International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Bantambird]

It has been hanging around -20°C to -30°C here in Montana. The birchen a take this weather much better than the layer types, the Orpington is the only one to keep up with their cold hardiness.

 

[Chooks man]

It has been hanging around -20°C to -30°C here in Montana. The birchen a take this weather much better than the layer types, the Orpington is the only one to keep up with their cold hardiness.

marans chooks when they are healthy they handle a cold and the heat very well because she derive from multiple crosses ,all sort of game Coqs and Asian breed . so she is a composite breed .bred true for sure but still have a lot different blood on her.


chooks man

 

[Bantambird]

Here is more of Jake. I am planning on breeding him, his personality is stellar, among other things. His son will be a show bird for my daughter in 4h if nothing else.

 

[harmesonfarm]

Hello everyone, i have a rooster that i would love your opinions on...i am new to the black copper marans and would love to do a breeding program for them in the future soon.
That being said, we recently hatched eggs for blue copper marans, and ended up with 3 of 4 being black copper, one of which our rooster. We will be doing a cull soon, and imm just wondering if he's worth keeping or if i should butcher him with the others and get one from a better egg coloured lineage...not sure if that is something needed from the rooster.
We have a rooster already who is absolutely wonderful, not full bcm though, but i don't want to switch them out unless it's absolutely worth the while (since hes such a good roo). The roo in question is approx. 17 weeks now.
Thanks in advance, look forward to the feedback.

 

[clancys coop]

I would post photos of my BCM roo, but he was locked out by my house sitter when I was away and his comb is not in a great state.

Just curious, do the hens eggs tend to darken with age?

My hens are about eight months old, and I have noticed their eggs have lightened a bit, I was hoping they would swing the other way.

 

[Bantambird]

I have noticed that the longer the hen lays consistently without a break, the lighter the eggs become over time. Eggs are darkest at the beginning of the laying cycle and will darken up ( hopefully) after they take a break. If they don't darken after a rest then that's when I would worry more.

 

[clancys coop]

thanks @Bantambird

Unfortunately, the photo is showing the eggs at their darkest, (or very close) the egg was the first one laid by my pullets earlier this year.

I would love to find a breeder in Canada who offers quality birds with dark eggs.

 

[harmesonfarm]

thanks @Bantambird

Unfortunately, the photo is showing the eggs at their darkest, (or very close) the egg was the first one laid by my pullets earlier this year.

I would love to find a breeder in Canada who offers quality birds with dark eggs.

I'm out in BC, there are a few good breeders out this way i would recommend

 

[Red Banks]

I would post photos of my BCM roo, but he was locked out by my house sitter when I was away and his comb is not in a great state.

Just curious, do the hens eggs tend to darken with age?

My hens are about eight months old, and I have noticed their eggs have lightened a bit, I was hoping they would swing the other way.

Post pictures of your rooster.... bad comb and all. Most of us are in the same boat right now. Chooks Man will tell you if he likes a rooster even if it has no comb! We love pictures. Eggs will get lighter depending on how often and for how long they have been laying. They run out of "ink". A bad layer is usually a dark egg layer.

 

[kcrandall]

I did not say a Black rooster or hen .
I said dark one .what I mean is a true dark Black under fluff not grey/.as adult and pure black with less white when chick . NOT Penguiny

all parasitic stuff are not actually gene but the accumulation of many left over from the chromosome splitting .

only way to eliminate  it you need one parent without any presence of white after the second molt . there is not other way .

parasitic coloration exist in all type of chooks variety

chooks man

Thanks for the lesson Chooks Man - much appreciated! I know you did not say a black Rooster or Hen - when I started to think about the white feather issue it got me to thinking about the laws of inheritance we've discussed and how they may interact in this situation. It's more clear to me on how difficult it is to breed out the white feather - lots of breeding and culling.

Thanks,
Keith