International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@kfelton0002 .thank you for posting this photos of LP BCM chicks pure ,35 years of selective breeding .
hatch down with a minimum white . NOT a Penguin Type

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

The LA pullet with Apollo laid again today. Not speckled this time.

1st egg was 54 grams.
This egg was 59 grams, and close to a 5 in color.

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this pullet is giving me a hard time .well complex creature .

I REALLY NEED TO SEE A GOOD PHOTOS OF HER FROM ALL SIDE S PLEASE . there is some thing about her I m finding attractive .

she is a large dark egg layer 100% her 2end egg all ready 59g . her egg number 30 will be around a 65g for sure.

need to know her mass too ? please

Her eggs remind me of my Silver cuckoo Cheetah when she start laying .55g the first and 59g the second both where dark and they still dark not speckles .
for me the egg quality dwarf all other faults .

chooks man

PS = I ll name her for you . Sherazade from the thousand night and one night Arabic story .
you pullet has a story to tell but she need time to tell it .

 

[Chooks man]

Thanks Chooks man...... I always appreciate all of your support.

you welcome .
I m trying to catch up .this thread is so a live .great .

chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

you welcome .
I m trying to catch up .this thread is so a live .great .

chooks man

Did you see my chick pics?

 

[Chooks man]

Antonio's wasn't that great early on but it really has gotten very very copper. Look at those FRF roosters!

you are alright .
your stocks come from a well colored lines ,you don t have to worry about that .
the only thing you need to watch for, is to keep the richness of the copper without letting it turn into strawed colored type ( yellow type) .because your stock carries it as a recessive ,but it is there .has to be bred out .
for this reason you need to keep aside some pullets/hens with a darker hackle ( Mahogany type ) to correct it if ever appeared in the future .

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Did you see my chick pics?

haven t reached that page yet .
have a plenty of time
I m taking a day of today . 35 DC too hot to do any thing outside tell late .just the net work for the time been .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I did this photo session for Kayla! Ha Ha Ha
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very very nice .love they body type and color

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@RedBanks
this chick is a true marans type and correct in all the conformation .
Hatch down = Correct
Legs = well feathered and colored ( pullets legs) Straight and great width between them
Chest held a little higher sigh of Elegance ( I always select for ) deep and wide .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@RedBanks

from this shot we can see .
Plum body type
wide at the shoulder and all the way through the back

no sign of deformity . great

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@RedBanks

from this shot we see =
Head = a little thin and long . sign of pullet
eyes .well colored light Blue
Comb = small sign of pullet
Beak = well formed and dark color ,sign of pullet
Leg = Straight well colored and feathered . free from any deformity . cockerels/pullets could have this color . hard to tell .What I can tell ,they are thinner sign of pullet .NOT thick and stocky sign of cockerel.

Chooks man