International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Red Banks]

Tribute to the Gabbys!



heres my gabby

Lovely..... knowing Marans Gabby is a perfect name. It seems they are always walking around asking questions..... hu hu hhu

 

[marchick]

I took Chooks Mans advice. All roosters/cockerels are locked up except Antonio and that will happen next week. The hens are going to be left in peace unless it is a planned breeding.

That is the way to go! I could put the roosters in the pen after the lavenders are gone. The only problem with that is they would still see the hens in the other pen.

 

[Red Banks]

That is the way to go! I could put the roosters in the pen after the lavenders are gone. The only problem with that is they would still see the hens in the other pen.

My cockerels/roosters are side by side with the hen coop, only thing separating them is wire. They don't seem bothered by the hens, they have settled into being bachelors. See the rooster on the other side.

 

[marchick]

You know I miss Chooksman! I hope all is well for You my friend!

 

[Red Banks]

You know I miss Chooksman! I hope all is well for You my friend!

Does anyone know what happened with the farm business?

 

[Red Banks]

That is the way to go! I could put the roosters in the pen after the lavenders are gone. The only problem with that is they would still see the hens in the other pen.

Antonio will have a 5X8 coop for himself. He would probably kill Tony2 and all those cockerels if I locked him up. I need to go ahead and cull a few. Hard to do they seem to change everyday.

 

[baunlee]

Does anyone know what happened with the farm business?

Not sure!

 

[marchick]

Antonio will have a 5X8 coop for himself. He would probably kill Tony2 and all those cockerels if I locked him up. I need to go ahead a cull a few. Hard to do they seem to change everyday.

For me culling the cockerals is hard. I don't have enough room to keep 20 cockerals very long.

 

[Red Banks]

For me culling the cockerals is hard. I don't have enough room to keep 20 cockerals very long.

Out of 20 you should be able to find a few to cull. How many do you need to keep for your hens? I want to end up with 3 including Antonio for now. He does make pretty pullets. After my next hatch I plan to swap out two of those.

 

[marchick]

I don't have 20 now but I have been there. Right now I am good. I only have three Marans roosters. I have the 4 babies that are almost 5 weeks old. Incubator is full of eggs so in about 5 months I am sure I will need help.