International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

Turned out nice. Glad you were able to re use it for your chooks.

was easy better than building some thing from scratch ..
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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I thought this young guy was handsome. Culling is going to be a big chore this year because it is getting harder and harder to determine who should stay and who should go! I also spotted this blue silver dude, even though he's clean legged and has a bit of copper bleedthrough, he's still pretty nice.View attachment 3662449

agree with you a Blue one is very nice very long too .
your line is breeding true now ,they are throwing correct and similar looking birds ,you have done the hard work no many peoples dream doing .to have a well bred line . not just a mixture of every thing . Bravo my dear friend ,
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

what colours do you expect from this pen?

few variation depond the hens ,
today I took few hens away from the pen ,left him with 6 hens only because I manage to put together 2 more breeding pens I needed few hens for them so I balanced the pens numbers .
now he has . 3 blue hens none of them has copper ,a same hens they where there in a pen with Rashad . DarkEye .Sarades and Halfcomb . from those hens I m expecting some Blue copper and splash and Red Pyle .
Dark angel I m expecting blue copper , solid Blue ,splash copper . Red Pyle with less copper marking .
White hen ( White Orchid ) expect them all blue copper splash /durty white ,
Red Pyle ( Baby Corn expecting a lot REd Pyle and some mossy Blue copper .
from all the hens I m expecting great body type with correct conformation and great combs /tails
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I rehomed the 3 Olive Egger cockerels today. Couple that purchased them said I'm not charging enough... Guess $5/per bird is too cheap around here. But I posted them and had them gone in less than 4 hrs.

for sure your are not charging much ..
for me there is 2 way give them free or I charge ton of money nothing in between .
guess they are going to good home that what mater in the end of day.
charge mre money my friend next time .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

added 2 more breeding pens ,one a BC rooster with parasitic white on his long tail penned him with Splash copper hens haven t finalized the number yet choosing the dark eggs layer .they are separated in different cages to see witch one i laying dark eggs , expecting all Blue copper . this CB rooster loves the splash girls he doesn t like the blue or black hens he chases them away ,never seen that before .
second pen is a BLC rooster Conan son with 4 blue copper hens 2 have copper Mesha and Copper Neck the other 2 without copper .Matanushka and Big sasha . all great type .
I ll post photos of them tomorrow ,
now I have 5 marans breeding pens and one F1 olive eggers . enough for now all my best hens are penned now for breeding .
chooks man

 

[Bantambird]

I also end up undercharging most people. I have a hard time reading the market because my projects are more for me than for making money. My husband gives me grief about it all the time, after he runs the numbers and rubs it into my face about how my 'hobby' has eaten more money than it produces. He is not wrong, I am addicted.

I will likely continue breeding and selling for a long time yet.

 

[Tstraub]

My Marans are now a couple days shy of 17 weeks old. They have been living with my flock mixed flock of 7 month old Wyandotte, olive Eggers, and light Brahma and a mixed breed cockerel. I think the hormones are starting to kick in. The has been a lot more squabbling. Nothing to serious just normal pecking order stuff I guess. Iike if I feed them treats the little ones no longer stand in the back and wait. They stand up for themselves and try to get their fair share.

Everyone looks to be healthy except that both of the cockerels are missing feathers in their legs and feet. They have scabs like the feathers have been plucked out. I looked them over and I can’t see any mites on them so I think maybe they are fighting with each other or with the mix breed cockerel while I’m not around.

Sammy missing leg feathers some dried blood can be seen

Penny she is a lot smaller than the others both thinner and shorter

Betty lots bigger body than penny

Axle biggest of them all a lot wider across the Brest and bigger wattles than Sammy

 

[marchick]

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been absent for so long. I hope you are all well. I think my animals are having an identity crisis! My cat is in the nest box and my BC pullet is living in the house. I believe she had cocci. She is much better but now doesn't know she's a chicken. Her name is Raven. She likes to sit in my lap and cuddle. She doesn't try to get away. I have been bathing her everyday and blow drying her. She has chicken diapers for when she is running free in the house. Lol

 

[marchick]

I have some bad news. I lost the one rooster that was attacked by the turkey. So I am kind of lost on my future breeding program. I do have some young ones from the other rooster. First 3 pictures are the same cockerel #1. The 4th picture is cockerel #2 . The last 2 pictures cockerel #3. I do have a couple more younger BC cockerels.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been absent for so long. I hope you are all well. I think my animals are having an identity crisis! My cat is in the nest box and my BC pullet is living in the house. I believe she had cocci. She is much better but now doesn't know she's a chicken. Her name is Raven. She likes to sit in my lap and cuddle. She doesn't try to get away. I have been bathing her everyday and blow drying her. She has chicken diapers for when she is running free in the house. Lol

I hope Raven recovers for you. Wishing you good luck with her.
And I love the name Raven.