International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

and this is jupiter (camera shy):

he is great chickengr ..single barred silver cuckoo marans with a golden leakage .

he is going to be a great use for you . he is a stud Rooster for sure especially to create different variety from him .

I like him a lot too .he ll great for the Marnek project and a Birchen strain creation .

well happy for you .you done well my friend . I wish the post mans where gentler with a eggs .

Do forget go and get those white marans .they work very well with him

Chooks man

 

[KF0002]

Well done .that how we do it .just go for it and hatch a good number of chicks because.genetic favors numbers .

I think now you have enough chicks to really see the reel genetic expression of you flock . Greater is the number wider will be the genetic expression .

eating marans chooks is great .I only eat my chooks nothing else .
I do a lot culling at 5 month and half or 6 month . best time to cull the marans chooks for they meat .

chooks man

So far there are a lot of culls in the Marans brooder from Cooper.. lots of heavy middle toe feathering. I will free range any extra cockerels that don't get culled early on to grow out and eat them this summer!

The blue coppers from Mud look great so far. I have yet to hatch a single chick from my FRF pullet. I only have 2 eggs in the incubator from her. I thought she had just up and quit laying all of a sudden but in reality we had an egg eater in the pen! I had left the easter egger pullet in Mud's pen when I moved the sussex to the layer pen because she had been with them since she was a chick. Well lo and behold she has been eating eggs and we finally caught her with yolk in her beard. I gave her away to a friend of mine. There is always some kind of chicken drama. lol

My work friends think I'm crazy when I talk about my chicken drama.

 

[chickengr]

he is great chickengr ..single barred silver cuckoo marans with a golden leakage .

he is going to be a great use for you . he is a stud Rooster for sure especially to create different variety from him .

I like him a lot too .he ll great for the Marnek project and a Birchen strain creation .

well happy for you .you done well my friend . I wish the post mans where gentler with a eggs .

Do forget go and get those white marans .they work very well with him

Chooks man

I have just discovered the farm in north greece. the owner is russian so I guess the white marans come from russia. they have other breeds that it seems they come from germany (german breeds and they advertise them with german and greek names). I guess I am ordening a trio. they do sell 2 month old chicks.

what colours will I get with jupiter and the whites?

 

[chickengr]

White marans are very nice and easy to work with if you are going to use Jupiter .

we need to know what based are this white chooks .ER or Ewh or some thing else ?

if you get them,we ll find out in the first year of breeding them .

White marans are very rare .

chooks man

if I remember well you have some russian friends. can you ask them about the white marans genetics?

I have just ordered a trio, if available the lady will put another pullet as well. the price is 10 EUR each, not bad at all? cheaper than the eggs in your countries. they should be here in about 2 months. I ordered 1 english blue araucana pullet and 1 solid black pure transylvanian naked neck pullet together with them. they usually don't sell the females only but the lady is really kind and willing to help.

 

[Chooks man]

So far there are a lot of culls in the Marans brooder from Cooper.. lots of heavy middle toe feathering. I will free range any extra cockerels that don't get culled early on to grow out and eat them this summer!

The blue coppers from Mud look great so far. I have yet to hatch a single chick from my FRF pullet. I only have 2 eggs in the incubator from her. I thought she had just up and quit laying all of a sudden but in reality we had an egg eater in the pen! I had left the easter egger pullet in Mud's pen when I moved the sussex to the layer pen because she had been with them since she was a chick. Well lo and behold she has been eating eggs and we finally caught her with yolk in her beard. I gave her away to a friend of mine. There is always some kind of chicken drama. lol

My work friends think I'm crazy when I talk about my chicken drama.

that is good you got ready of the eggs eater .

Mud is going to make you really happy I think .love to see his chicks when they are fully grown up .

all the best .

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I have just discovered the farm in north greece. the owner is russian so I guess the white marans come from russia. they have other breeds that it seems they come from germany (german breeds and they advertise them with german and greek names). I guess I am ordening a trio. they do sell 2 month old chicks.

what colours will I get with jupiter and the whites?

Depend on the based color of this white chooks .
are they Dominant white or recessive white ?
what family genetic they belong ER .Ewh .e+ etc................?

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

if I remember well you have some russian friends. can you ask them about the white marans genetics?

I have just ordered a trio, if available the lady will put another pullet as well. the price is 10 EUR each, not bad at all? cheaper than the eggs in your countries. they should be here in about 2 months. I ordered 1 english blue araucana pullet and 1 solid black pure transylvanian naked neck pullet together with them. they usually don't sell the females only but the lady is really kind and willing to help.

they are really cheap but they look good to me .

love your order .you did not forget about the Naked Neck .BRAVO .

I can t wait to see them when you get them .

I ll ask my Russian friend . I remember him saying the Russian where breeding for just the eggs color nothing else ,so the type was not great .

they added few thing to them too .

Chooks man

 

[dvoice]

One of my pretty chicks

 

[dvoice]

ahh after YEARS of raising bcms, I (might, maybe, possibly, slight chance but don't jinx it) be getting this dark egg thing!

Beautiful

 

[BlixbabyFarm]

here are some of my Marans eggs along with some turkey and cream legbar eggs. Most are speckled too.

thanks!