International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[wrathsfarm]

It is cold and drizzling rain here
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About the same here, cold drizzle, freezing rain, changed to snow then back to freezing rain... All day.

I like her coloring.

 

[Tstraub]

About the same here, cold drizzle, freezing rain, changed to snow then back to freezing rain... All day.

I like her coloring.

Thanks, I really like the way she is developing. I started with 4 eggs and only one hatched. When she was a week or two old she started to get some of that color on her wings and I was afraid she was going to be a male. As she grew those patches went away and I was so relieved.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Those are very good looking egg that is the shade I was hoping for. I’m sure I’ll get there eventually. I guess it means I have to hatch more eggs and keep trying

Thank you... That's the same thing I'm doing, I'm just gonna keep trying. I started with 5 chicks from Meyers 3 yrs ago. Not saying I'm anywhere yet but I'm trying with a lot of help here.

 

[wrathsfarm]

3 BR's, 3 BA's and a SLW laying these. White one is duck. Never had a BR lay speckled.

@Tstraub funny you have a wyandotte named Lacy also. I had 2 SLW's- Silly (silver) and Lacie (laced) I still have Silly.

 

[Tstraub]

3 BR's, 3 BA's and a SLW laying these. White one is duck. Never had a BR lay speckled.

@Tstraub funny you have a wyandotte named Lacy also. I had 2 SLW's- Silly (silver) and Lacie (laced) I still have Silly.

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That’s crazy we both have a black Betty, a Lacy/Lacie and a Sylvie/Silly.

 

[wrathsfarm]

That’s crazy we both have a black Betty, a Lacy/Lacie and a Sylvie/Silly.

#brothusfromanathumothu

 

[Tstraub]

#brothusfromanathumothu

Do you have any Cocoa, Cosmo, Storm, Olive, Snow White, Gena, Oster, Marshmallow, Caramel, Oreo, or Blue? My dog is Luna maybe we have some other match LOL

 

[wrathsfarm]

Do you have any Cocoa, Cosmo, Storm, Olive, Snow White, Gena, Oster, Marshmallow, Caramel, Oreo, or Blue? My dog is Luna maybe we have some other match LOL

OMG.... I have all those. Who Are You?!?!

 

[wrathsfarm]

@Tstraub ... Got an idea. If I remember right your roughly 3 hours from me? (Lansing) What do you think about meeting half way here in March ish and doing an egg swap. Marans eggs for your Olive Egger eggs?

 

[wrathsfarm]

I'm thinking about firing up the incubator tomorrow and doing a test hatch. I've got a dozen of Ravens eggs.
Here's the thing.... She'd be 6.5 months old. (Too early?) And Kong has only been in with the Marans for 12 days, so that leaves King as most likely the sire to any chicks and I would have to cull hard any cockerels for white.
King is her sire, don't know dam for positive.
Thoughts?