International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

This is my rooster, the 2 hens that I hatched from and the 5 babies. I know he has a part white tail feather but the best rooster I have.

hi my dear friend log time .
your rooster is absolutely stunning type and has a gorgeous marking ,lovely head and comb ,good tail too .
now you can work on breeding out the white fluff .
impressed about the work you have done my friend .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Wanted to share some of this year's pullets! Super excited
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It's hot out so wings are out

Bantambird . I love your rooster small comb ,true marans comb .
he is build like a tunk , lovely wide , strait and cleared colored legs ,bravo again .
love his complete body marking and love his long lancet pure black plumage no pollution .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Cockerel #1 still really young but filling out. I think his tail may end up a little high. I guess we will see in a few months.

great type . too much tail but great angle .
lot catching up to do .almost 10 months .
chooks man
Hi every body mist you all and mist looking at your chooks and reading your post . had a lot trouble .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Cockerel #2 has better tail but too much leakage on his chest. I am hoping to hatch a few more in the spring. I really need a couple good BC roosters. These are backups until then.

this one is supper class .great body type and gorgeous tail .
bravo
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

MERRY CHRISTMAS Everyone
Very cold and snowing here, I will re-read this thread again during the next 3 months. This thread is the BEST source for the MARANS breed.

how you doing my friend ? hope all things are great .
i m half way to finish writing my books ,I thing one more years and will be published . will be the best books writing about marans chooks ever . they will be many volume .I thing about 3 volume is total .
hope I ll stay healthy and free from trouble to finish it .
all th best .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Hoping everyone is healthy and happy. We had are having a winter over here in eastern Wash. Got -30 degrees with the wind. Then it warmed up to the 20 degree mark and we got
18 inches of snow over night. My son got 3 feet at his place at Lake Wenatchee. Now it is warming up and it looks like we are going to have a January thaw. I love the 4 seasons. It got
really hot last summer I did not like that. Will be setting eggs soon. Miss all the daily POST

best colored marans eggs .,you are a champ .
impressed ,great job .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man are you still with us?

I m with you guys now . had trouble ,haven t had access to internet since the 1 of december 2021till today . I m using Sydney library computer .
lot thing to my life last 10 months ,start to go well now .but the dram hasn t finished yet .but going on the right direction , hope I ll fix thing well for a good .
I need to regroup my self now and finish my books .
haven t been into the farm or seen the chooks for 15 months now ,don t have a clue what happen .
a year ago I was running 3 places and I thought I had it all figured out ,than every thing went bad shape and sour .
healthy and positive now ,never lost my faith .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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Starting first sets of the year of marans and legbars

no much to say ,just stunning work and great amount . love your dedication you have for the marans and CLB chooks . you are great human and one of the best breeder out there . Bravo again and again .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Good luck with the hatching! We're still having -30°c and lots of snow. Last year was very dry so we are thankful for the moisture it will bring. My Marans are in the big barn and have been laying for about a month. So far their eggs are not fertile. Hopefully that will change...
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-30 ,you are lucky your chooks still a life and laying ,never mind fertility .
great job my friend .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Good luck. I will soon be looking a roo or 2 myself or hatching eggs. I've always hand raised my roos and been lucky getting nice boys. I think it helps and I know I could still get a mean one, but it's worked for me so far. I'd like a couple more hens too. Pickin's round here are slim when it comes to marans. Good ones are next to impossible to find...but I still search!
This is the first time in 9 years I've not had a rooster. My boy lived to be an old man but passed a couple weeks ago. He just started slowing down with his fall molt never showed any signs of being sick. He crowed everyday up until 2 days before he passed and still was clucking for his girls. A couple older girls stood watch over him those last days. I really miss him and his crow.
Oh and he was not pure marans but his dad was a mix but he looked the part and his daughters produced a fairly dark egg.
Such a sweet boy he loved to eat from my hand but always shared with the girls first.
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what a body type . lovely .
the copper need to be uniform but I love his complete body marking , love the color of his shoulders ..tail is too long .love his short feet . he is solid .
I always said body type first and he has that . rest you can do as you go .. this rooster will never sire hens without hackle imposable .his daughter will have a complete hackle marking .
chooks man
love you all my lovely friend .
library is closing .
I ll finish reading tomorrow ,will spend all the day for sure .XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
god bless you all .