International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Tstraub]

My marans are now 10 weeks old. I hatched them from eggs obtained from a local breeder who was breeding for egg color only. I’m not sure if they are worth trying to breed for standard or to build an olive egger flock. Right now I’m just keeping an open mind and having fun raising chickens and following along with everyone else’s flocks.

Betty

Penny

Axl

Sammy

 

[Chooks man]

My marans are now 10 weeks old. I hatched them from eggs obtained from a local breeder who was breeding for egg color only. I’m not sure if they are worth trying to breed for standard or to build an olive egger flock. Right now I’m just keeping an open mind and having fun raising chickens and following along with everyone else’s flocks.

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They are good looking Marans . Love they rectangular body type and the angles of they tails .
Chooks man

 

[Tstraub]

They are good looking Marans . Love they rectangular body type and the angles of they tails .
Chooks man

Thank you form your comments. I’m near capacity for my coop so I don’t plan on doing any hatching soon. I’ll think things over and possibly build more housing and hatch some eggs in the spring. If these look like a decent starting point I might get a couple dozen more eggs from the same breeder. His price was less than most people in the area are asking for BYM hatching/eating eggs.

 

[Chooks man]

Thank you form your comments. I’m near capacity for my coop so I don’t plan on doing any hatching soon. I’ll think things over and possibly build more housing and hatch some eggs in the spring. If these look like a decent starting point I might get a couple dozen more eggs from the same breeder. His price was less than most people in the area are asking for BYM hatching/eating eggs.

If you want to breed from them get different line from the breeder you know when you buy more eggs from him . You don t want to breed brothers and sisters together bad practice .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I m at Sydney farm trying to organise the move of the chooks next couples of weeks. Just wanted to see the chooks I have . I haven t seen them since last November they all look great well happy about that. Lost quite few roosters .
Conan The Barbarian he still look s great healthy and chunky

Shamrock

My foundation roosters
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Gorgeous splash hen the best one out of the group of 11 not sure what eggs color she lay .

Chooks man

 

[Tstraub]

If you want to breed from them get different line from the breeder you know when you buy more eggs from him . You don t want to breed brothers and sisters together bad practice .
Chooks man

Ok thanks. So maybe I’ll use these cockerels with my current Easter Eggers and olive eggers pullets. And get a feel for breeding chickens in general. Then I can start looking for an unrelated line of black copper marans if I decide that I want to get serious with a marans project.

 

[Chooks man]

Ok thanks. So maybe I’ll use these cockerels with my current Easter Eggers and olive eggers pullets. And get a feel for breeding chickens in general. Then I can start looking for an unrelated line of black copper marans if I decide that I want to get serious with a marans project.

That will be a great move. Good luck
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Photos of my Marans roosters
Yellow buff son of Day Walker. He is massive and well put together . I lost his brother Blade .

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

BLC and BC half brothers both CTB son s I like the BLC better

Chooks man