggs color is ok . love her short solid legs .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

update on Colette. She’s about to lay eggs as she started squatting! Pretty excited.

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she look good .long body type and gorgeous copper .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I am sorry you are having such a difficult time with your Marans. I hope you can get them going and they stay healthy. It has been pretty ruff here too. I am down to one BC rooster and 2 BLCM cockerels. I am ok on the hens so far. I am hoping I don't lose any through the winter.

nice to know you still have a BC rooster and you are ok with hens .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

This is Seamus.
He is one of 3 roosters I have selected from purchased eggs last fall. My concern with this line is the parasitic white in the flock I bought the eggs from.

He does have some white underfluff and is the smallest of the 3 but I do like him.

The short tail was my goal.



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I like him a lot .love that small low tail and the quality of his copper .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

This is another from the 3 roosters. As you can see, he has those 2 long white feathers in his tail. He is big with nice color though.

He will be the one I cull I think.


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agree with you ,this one has to go .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

This is the last of the 3.
He is a giant. He is also mean as a hornet. Could be because he is in the bachelor pen with no access to the hens?

He has some white on him but I hesitate to cull because he has great coloring to compliment my darker hens.

And that tail shape is what I need in my line.

Also check out the leg coloring. They are pink with just a touch of grey.


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he is good . that tail and legs coloring are to die for .breed him first ,than get ready of him .make sure you breed from him .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Heres a question.

Those 2 white tail feathers that stick up so high.

Do you think they will molt out and grow back smaller like the rest of his tail or will they grow out the same way they are now.

Would it be a good idea to wait and see instead of cull?

those 2 feathers will grow larger and more whiter after the molt .
chooks man

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

General question for all you BCM experts: does the parasitic white just get worse if you breed the hen? I have been getting BCMs for my mom to breed-the last had good coloring and some feathers on their feet. The roosters she got are all good from what she tells me but I havent seen them. But I have another pullet I will be bringing her and it definitely has some white in its feathers. She is doesn't care so much about coloring or feathering on feet, just egg color so I'm thinking for her purposes it won't matter but I'm curious if this bird is good to add to her program-it doesn't even have that much copper.

 

[Chooks man]

General question for all you BCM experts: does the parasitic white just get worse if you breed the hen? I have been getting BCMs for my mom to breed-the last had good coloring and some feathers on their feet. The roosters she got are all good from what she tells me but I havent seen them. But I have another pullet I will be bringing her and it definitely has some white in its feathers. She is doesn't care so much about coloring or feathering on feet, just egg color so I'm thinking for her purposes it won't matter but I'm curious if this bird is good to add to her program-it doesn't even have that much copper.

parasitic white will get worst if you breed from from a pair with parasitic white , it is not that bad if only one of the 2 has the white . still will be there ,
parasitic white need a solid breeding program to get ready of it .
I ll breed from a rooster with a parasitic white if he is great on other traits like body type or correct body pattern with nice copper . I will correct the PW later in the breeding .
I ll breed from a hen with a parasitic white if she has a great body type and she lay dark eggs .I will correct the PW later .
your hen seem doesn t have copper ,how about her eggs color and her body type ?
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Bantambird . your hen has a stunning ,faultless tail ,the way they should be .
she is stunning love her pure white silver and complete hackle marking ,don t forget about her sublime body type .
solid hen ,well done .
this is how marans hens should look when viewed from the rear . every thing is in the right place . well balanced ,every thing in th right place with a right proportion .

chooks man