International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@Smokerbill
cockerel 1 comb ,here we can see the the point 3 +4 and 5 +6 are both forming M but the comb shape is good .it is not a bad comb don t panic I m just trying to highlight the fault so you understand it .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Smokerbill
cockerel 2 tall guy like his brother ,the copper on his hackle is more of golden like the wheaten type ,not good .plus his tail is open at a good angle
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

photos of the large fence I put around a hen house ,larher run over 100 square metre

chooks man

 

[LaFleche]

Very nice! My chicken love to hang out in the bamboo jungle.

 

[Smokerbill]

@Chooks man , thank you for your assessment of my birds! One thing I tried to get a good picture of was the legs. In my opinion the legs are very straight. I'll try to get a pic to show you what I see.

I may end up culling one of them in the future, and your comments are great for helping me decide which one to keep. I think with just eight hens, two cockerels puts a little too much pressure on them.

Thanks again!

Your new place looks wonderful! Beautiful views. Do you have predators to be concerned of?

 

[Tstraub]

My marans are now one month old. It’s been a little over a week since I posted pictures. I’m not going to try to hide it, mistakes were made. I didn’t move them out of the brooder soon enough and what I assumed was just normal pecking order stuff quickly escalated into pretty serious feather picking all the birds ended up missing feathers. So the birds are looking pretty shaggy compared to last week.

I did move them out to a small coop where they have some more room for now and the pecking looks to have stopped all open sores were treated and have scabbed over I think everyone is on the mend. I realize that they will quickly grow to the point where this coop will be too small so I have decided to re home 4 of the marans and 2 Brahma that are currently being housed with the marans.

I would like to keep 2-3 pullets and 1-2 cockerels. Attached are pictures of the birds I would appreciate any advice on what one you think are the best candidates for keepers. No effort was made to match the same bird with the same number it had during last week’s photo shoot. I did take more pictures than I uploaded so if you want to see a different angle of any of these birds I do have more pictures.

Thanks

 

[NanaK]

here some photos of the new place .
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chooks man

Wow! What beautiful views!
Lucky you and chooks!

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

An interesting cross.
This is Fret. She's a Marans/Crested Cream Legbar cross.
She lays blue eggs. She inherited the Marans general tail shape and lost the crest. She kept the feathered feet and is Crested Cream Legbar size.
She lays about 160 eggs a year.
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Interesting that she lays blue eggs and not green, not inheriting any egg pigmentation from marans. I’ve just got some young legbar pullets and can’t wait to cross them to all my different Roos.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

My dad’s friend took some silkie eggs from me to hatch but I sent him some Marans and Wellies too for myself. Three Marans so far, two black and a blue. Unfortunately I won’t know if they’re pure marans until their copper comes in, they should be silver/split if they are from another roo. Still working on a proper breeding pen for them. I’ll post better pics of the marans when I get my hands on them.

 

[Shadrach]

Interesting that she lays blue eggs and not green, not inheriting any egg pigmentation from marans. I’ve just got some young legbar pullets and can’t wait to cross them to all my different Roos.

It is. The legbars here lay very pale blue eggs which tend to go to off white as they get older. I would have thought green eggs as well for a Marans Crested Cream Legbar cross. I don't know the provenance of either parent and the French Marans I've seen here are pretty indifferent regarding quality for the breed. The British Marans are barred and tend to be better examples of the breed.
The strangest thing is neither the CCLs or the Marans are noted for broodiness. They will go broody but for the Marans it's often later in life and for the CCls, I don't really know.
Fret, the hen in the picture has turned into a broody monster.