International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

I did a big cull late spring/ early summer and kept only these original hens for their dark eggs. I will get photos of line #2 hens.

so they do lay dark eggs . than we have to keep the best one for back crossing especialy from line #2 .because Seamus is/was from line #3 .so we need to make sure we are keeping line #2 going .
chooks man

 

[chickengr]

good luck to you my dear friend . thing aren t going that fast for you ,hope you will sale your house soon , so you can build your coops for all the chooks you want to have .
you are going to have a lot different breed ,good for eyes .
good luck .
do you want to have any Geese and Ducks ?
chooks man

I already have 6 toulouse mix geese and 3 pekin ducks. all girls. a pair of sebastopol geese and a few indian runner ducks will follow soon. I would love a few cayuga ducks as well.

 

[Punkybrewster]

3 original hens line #2, white legbands.
One photo of each.

 

[Chooks man]

3 original hens line #2, white legbands.
One photo of each.

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i ll comment on them tomorrow of to bed now
chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

4 original hens, line #3
Green leg bands
One photo of each.

 

[Punkybrewster]

I already have 6 toulouse mix geese and 3 pekin ducks. all girls. a pair of sebastopol geese and a few indian runner ducks will follow soon. I would love a few cayuga ducks as well.

I used to have Pilgrim and African geese. They were nice to have around. I had Campbell ducks for a few years too. It was hard to keep them alive. They were always the first to be eaten by predators.

I love the breeds you have chosen.

 

[Chooks man]

3 original hens line #2, white legbands.
One photo of each.

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I see now .they all have large combs ,they are from the same line but they have different body type and style .
hen one is very chunky and thick .very long flat back ,minimum hackle marking .
second hen look medium size with a complete hackle marking ,
the third hen is lighter with a better comb compare to the other 2 hens . I think she is the BellaLuna mother , similar style in they body type ,comb and marking .
we are looking for the one who lay dark eggs for back crossing in the future to reinforce the dark eggs genes .
you keep the one who lay dark eggs .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Punkybrewster . in this photo I see yellow tag cockerel in the front , the one behind him is the one I like ,I commented on him before . the one on the right facing away from them I think he is the one with a high tail . but the one on the far left only can see his head and neck .I like his comb .look it is free from deformity .the points are well spaced and balanced , the lobe look high and clean . who is he I need his photos .
I think the other cockerel he is not in the photos is the one with a double point in his comb ( M type I commented on him before ) correct me if I m wrong .
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@Punkybrewster ; I think the cockerel I m talking about he is on the right, very good comb with 3 large point and 2 very small point at the front ,clean lobe no touching the neck . I like his head . photos of him .please .he is our choice to breed comb for sure .
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@Punkybrewster . what do you think .please .I need to know .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

4 original hens, line #3
Green leg bands
One photo of each.

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we don t need line #3 except if one of them lay very dark eggs , than keep it for back crossing .
will be nice if we can keep one hen from each line ( #2 and #3 } dark eggs layer to use them to reinforce the dark eggs genes ,before we loose it in forward crossing .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Punkybrewster this hen with high tail do not keep her . she is out
chooks man