International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

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 View attachment 1136361
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 .

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Charlie3 . SCM

chooks man

Your birds are amazing Chooksman! Big chunky birds with gorgeous type.. I am so envious! Great job as always!

 

[Red Banks]

first let them do some growing .than post photos of them so we can help you select the good one .

I never rush to cull any chooks .I give them the time they need to fully express them selves ,specially if I have a little number of chicks from a any line.

we can always use the chooks we have to improve them if we want to put some time .

TO MUCH CULLING WILL KEEP YOUR CHOOKS WARD EMPTY .

chooks man

I follow the Chooks man's way....... wait...... I would not have kept Antonio at first, my other cockerels looked better to me but Chooks man made me do critiques by the book and I learned a little about what I should look for. Not fault finding, all of us can find faults, but looking beyond that to the overall bird. The cockerels I loved in the beginning slowly fell apart and Antonio slowly came together. So many things can be fixed. We are learning how to guide our program, learning to select the right stock, how to match them up to fix problems and improve what we have.

Speaking of Antonio, he is starting to get his feathers back. Antonio likes to have his picture taken.

 

[Red Banks]

Omg I had forgotten you lived in Florida! If you dont have any safe shelter to take them to, turning them out would probably be their best chance at survival. Chickens are pretty tough so they may find somewhere to ride out the storm. You will be in my prayers! I hope you and your animals stay safe!!

I turned them loose. They were fine!

 

[Red Banks]

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

Me too!

 

[Red Banks]

@RedBanks any news?

Sorry.... I just got power back today. We are all doing fine. We were lucky, very lucky.

 

[littlepeeps81]

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

chooks man

chooksman, if Magpie is a cockerel I will be on cloud nine!!!! I wanted to be able to keep my LP line pure, but I could never get a cockerel to hatch. That is why I went and bought Zorro. Magepie is nine weeks old today. I thought it strange that a pullet would be getting copper in those places, but I thought we had deemed her a little pullet in the beginning. I will get a better side view with the head included tomorrow when it is light again. I have added again the 6 week old Magpie and the hatchling Magpie photographs.

 

[littlepeeps81]

I follow the Chooks man's way....... wait...... I would not have kept Antonio at first, my other cockerels looked better to me but Chooks man made me do critiques by the book and I learned a little about what I should look for. Not fault finding, all of us can find faults, but looking beyond that to the overall bird. The cockerels I loved in the beginning slowly fell apart and Antonio slowly came together. So many things can be fixed. We are learning how to guide our program, learning to select the right stock, how to match them up to fix problems and improve what we have.

Speaking of Antonio, he is starting to get his feathers back. Antonio likes to have his picture taken.

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RedBanks, thank you for sharing this valuable information!!! I have learned a lot from all of you all! Your Antonio is stunning, and I am so happy you guys mad it safely through the hurricane!!! Animals can be extremely resilient. If Magpie has taught me anything, it is wait, wait, wait and wait some more!!

 

[littlepeeps81]

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

And I am super excited about this possibility

 

[littlepeeps81]

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 View attachment 1136361
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 .

View attachment 1136362
Charlie3 . SCM

chooks man

chooks man, it is truly amazing how you have been able to create all of your beautiful marans!!! Hats off to you and your amazing ability!! The marans breed is in good hands!

 

[Chooks man]

chooks man, it is truly amazing how you have been able to create all of your beautiful marans!!! Hats off to you and your amazing ability!! The marans breed is in good hands!

I grow up with the marans chooks .my mom had them in 60th tell late 80th .
silver cuckoo .white and and red buff plus the pure black .
learn every thing from her and I added some of my own knowledge .

chooks man