International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

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

in greece the price of 45-60 days old chicks usually are 7-15 eur. not sure due to crisis or it was like that before the crisis. I know a person who sells bcm chicks for 7 eur but he will not sell the females only. he usually leaves some chicks at my friend's place and sell from there so my friend will try to steal 1-2 girls for me. I also gave my incubator to my friend to test it and he will put some of his marans eggs for me. if the girls hatch they will be mine. mario, marco and luna came from his flock although he changed the roo. the problem with his flock mostly is floppy comb at hens but I can fix it later. marco looks like he might help with that as well as the egg colour. I must take good care of my boys. although they are not perfect they are good breeders.

 

[Chooks man]

One of my pretty chicks

they are pretty . minimum o white on they hatch down .plus they are good type well chunky and wide ,
the first one standing by it self has a pure BCM hatch down .no sign of any white on her face .

keep as posted of they development please .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

in greece the price of 45-60 days old chicks usually are 7-15 eur. not sure due to crisis or it was like that before the crisis. I know a person who sells bcm chicks for 7 eur but he will not sell the females only. he usually leaves some chicks at my friend's place and sell from there so my friend will try to steal 1-2 girls for me. I also gave my incubator to my friend to test it and he will put some of his marans eggs for me. if the girls hatch they will be mine. mario, marco and luna came from his flock although he changed the roo. the problem with his flock mostly is floppy comb at hens but I can fix it later. marco looks like he might help with that as well as the egg colour. I must take good care of my boys. although they are not perfect they are good breeders.

WOW the chooks price are very cheap in Greece .
or that price you ll be no able to by any sort of chooks Except ISA Brown . factory chicks .or the Broiler chicks ( meat chooks )

I agree with you a floppy comb is fixable for sure .

good luck with a friend ,hope he ll pick some nice pullet for you .

Keep your boys safe .they are valuable stop .

Luna s and Jupiter will give you nice Birchen progeny with a dark eggs trait after a few generation of selective breeding .

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

the last eggs from the last incubation are going to the hatcher in few hours . after that all the incubator and hatcher are going to cleaned and disinfected .than stored .

well pleased about the result .

here few photos for the one they love to see marans chooks ,


BCM cockerel 11 week old, the copper just start showing up on his hackle . he is more of black type like his mum Tabarine. but he is great type and well put together .



Golden Salmon cockerel 8 weeks old . this guy goes every where , he blend well with a vegetation in the back ground . wild type. son of Massoud over Missu.



Wheaten cockerel 11 weeks old . he is the only son of Gorden over his mom Morry . well chunky and colored .



Birchen cockerel 11 weeks old . love his type and his pure silver hackle . son of Erickson 2 over his mom Stockholm



On the left are 2 Black tail Buff marans . both are the sons of White Storm over Black copper hen carrying the wheaten genes .

the one on the Right is a Dominant White cockerel 4 weeks old ,son of Samir over his half sister Sarry . his is a big boy .

all this cockerels are marked as a keepers .soon they will be transferred into the final pen where they going to stay there tell they are mature .

a lot to chose from .well happy about that .

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

the last eggs from the last incubation are going to the hatcher in few hours . after that all the incubator and hatcher are going to cleaned and disinfected .than stored .

well pleased about the result .

here few photos for the one they love to see marans chooks ,


BCM cockerel 11 week old, the copper just start showing up on his hackle . he is more of black type like his mum Tabarine. but he is great type and well put together .



Golden Salmon cockerel 8 weeks old . this guy goes every where , he blend well with a vegetation in the back ground . wild type. son of Massoud over Missu.



Wheaten cockerel 11 weeks old . he is the only son of Gorden over his mom Morry . well chunky and colored .



Birchen cockerel 11 weeks old . love his type and his pure silver hackle . son of Erickson 2 over his mom Stockholm



On the left are 2 Black tail Buff marans . both are the sons of White Storm over Black copper hen carrying the wheaten genes .

the one on the Right is a Dominant White cockerel 4 weeks old ,son of Samir over his half sister Sarry . his is a big boy .

all this cockerels are marked as a keepers .soon they will be transferred into the final pen where they going to stay there tell they are mature .

a lot to chose from .well happy about that .

chooks man

really nice chickens. I cannot decide who I like the best.

in greece hybrids cost about 5-6 eur at 3 months old and barnyard mix chicks 4-6 weeks old cost 2-2,5 eur. pure breeds, not just marans cost 7-15 eur starting 6 weeks old. fertile eggs 1 - 3 eur. the cheepest ones usually are mixed colours.

 

[chicken crazy11]

I finally found three black copper Maran hens today for sale. I'm so happy they're six months old and they're not laying yet but they will be soon I can't wait!

 

[Braxton Brigade]

I'm glad that everyone is doing well and is still as active as ever on this thread. I'm excited to return to start sharing/learning with you all.

I would explain my absence but it is quite a long story, perhaps I will share bits and pieces along the way.
Shortly I will be sharing some quality photos of my good chicks... but for now I am going to share a few pictures of a few of my cockerels.


This is my current favorite. He has a poor comb, yet it is still better than both of his parents.
He greatly reminds me of his sire.

In this photo you can see a light colored/scrawny boy in the back.
I will be rehoming him away shortly.

 

[KF0002]

@Chooks man So far we've culled 2 chicks from the LA group with vulture hocks. Looks like you hit the nail right on the head when you said that middle toe feathering goes hand in hand with vulture hocks. You were right.

But on a more positive note, so far I have 3 eggs from Mud x the LA pullets I have saved to set. Mud has been with them for the past couple days.

Also, one of my LA BCM chicks has a small brown spot on it's head. I tagged it to watch it as it grows out.

 

[KF0002]

the last eggs from the last incubation are going to the hatcher in few hours . after that all the incubator and hatcher are going to cleaned and disinfected .than stored .

well pleased about the result .

here few photos for the one they love to see marans chooks ,


BCM cockerel 11 week old, the copper just start showing up on his hackle . he is more of black type like his mum Tabarine. but he is great type and well put together .



Golden Salmon cockerel 8 weeks old . this guy goes every where , he blend well with a vegetation in the back ground . wild type. son of Massoud over Missu.



Wheaten cockerel 11 weeks old . he is the only son of Gorden over his mom Morry . well chunky and colored .



Birchen cockerel 11 weeks old . love his type and his pure silver hackle . son of Erickson 2 over his mom Stockholm



On the left are 2 Black tail Buff marans . both are the sons of White Storm over Black copper hen carrying the wheaten genes .

the one on the Right is a Dominant White cockerel 4 weeks old ,son of Samir over his half sister Sarry . his is a big boy .

all this cockerels are marked as a keepers .soon they will be transferred into the final pen where they going to stay there tell they are mature .

a lot to chose from .well happy about that .

chooks man

They are beautiful! You have done such great work with them. Big healthy birds!

 

[KF0002]

I'm glad that everyone is doing well and is still as active as ever on this thread. I'm excited to return to start sharing/learning with you all.

I would explain my absence but it is quite a long story, perhaps I will share bits and pieces along the way.
Shortly I will be sharing some quality photos of my good chicks... but for now I am going to share a few pictures of a few of my cockerels.


This is my current favorite. He has a poor comb, yet it is still better than both of his parents.
He greatly reminds me of his sire.

In this photo you can see a light colored/scrawny boy in the back.
I will be rehoming him away shortly.

I love the length of his back. And he is coloring up really nice. Can't wait to see pics of your chicks! Hope all is well. Glad you will be able to be around more on the thread.