International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

cockerel #4 . Djabel over Bella BLCM hen
I named him Bello .
he is dark blue with gorgeous copper marking .
he is lucking the red shoulder like his brother K2. but every thing else is great .

life is been good to me this year . happy chooks man

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@littlepeeps81
Magpie is a cockerel and a gorgeous one too.

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@littlepeeps81
the copper spots are the future lancet and shoulder marking .

need to see this picture with a head on it please.

i could be wrong .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

View attachment 1136102 View attachment 1136102 View attachment 1136105I love the Copper Marans.
Unfortunately I do not have a hen. Just one seriously beautiful Rooster.
We call him Pretty Boy Floyd.
I notice a few of you have critiqued others chickens.
I would love to hear what you think of Floyd. Please FORGIVE the back n tail feathers missing,a stray dog Tried to take on Floyd.
Floyd Won!
He is 13months old,and a "French Copper Maran" that's the breed name we were giving from hatchery.

his body type is good but not his colors .
his hackle is too light ( golden at the bottom end )
his comb is too big and has too many point
his tail is too long and has a parasitic white

you are breeding BCM from him so don t to worry .his is a good looking marans roo. love his gorgeous eyes and the way he stand

thank you for sharing your photos with us .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

my favorite BCM cockerel of this year hatchling.
still waiting for his tail . a lot of my cockerels have a missing tails .
any way .
this one is a son of Zambezi over Shakera .
10 /10 body color .that all what I was hoping for .
short on his feet sort of body type .great asset to correct the tall strain .

his weakness is his comb double point like his father and his back is a little shorter .

chooks man

 

[littlepeeps81]

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cockerel#3 .Djabel over Burwood BLCM hen.love Djabel son s .there is some thing about them .make them stand up . best body type .they bodies are faultless .just need to work on the body color more .i have the hens who can do that .

this guy I name him Gibraltar
he is the best on the shoulder marking . well uniform red shoulder .his hackle is his weakest point.

love the way he carries him self high and proud like his mom burwood
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body type is from mama hen
body color is from the father rooster

chooks man

Your marans are beautiful as always! Thank you for sharing photos of them and all of your expert advice!!

 

[littlepeeps81]

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BCM cockerel .
Djabel BCM Rooster over Bella BLCM hen.
great body type .
his hackle is lighter ( straw colored) and has no Red shoulder .

I m going to use him over a BCM hens with a Mahogany colored hackle ( Norway and Toby .they cockerel from this year hatch are more darker than I like .too much Mahogany )

chooks man

Beautiful BCM!! I love your silver cuckoo marans in the background. I have been looking for some silver cuckoo marans hatching eggs, but they are not easy to find here.

 

[littlepeeps81]

View attachment 1136102 View attachment 1136102 View attachment 1136105I love the Copper Marans.
Unfortunately I do not have a hen. Just one seriously beautiful Rooster.
We call him Pretty Boy Floyd.
I notice a few of you have critiqued others chickens.
I would love to hear what you think of Floyd. Please FORGIVE the back n tail feathers missing,a stray dog Tried to take on Floyd.
Floyd Won!
He is 13months old,and a "French Copper Maran" that's the breed name we were giving from hatchery.

He's a pretty cockerel. He has a very proud stance. I agree with chooksman. To much gold in the hackle. I like his name

 

[Chooks man]

Beautiful BCM!! I love your silver cuckoo marans in the background. I have been looking for some silver cuckoo marans hatching eggs, but they are not easy to find here.

thanks littlepeep81.
the silver cuckoos are hard to find any where .
I bred mine my self from just 1 pure silver cuckoo rooster imported from the UK as fertile egg . he had all sort of fault and problem but he was pure silver and come from dark egg layer strain .
no I m in the 3 rd generation . working on the forth one this breeding season .plus I m breeding a pure dark silver cuckoo .
here some photos of my favorite

Sweden Dark silver cuckoo .
son of Charlie SCM over Stockholm Birchen hen .
this guy is huge the largest and the heaviest on the farm .he is only 6.5 months old .

Charlie3 . SCM

chooks man

 

[KF0002]

Hi everyone, hope all is well. I am posting some pictures of Magpie. It seems she has developed some copper feathers on the wing, and in the saddle area. Sadly I know this will probably render her as a layer only pullet Is this common in a pullet? Anyone else ever experience this with their BCM females? Both sides have a small copper spot on each wing. I was excited about her development, but now feeling bummed. However I did purchase some wheaten marans hatching eggs so I am excited to see how they turn out.

I agree with Chooksman, Magpie is looking like a cockerel.