International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[BlueTheBrahma]

You actually go out into a field and listen to the grass in the south? We just mow our lawns here....


I kidding I like bluegrass music now and then when my ears aren't bleeding from Metal.

@wrathsfarm that’s made my day!

 

[wrathsfarm]

@wrathsfarm that’s made my day!

 

[wrathsfarm]

I'm gonna try to get some pics today. I've got a couple questions for all the experts. It's super hot here tho and a ton of work to get done. Ugh....

 

[Cheeky Eggers]

Hello, I just found this FBCM thread! I have a Black Copper Marans Rooster, He came from a local breeder in my area, What do you think of his body type, comb etc? He is a very sweet boy, We are currently looking for a home for him as we cant have roosters in our area. And I'm having trouble finding him a loving home!

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

Hello, I just found this FBCM thread! I have a Black Copper Marans Rooster, He came from a local breeder in my area, What do you think of his body type, comb etc? He is a very sweet boy, We are currently looking for a home for him as we cant have roosters in our area. And I'm having trouble finding him a loving home! View attachment 3600401View attachment 3600402View attachment 3600399

His eye looks funny but I think it will change with age. Nice round wattles and the comb looks tidy. Beak nice and his neck is nicely coloured. His tail is not too high, which is good. He might look a little skinny but I don’t know how much of that is age, I’m not an expert with marans. Correct leg feathers for the French type, and no signs of excess fluffiness or white.
My one issue is his leg colour. It looks like he had the slate leg gene, making his entire legs slate grey. A good marans has pink legs with slate grey on the larger scutes, which is from the birchen pattern rather than the slate leg gene.

Better marans breeders like Chooks man can give you better advice on body type and more.

 

[chickengr]

Thank you for this info on not breeding them. I’d had a thought yesterday when talking about it if it may be genetic.
There might be 20 Drunk looking Welsummers around England now! (Selling hatching eggs). I’ll make sure I remove my bird from the breeding programme and get him rehomed if I can. I’ll have to do the same thing, have his daughters as layers.
I have another SDW roo, his half brother, though he has no symptoms. He has a tidier head but more black in his back and a less impressive tail, but he doesn’t have a brain issue! Their father, Thor, who died last week from old age, went through a phase of shaking his head side to side, but I’m pretty sure that was mites. A bucket full of diatomaceous Earth and one suspicious looking roo and he seemed to stop. As far as I know, it’s only 022/Captain Jack that has the brain issue.

P.S: can you still eat birds with this condition?

I don't see how brain condition would affect people. my grandparents ate every single bird that got sick. just make sure you cook it longer and never bake or fry sick birds. boiling will kill whatever they have.

 

[Bantambird]

You actually go out into a field and listen to the grass in the south? We just mow our lawns here....


I kidding I like bluegrass music now and then when my ears aren't bleeding from Metal.

apparently the Finns know how to bluegrass.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Is there a chance he ate something with mold in it or that wasn't good?

This was my first thought when seeing the video.

I let my young pullets out for the first time to free range. It had rained for a few days before and they were in and out of the woods.

The next day 2 hung their heads to the ground as if their necks were snapped and 2 behaved like your rooster. Except for their heads and neck, they were fine.

I quickly dosed with epsom salts and the 2 with mild symptoms recovered within hours. The 2 dragging their heads did not survive.

Botulism can be found in wet feed and also several places after a lot of rain. In the woods under leaves for instance, old fruit and vegetables left in a pen, etc.

My older birds seem to be more immune than younger penned birds are. They either know not to scratch around in certain areas or their immune system is stronger.

They can also recover on their own if it is just a mild case. Within 36 hours, you will know if they will live or die. Its a fast passing poison.

There are also a wide variety of symptoms. This is just how mine presented theirs.

I never had lingering symptoms but I wonder if there can be long lasting neurological effects from the toxin. Something to study on maybe?

This is my experience.

 

[Punkybrewster]

You actually go out into a field and listen to the grass in the south? We just mow our lawns here....


I kidding I like bluegrass music now and then when my ears aren't bleeding from Metal.

EXACTLY!

 

[Punkybrewster]

@wrathsfarm that’s made my day!

Mine too. Haha