International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Braxton Brigade]

Here are some of our marans chickens. They lay realy dark eggs.

 

[Red Banks]

I have named the Cockerels so from now on #1 is Bello 6 months old #2 is Claude 5 months old and #3 is Antonio 5 months old. I went with ABC. You have seen a lot of Antonio and Bello. This is Claude.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

I went out and got a few more pictures of her face. I couldn't get her to stand there without holding onto to her, thus I only got pictures of her face/neck.

Not sure these give much more of a perspective on her.
I checked her legs while I was out there... 0 leg feathers

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@Chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

Okay so just wanted to share some pics of my oldest group. The parents of this group are a mixture of two bloodlines, Bev Davis and Little Peddler. There are 3 roos I will get to choose from in this group. They were born 5/13/16.

1st roo: hatched from #5 colored egg, has some middle toe feathering. And yes he is on my counter. Had to bring him in to put a bigger zip tie on him.

Roo #2: hatched from #4 colored egg, may mature out to have too much copper in chest, holds his tail wierd sometimes (possible wry tail).





(He is the roo in the middle with the most copper on his back)

Roo #3: hatched from #4 egg, hard to get good pics of, shy.



A couple of my pullets from this group:



Feel free to tel me what yall think of them so far!

I love the flat black on the pullets. I like the boy very much, I can't wait to see him a little older. He is a pretty boy, chunky just the way I like them. I am no expert like Chooks Man.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

I love the flat black on the pullets. I like the boy very much, I can't wait to see him a little older. He is a pretty boy, chunky just the way I like them. I am no expert like Chooks Man.

The pullet in the very last picture is gorgeous.

 

[KF0002]

Better pics of cockerels 2 and 3.

Cockerel 2: Definite tail issues.

Cockerel 3:

I like cockerel #1 the best. He has the best type. Cockerel #3 is probably going to be a cull because of that wierd tail.

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: Yes, very pretty.

 

[KF0002]

I love the flat black on the pullets.  I like the boy very much, I can't wait to see him a little older.  He is a pretty boy, chunky just the way I like them.  I am no expert like Chooks Man.  

Thank you Redbanks! I like roo #1 the best as well. He will probably be my only keeper cockerel in this bunch. The rest will go to freezer camp. Lol.

 

[Red Banks]

Better pics of cockerels 2 and 3.

Cockerel 2: Definite tail issues.











Cockerel 3:















I like cockerel #1 the best. He has the best type. Cockerel #3 is probably going to be a cull because of that wierd tail.

I like Cockerel #1 the best too.

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: I kept the three I have shown you out of 18 cockerels. I am still on the fence with Claude, he is #2. What do you think?