International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

I take my photos using a good light with solid color cloth underneath. tried to post a picture of my young Pullets but not working for some reason. Been a while since a picture so guess I forgot How,

So the solid color cloth does a certain color work best? I would like to see pictures of your pullets.

 

[marchick]

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Wow! Very nice! See I would have thought the white cloth would have made the eggs look lighter.

 

[marchick]

I keep telling you RedBanks .your chooks carries all the marans traits .good and bad .all there .
you are the person who is going to fix that .
First result .great tail .no bad .

next one is the comb .

chooks man

Ha ha! I have never heard it quite that way. Now I can say my birds carry the Marans traits. The good and the bad! RedBanks, Very nice progress year by year we will get there. Can't wait to see your future Marans.

 

[Red Banks]

Exact same eggs but using @snowbird's technique. It works!

 

[Red Banks]

Ha ha! I have never heard it quite that way. Now I can say my birds carry the Marans traits. The good and the bad! RedBanks, Very nice progress year by year we will get there. Can't wait to see your future Marans.

I remember when you first started too! We will get there @marchick. That is the theme of this thread set by @Chooks man of course. Our birds carry all the Marans traits good and bad and we will improve them because we are Marans breeders.

 

[Bantambird]

I have set up my blue birchen pen. I'll get some pics when I get a chance, but the sun sets around 430 right now and it has been rather cold in Montana. A few cocks might loose a bit of their Combs to the cold this year! Anyway, I have Jack over 5 splash ( supposed to be from a birchen pen, but could be hiding copper too and I would not know) and two blue birchen. Jack is a silver birchen cock, I think there's some pics of him on here. He's from my original line out of Rodney Reeves, who had to cut back on birds due to health not long after I picked up some of his lovely birchen Marans four and five years ago. My biggest issue I've had in this line is the carnation comb, but I've got a handle on it now. Besides that issue, I've been pretty darned happy with them, but wanted blues too, so now I'm about to produce my own line of blue birchen Marans this year. Super excited!

 

[Red Banks]

I have set up my blue birchen pen. I'll get some pics when I get a chance, but the sun sets around 430 right now and it has been rather cold in Montana. A few cocks might loose a bit of their Combs to the cold this year! Anyway, I have Jack over 5 splash ( supposed to be from a birchen pen, but could be hiding copper too and I would not know) and two blue birchen. Jack is a silver birchen cock, I think there's some pics of him on here. He's from my original line out of Rodney Reeves, who had to cut back on birds due to health not long after I picked up some of his lovely birchen Marans four and five years ago. My biggest issue I've had in this line is the carnation comb, but I've got a handle on it now. Besides that issue, I've been pretty darned happy with them, but wanted blues too, so now I'm about to produce my own line of blue birchen Marans this year. Super excited!

I am freezing in Florida, hate to think of Montana! Good luck on the Blue Birchens, when I get these BCM going in the right direction I want BB.

 

[Bantambird]

I am freezing in Florida, hate to think of Montana! Good luck on the Blue Birchens, when I get these BCM going in the right directions I want BB.

It did get down to -30° F, but to be honest that's not abnormal for us in January. It did hit fast tho. My dummie birds like going outside, so once it got below zero, I had to shut them in. Not before they went and hurt their Combs, mind you....
Usually it has to get that low at least once in January. Sometimes it gets to -40. Marans are tough birds. They weather this stuff better than the legbars do.
If you ever come north, 55 and above count as t-shirt weather.

 

[KF0002]

Had to take care of the chicks so took pictures of Tony2. The hen in the picture is the one I want to cull. She is a dark egg layer but something wrong with her. She always looks this bad.
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He is truly starting to shine now. Just beautiful! I love his tail too!

 

[KF0002]

Just trying to gauge Tony2 he is 6 months. How are the Red Banks chicks looking?

They are looking good. The little cockerel has a really nice comb so far. I will take pics when I can.