International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Red Banks]

I am not sure but I think there are differences in the tail. I think the U.S. calls for more open tail. I think the french is more upright pointy. To be honest I don't know. I hope chooks man will come on and clear this up.

This is too minor to worry about right now..... unless you have horrendous tails like my birds!

 

[Red Banks]

Some of the girls...... the baby chicks will be 4 weeks in a couple of days. The cockerels already have hackles.

 

[marchick]

chooks man, More pictures of that one roosters comb.

 

[marchick]

Not to confuse things but BLCM rooster #3!!! This is the last of my four roosters. As you can see this rooster has lighter highlights in his tail feathers. Thats what I wasn't sure about.

 

[marchick]

View attachment 1214128 View attachment 1214130 Some of the girls...... the baby chicks will be 4 weeks in a couple of days. The cockerels already have hackles.

Very nice! We need baby chick pictures!

 

[marchick]

My pullets first egg.

 

[KF0002]

Well look what I found! These where pictures taken back the end of march. Back before my BC rooster lost his tail. He was shipped before Christmas 2016. That would make him 4 to 41/2 months old in these pictures. That would make him 1 year old now. He was in the batch of chicks that I had shipped from Julie. That would make him and the light hens pure Bev. So would he be a good one to use over the two light hens?

If you keep breeding blue x blue without using a black, the blue will be more and more washed out each generation from what I have read. All the blue gene is that is responsible for the BBS (black, blue, splash) is a black diluter. Black is diluted to blue, and then even more so diluted to splash. If you breed blue x blue you will get a mix of blue, black, and splash chicks. If you breed black x blue you will get 50% blue and 50% black. It is really up to your personal preference as to how you would like your blues to look. I have read that the lighter the blue, the lighter the copper can be, diluting the copper to a yellowish or straw color. Chooks man can give more experienced info on this subject. This is only my second year working with blue coppers.

I would like for my blue coppers to look darker blue like this girl, Dentelle. This is an older picture of her, I couldn't find a more recent pic on my laptop.

 

[KF0002]

Dentelle's father was a black copper and her mother was a splash copper (Bev Davis).

 

[KF0002]

My pullets first egg.
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Really nice first egg! Congratulations!!

 

[marchick]

Dentelle's father was a black copper and her mother was a splash copper (Bev Davis).

She is a pretty hen. I like the darker blue also! I wish I had a few Splash Copper. Then I could do a Splash/Black breeding pen. I may get some chicks. I have in a order in for a few Blue Copper and Splash Copper.