International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

That's very good to hear and pics would be awesome. We lost our Morty last month. She was a Midnight Majesty and super friendly. Soon as I get an incubator I'm going to hatch out some more.
Morticia (Morty)
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sorry for your lost ,love a black hens .
hope you can hatch some new ones from your flock fertile eggs .
all the best .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Do you know which hen is laying the soft shell egg? If so you can give her Calcium Carbonate plus D. You can get if from anywhere human vitamins are sold. I have used it with good results. I give 1 tablet per day until the shell strength improves. I have given it for as long as 2 weeks. Those hens have not had a return of the problem.
Soft shell eggs are difficult for them to pass. If they break inside the hen usually doesn't live very long due to infection.

I used something like this. There are other brands and generics.
https://www.amazon.com/Caltrate-Cal...ocphy=9009804&hvtargid=pla-406644763135&psc=1

great information .nice to know .new tricks
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Thank you for the kind words. I'd love to see Morty's egg if you still have a pic.

And yes, it is easy to get attached to these feathered creatures!

tell me about it .I don t see my self without chooks especialy marans .
I need to get horses there is not a day pass by where I don t think about horses .I watch lot horses documentary in youtube .
animals and plants keep us going what we do without them . emagine there is only humain in this planet .will be boaring for sure .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

This morning I caught one of the new pullets in the nest box. It was this one. View attachment 3638145


The darker brown egg is hers. It even has tiny speckles!
The lighter brown egg is from my Wyandotte for comparison. Not as dark as my BCMs but not too bad for a hybrid. Plus she is a real sweet heart too.

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I'll add a few more photos of the others in a bit. You know how it is taking chicken pics. I had to take a ton of photos just to get a few decent shots.

very nice .
tell me about taking photos of the chooks .
Rashad is my best chooks to photograph ,always poses to the camera . I wish they all do that .will make my job easier .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Nice egg color I’m still a few months away from seeing my first marans egg. I definitely know what you mean about taking pictures of chickens they always want to stand in the shadows or run away or some other chicken runs in for a photobomb. Good thing digital pictures are free I would hate to try it back in the days of film.

you alright about digital if we still doing film like the old day I will be in a lot trouble .I passed 120000 photos of my chooks last 10 years working with them ,if they where films and old photos I will have truck load of boxes .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

They are 20 or so weeks old now. A couple of them have really red comb, face and wattles. I was still surprised to see eggs so soon. The others look to be a bit a way from laying.

The grate this girl is standing on will soon be planted with winter type grass.

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These are some really big girls.
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they are good looking pullets .solid body type .they are all black ?
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Of course I had many photos like this.
I was trying to get the shot of the girl posed so nicely eating tomato. Then this young lady decided to photo bomb.

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So glad for digital photos!

she want to be famous .why not
what are they names?
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

finished building the roosters pens ,I m posting photos on Black possum chooks town thread . look good .super large .
finished adjusting the duck house /new breeders coop . worked on the front of the coop .better looking now lot head room for the chooks.
before ;right corner very low there is space between the the roof sheet and the top of the coop

here how does look now '

inside roosting bars

chooks man

 

[NanaK]

she want to be famous .why not
what are they names?
chooks man

I think all 6 of them want to be famous the way they were jumping in front when I was taking pictures! They had me laughing. They were trying to all get in my lap at the same time.

They looked so much alike at first was hard to start naming them.
Now I need to give them proper names.

 

[NanaK]

finished building the roosters pens ,I m posting photos on Black possum chooks town thread . look good .super large .
finished adjusting the duck house /new breeders coop . worked on the front of the coop .better looking now lot head room for the chooks.
before ;right corner very low there is space between the the roof sheet and the top of the coop
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here how does look now '
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inside roosting bars
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chooks man

Nice conversion. They will appreciate the extra ventilation.
It gets very hot and muggy here in summer. I have to make sure to give birds lots of air flow too.