International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

I checked the last marans egg that I put under the other broody. no sign of life. I yesterday candled it and saw the air cell and a dark part, nothing moving. I decided to shake it and it was rattling inside. so I decided to crack it and see what went wrong. I slowly cracked it and a head and 1 toe popped out and the chick chirped. there was little blood but not bleeding. unfortunately almost all the shell is gone. I put the chick under the lamp and wait. the yolk hasn't been absorbed but I didn't detach it. it is sitting in the membrane. I put the kitchen towel over it and I wet it as I don't want it to cook under the lamp. but I don't think the chick will make it.

 

[chickengr]

the chick is still breathing. I think that yolk has been absorbed. poor little thing is too weak.

 

[kcrandall]

the chick is still breathing. I think that yolk has been absorbed. poor little thing is too weak. 

I hope all ends well - good luck!

 

[kcrandall]

yeah you are alright .I wanted the Colombian from White Storm and a pure white too .now I got the impure Colombian and a Split white as first generation ( Cockerels )

for me now to breed the pure white from this split white F1 hybrid ,I need to mate them together as F1 X F1 to get a true F2 . in this generation 25% of them will be pure white .

For the Colombian ,I only needed the cockerels from this crossing .I know I ll no get the pullets .
pullets breeding is a different formula .

here how I m going to do it , now that I have 3 cockerels all impure Colombian  . ER/EWh..S/s+, Db/db+
I m going to mate them to a F2 Silver Wheaten pullets to get a F3 pure Colombian EWh/EWh ,S/S ( S/-). DB/DB . cockerels and pullets.
from this F3 I ll select only the Colombian and breed them together forward to produce a F4 and F5 pure Colombian Marans Strain .

in the marans the Colombian is with less hackles marking .So it is based on the gene DB( Black tail ) Not the Co ( Colombian ) .
in French they call this variety HERMINEE'  like the priest robe ( white with Black edging )
So the Maran Herminee  ( Colombian ) should have a Black just on the bottom end of the hackle ( not all the way up the top like the sussex breed ) and black tail .

Breeding is fun and time consuming .
I do enjoy it .

breeding any variety from scratch is rewarding .

Chooks man

Your love for the Marans shows my friend!

Take Care,
Keith

 

[chickengr]

the poor chick died. had difficulty breathing, probably didn't develop properly. that's why didn't hatch. better this way, a short life with antibiotics would be torture for both of us.

 

[chickengr]

this one has the most white feathers around the eyes but has a grey line on chest. is it too much of white feathers?

 

[chickengr]

more pics

 

[pioneerchick816]

I'm pretty sure two of the three BCM I bought are roos, which is fine. I want to keep one, but this is the only one I could get a pic of. I'll try to get another of the other two sometime

 

[kcrandall]

this one has the most white feathers around the eyes but has a grey line on chest. is it too much of white feathers?

Hatch down looks fine to me. I wouldn't worry too much about minimal white around the eyes. She looks good (guess on my part). Congrats, Keith

 

[Chooks man]

this one has the most white feathers around the eyes but has a grey line on chest. is it too much of white feathers?

fine looking hatch down .minimum white on the body .great ..few spot on the face is not a major problem .

chooks man