International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

more pics

nice looking chicks .well black .

they are gorgeous .

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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

good looking chick but bad photo.
he must just woke up.
love his thick head and well feathered shanks.

try a better shot .

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

nice looking chicks .well black .

they are gorgeous .

Chooks man

thanks.

they all are chunky and have grey on chest. some of them (I guess girls) have black comb. does it mean they are overmelanized? I wouldn't mind that, I will work on shape first. if I understand well shape and parasitic white are major problem. feathers on feet and colour are easy to fix, right? did I learn something about marans?

 

[Chooks man]

thanks.

they all are chunky and have grey on chest. some of them (I guess girls) have black comb. does it mean they are overmelanized? I wouldn't mind that, I will work on shape first. if I understand well shape and parasitic white are major problem. feathers on feet and colour are easy to fix, right? did I learn something about marans?

yeah you got it aright . the body type and the parasitic white are the first to be fixed .
there is no point having a well colored and shanks feathered chooks but thin as the feather .

for me the type and the dark egg are the first thing I look for .

chooks man

 

[pioneerchick816]

@Chooks man
Yeah. They all run away under the brooder when I go in. This was through the hard ware cloth door

I'll get some more pics hopefully soon. This one is HUGE compared to the other two. Even I can tell it's a Roo

thanks chooks man

 

[BobletFarmBirds]

Hi all
I was wondering if this was a normal thing. We hatched chicks out on Easter. This chick hatched with copper hackles. We think it is a hen, due to comb development and wings/feathering. Any thoughts? We know she is a pure FBCM.

 

[chickengr]

Hi all
I was wondering if this was a normal thing. We hatched chicks out on Easter. This chick hatched with copper hackles. We think it is a hen, due to comb development and wings/feathering. Any thoughts? We know she is a pure FBCM.

last year I had a cockerel very late bloomer. for almost a month looked like pullet.

 

[marchick]

yeah you got it aright . the body type and the parasitic white are the first to be fixed .
there is no point having a well colored and shanks feathered chooks but thin as the feather .

for me the type and the dark egg are the first thing I look for .

chooks man

How do you fix the parasitic white?

 

[Chooks man]

How do you fix the parasitic white?

I breed it out like any other fault .

I always mark a chicks as they hatch .which one has a parasitic white and which ones are clear from it .

I try to keep my Roosters from the chicks that hatched without any parasitic white .

a true way if getting ready from the parasitic white is to breed from the older chooks ,they ones they passed they 2end molt .because at this stage of they life if they are carriers they are going to show it . if they are clear from it ,than they are a true breeders .

to fix all the problems existing in a BCM a person has to breed many different line separately even if they related, and fix each line by breeding out a fault and reinforce the quality . when all that is done ,than this different line could be merged to one or 2 strong line .

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Hi all
I was wondering if this was a normal thing. We hatched chicks out on Easter. This chick hatched with copper hackles. We think it is a hen, due to comb development and wings/feathering. Any thoughts? We know she is a pure FBCM.

she is pullets 100% .

chooks man