International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Tstraub]

It's best to have a plan b set for when it all goes wrong..
(Separation pen) them boys are going to wreak havoc.

I do have a plan B. The grow out pin that I used to house this younger batch of birds until they were big enough to introduce into the main flock. The coop part is currently being used as dry storage of feed but I could be put back into service in less than an hour if needed. Plan C is I do have a few friends that might be in the market for a rooster depending their needs when the time comes. Plan D I do have a large soup pot.

 

[wrathsfarm]

I do have a plan B. The grow out pin that I used to house this younger batch of birds until they were big enough to introduce into the main flock. The coop part is currently being used as dry storage of feed but I could be put back into service in less than an hour if needed. Plan C is I do have a few friends that might be in the market for a rooster depending their needs when the time comes. Plan D I do have a large soup pot.

Your better prepared than I am...

 

[chickengr]

Thank you. If my marans are not up to breed standards I will likely try breeding them to my Easter egger and olive egger girls. Since there are no breed standards for EE or OE the only thing that makes any difference is egg color. Eggs don’t even have a standard color lot of people want variety.

I guess I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing for now and see how they look and behave as they grow. For now I have a very well behaved flock as a whole but everyone is still young. I have a total of 15 pullets and 3 cockerels all 6 months old or younger sharing a coop. Everyone seems to know there place in the flock. From what I understand this could change any time as the cockerels grow into full roosters.

when we don't have a perfect roo we work with what we have. if your roos have everything else as they should then they are not culls. there is no perfect bird. let them grow.

btw, I had blondie boys throw good birds. hens with mahogany or totally black can improve hackles.

 

[Chooks man]

I do have a plan B. The grow out pin that I used to house this younger batch of birds until they were big enough to introduce into the main flock. The coop part is currently being used as dry storage of feed but I could be put back into service in less than an hour if needed. Plan C is I do have a few friends that might be in the market for a rooster depending their needs when the time comes. Plan D I do have a large soup pot.

I like plan D . marans test great .
let them grow and see what happen .I always have any roosters in one pen , I have too they have to get along I can t build 50 or more to house them separatly .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

look at this rooster tail .shame he has great body type long back ,full body pattern ,great shoulder .
his weakest point are his tail is long and high
parasitic white
hackle with halo

chooks man

 

[LaFleche]

look at this rooster tail .shame he has great body type long back ,full body pattern ,great shoulder .
his weakest point are his tail is long and high
parasitic white
hackle with halo

chooks man

You are right, plus his comb is incorrect as it is missing much of the important hind part ( in German it is called "Kammfahne"). I don't know the correct term in English, sorry.

 

[Bantambird]

You are right, plus his comb is incorrect as it is missing much of the important hind part ( in German it is called "Kammfahne"). I don't know the correct term in English, sorry.

In English, that back part is the blade.

 

[LaFleche]

In English, that back part is the blade.

Thank you.

Love to learn something new every day.

 

[Chooks man]

You are right, plus his comb is incorrect as it is missing much of the important hind part ( in German it is called "Kammfahne"). I don't know the correct term in English, sorry.

yes his comb is not correct it is arched without blade .
the comb and the legs feathering are the 2 thing I wory less about because they are easy fix . parrasitic white is a nightmare to breed out .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

photo of my Red Pyle marans hen BabyCorn ,daughter of Unicorn with Day Walker ,lost them both couple of months ago . but they left me good babies to work with ,this one is one of them
stunning hen .and well colorfull

I m going to breed her to this guy Conan The Colorful

chooks man