International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

So Sorry! I know how you feel I bought 50 chicks one time and there was only like 3 pullets!!! It wasn't that much money but close. Then I was stuck with 47 roosters!!!

I m never stuck with a marans cockerel .
I have a big freezer and a lot Indian/Pakistani and Chinese client . they love them .never managed to produce enough cockerels for me and them.

my cockerels carcasses are around 1.7 /2.5 KG at 6 month old when they are butchered .

they are good ,just depend what we do with them ,that all

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Hey all. Been a long winter in Eastern Washington. We got to -17 degrees and over 3 ft of snow through the winter. All the chics hunkered down and made it fine. I ordered chics from Brian Parks in Oct. He has a line of LP, BD and Frasier Creek Farms. All of LP and FCF cockerels had full copper chest. Not just a few copper spots full copper chest. I culled all but the one with the least amount. They do make really nice hens with really nice copper in the hackle. I have one BD cockerel, he has the dreaded white under fluff in the hackle and very, very light legs?? SO I ended up with 2 cockerels and 3BD hens, 4 LP hens and 5 FCF hens. They are 22 weeks old and I have two hens laying nice chocolate eggs. Brian opened a new restaurant and is very hard to contact. Will want to get his perspective on breeding these lines. Spring is here!! Would add pics , but for some reason this site will not allow. My e-mail is down and that might be why?

TOM

that is cold my friend.

marans chooks are very hardy .they handle your climate .Very Very cold and they do well as well in my climate very very hot 45 DC .

they are amazing breed .

keep your self and your chooks worm my friend

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Thank you! His droppings have been loose and a dark green. My husband said he may have "the greens" so I am withholding all pellets and grains and today I will slop feed him some starter grower and yogurt. He will be started on a course of antibiotics also. He has lost a lot of blood also so he got a shot of aminoplex. Hopefully he will pull through.

I ll do a same thing for him .

hope he ll up and running soon

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Alright .it is a time for some Picture of marans chooks .
we don t want the thread be like the news paper . we need color

here are some photos of Hercules junior . I have another younger ,his brother .just start feathering up and he showing the same pattern






he is gorgeous

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

here some more photos of the others.all healthy and happy .



this guy is my favorite BCM cockerel . son of Norway




Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

now the time has come to separate the older cockerels 11/12 weeks old from the rest .
they start crowing 3 of them . need to put with a rooster to stop them from going all over it .

first group are going to be penned with Chinatown . he is a great rooster I use him to teach and look after the chosen cockerels . they learn manner with him and respect .

here are more photos for you guys .who love the marans chooks








Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

BCM pullet Daughter of Norway





Chooks man

 

[marchick]

Wow! That's actually sort of impressive...and also a little sketchy. I'm thinking someone was offloading their boys to you!

I kinda think so also! It was one of the biggest hatcheries and it was straight run laying hen assortment. I thought well if I order 50 then I should get 20-25 laying hens. We would keep a couple roosters and could eat the rest. We ended up with 3 hens and a stringy chicken dinner x 45!!!!!

 

[kcrandall]

BCM pullet Daughter of Norway Chooks man

I'm seeing very good type and color thru out the different varieties of your young chooks - very impressive. It's going to be fun to watch Hercules Jr. as he grows up. Are you working on a Blue Cuckoo variety? I thought I may have spotted a couple of Blue Cuckoos in your pics but my eyes could be playing tricks on me. Well done my friend! Keith

 

[marchick]

I m never stuck with a marans cockerel .
I have a big freezer and a lot Indian/Pakistani and Chinese client . they love them .never managed to produce enough cockerels for me and them.

my cockerels carcasses are around 1.7 /2.5 KG at 6 month old when they are butchered .

they are good ,just depend what we do with them ,that all

Chooks man

They where layer breeds and they where not so good to eat. I think they where kind of stringy no matter how we tried to cook them. It was before I got into BCM and Ameraucanas.