International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

this 2 eggs I found today in the pullets pen .
happy man

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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I received this week the Marans-club de France Magazine N72 .
they modified few things around .
now the Black tail buff is divided into 2 variety .lighter buff like NH and a Red one like RIR. lucky me I have them both .so they make a life easier for me to breed the 2 separately
they agree to promote the silver Wheaten . well happy with that
they
Black copper rooster should have a small amount of flame on his hackle . bordered by copper not cutting through the feather tell the end .
Golden cuckoo rooster is accepted to have a orange /gold hackle with barring and flame

nice photos this time .

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

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I received this week the Marans-club de France Magazine N72 .
they modified few things around .
now the Black tail buff is divided into 2 variety .lighter buff like NH and a Red one like RIR. lucky me I have them both .so they make a life easier for me to breed the 2 separately
they agree to promote the silver Wheaten . well happy with that
they
Black copper rooster should have a small amount of flame on his hackle . bordered by copper not cutting through the feather tell the end .
Golden cuckoo rooster is accepted to have a orange /gold hackle with barring and flame

nice photos this time .

chooks man

good news. my marco -bc has his hackle as described.

I love silver wheaten but there is no chance I can find them here. what varieties do I need to create them?

 

[Chooks man]

good news. my marco -bc has his hackle as described.

I love silver wheaten but there is no chance I can find them here. what varieties do I need to create them?

great that your Marco s hackle fit the FMC description . one less thing to worry about .

No way you are going to find a Silver Wheaten anywhere .only a hand full of breeder are developing them and I m fortunate to be one of them .
I m on the F1 and F2 progeny need to do couple of back crossing to the Wheaten and I ll have strain stable and pure .Silver Wheaten marans.

take years to develop this gorgeous variety .and there is many way to achieve it .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

here few photos of my marans I took this morning .they look great .well pleased

this are the pullets from the second group ,POL
Wheaten .Black copper and Blue cuckoo
they are looking for a treat ( Sun flower seed and wheat )

Blue Silver cuckoo Charlie X Bella .her older sister are laying nice dark eggs

Blue silver cuckoo and a Blue copper
BLC is Djabel X Bordeau very pretty

BC Zembezi X Norway
Cream Leg Bar

 

[Chooks man]

here more.I know you guys like the chooks photos .
it is nice to have them and be able to share them with you guys .
Enjoy

Golden Salmon Diabel X Bella ,both of them carry the e+ as recessive ,So 25% of they progeny will be e+/e+ .shame I haven t hatched many of them .I did not know they have a hidden treasure .I have 2 more pullet ,one of them is a blue Salmon.

Silver cuckoo Charlie X Copenhagen .love her body type and silver hackle

F4 Birchen pullet, Viking X Stockholm pretty and pure silver hackle.

Splash copper pullet and they brother all 3 are from Samir X Sharazade .great body type.

blue silver cuckoo pullet dark blue , Charlie X Bella

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

great that your Marco s hackle fit the FMC description . one less thing to worry about .

No way you are going to find a Silver Wheaten anywhere .only a hand full of breeder are developing them and I m fortunate to be one of them .
I m on the F1 and F2 progeny need to do couple of back crossing to the Wheaten and I ll have strain stable and pure .Silver Wheaten marans.

take years to develop this gorgeous variety .and there is many way to achieve it .

chooks man

I hope you will get your export licence soon!

 

[TheJournalist]

Hello, I have a question regarding my 3 months old cockerel. His name is Godfather. His dad was part black copper maran and we don't know what his mom was. We got him when he was about a month old. He's our first roo. Okay, so my question is. When will he get his mature hackle feathers? I've been looking at black copper roos hackles vs cockerel hackles. I don't know when he will be fully grown.

 

[LilJoe]

When do BCM cockerels completely fill out in copper.

Not completely but, all their copper.

 

[Chooks man]

When do BCM cockerels completely fill out in copper.

Not completely but, all their copper.

around 4 to 6 month ,depend the strain .

chooks man