International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[BobletFarmBirds]

Very nice
I need to get pics of my Roos but... it’s cold outside haha.
Should we keep a rooster with coppery/straw coloring and a good comb or a coppery/mahogany roo with side sprigs (we call sprigs devil horns)
Our pullers are lacking copper and have pretty gnarly combs. Lots of sprigs and folds.

 

[KF0002]

Thanks! Me personally I would cull any with side sprigs because being recessive they will keep showing up in future generations. Others may have different views.

Post pics though when you can so we can see the differences in the birds. My birds are far from perfect but I am doing my best to improve them each year. That's all any of us can hope to do.

 

[BobletFarmBirds]

Thanks! Me personally I would cull any with side sprigs because being recessive they will keep showing up in future generations. Others may have different views.

Post pics though when you can so we can see the differences in the birds. My birds are far from perfect but I am doing my best to improve them each year. That's all any of us can hope to do.

What about folded combs? We have 2 beautifully dark egg layers with okay copper and good feathering but folded/wrinkled combs. Should that be culled?

 

[KF0002]

And my birds are not free from recessive faults so dont fret too much over side sprigs. My A line carries vulture hocks. I just cull any that show vulture hocks and move on. If you breed a bird showing a recessive trait instead of carrying it you have a higher chance of producing chicks showing the recessive trait, best of my understanding.

 

[BobletFarmBirds]

Ok.
When you cull do you have a freezer camp pen or do you rehome? Just curious.
And could you by any chance help me understand what Wild type genes are?
I’m very confuzled.

 

[KF0002]

What about folded combs? We have 2 beautifully dark egg layers with okay copper and good feathering but folded/wrinkled combs. Should that be culled?

One of my best hens, Sheraz has a twisted comb. She does produce some offspring with twisted combs but not all of them have it. Only a small percentage. I still use her as a breeder.

 

[BobletFarmBirds]

Oh good. Should the same thing apply to flopped combs?

 

[BobletFarmBirds]

Hen 1

Side sprigs and folded comb. Good copper and feet. Good badly shapenand angle. Keep or cull?

 

[KF0002]

Ok.
When you cull do you have a freezer camp pen or do you rehome? Just curious.
And could you by any chance help me understand what Wild type genes are?
I’m very confuzled.

Wild type in my Old English Games is called black breasted red, whereas black copper marans are actually brown reds in terms of genetics.

Black breasted red (BB red), aka wild type

Wild type is e+ and brown red (black copper) is ER. Wheaten is eWh. Extended black (solid black) is E.

 

[KF0002]

Oh good. Should the same thing apply to flopped combs?

A hen of production age is allowed to have a slightly lopped comb as long is it doesnt obscure the eye. The APA standard states that no single combed female in or near production with a slightly lopped comb should be discriminated against. Males however should not have a lopped comb.