International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Red Banks]

I will go out and try to get a picture of my Marans cockerel that had the spot as a baby. I marked him with a zip tie as a baby and kept changing it as he grew. This was his baby picture.

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Yes.... I have had those markings too.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

He was not very cooperative about getting his picture taken but here he is now.

 

[Red Banks]

This is Tony2 when he was younger. Most of my cockerels are over colored on the breast. I have to figure out a way to get rid of it. @kfelton0002 would you have thought he would have a 90 degree tail and no back? Good reason to hang on to all the cockerels and hope for back and tail.

 

[Red Banks]

He was not very cooperative about getting his picture taken but here he is now.

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@kfelton0002 Does the cockerel you have of my breeding have this much color?

 

[marchick]

I don't have problems with to much color. Mine are usually over melonized. I did have a couple chicks in the past that had a brown spot on the back of head. I don't have any of that line left. I have not seen this in my pure Bev birds. My first hatch from Thor and the three light Blue Copper Hens. One chick is a Black Copper pullet. She is showing nice color. I am well pleased with her so far. I did wing band the other 17 chicks today and all went well. I think I have it down!

 

[KF0002]

@kfelton0002 Does the cockerel you have of my breeding have this much color?

He has quite a bit of color on his chest. I will take better pics of him tomorrow if its a nice day out.

 

[KF0002]

I don't have problems with to much color. Mine are usually over melonized. I did have a couple chicks in the past that had a brown spot on the back of head. I don't have any of that line left. I have not seen this in my pure Bev birds. My first hatch from Thor and the three light Blue Copper Hens. One chick is a Black Copper pullet. She is showing nice color. I am well pleased with her so far. I did wing band the other 17 chicks today and all went well. I think I have it down!

Glad to hear you are comfortable wing banding now! I figured you'd be a pro in no time.

 

[KF0002]

None of the pullets are mismarked. The mossiness on these chicks disappeared. I have no white on this hatch and Tony2 had no white. I am going to leave the show world alone. I want to raise good Marans though.....so all good to know.

I want to raise good Marans too but breeding show birds is proving to be very challenging. It may take me many years to fix the faults in my birds, and even then I likely will encounter new issues. I love them though and its a hobby I enjoy. I havent really experienced poultry exhibition yet as I have never been to a show, so the jury is out on whether I will like it or not. Lol

 

[chickengr]

This is Tony2 when he was younger. Most of my cockerels are over colored on the breast. I have to figure out a way to get rid of it. @kfelton0002 would you have thought he would have a 90 degree tail and no back? Good reason to hang on to all the cockerels and hope for back and tail.View attachment 1344217

I have 2 roos. they both keep their tails upright whenever they feel proud of something (which is 70% of a day, lol). but when they eat, are relaxed, etc. their tails are nice.

I think Chooks said something like that as well. we do need him to come back to this forum, don't we? I hope he will find a nice place for his new farm.

 

[Red Banks]

I have 2 roos. they both keep their tails upright whenever they feel proud of something (which is 70% of a day, lol). but when they eat, are relaxed, etc. their tails are nice.

I think Chooks said something like that as well. we do need him to come back to this forum, don't we? I hope he will find a nice place for his new farm.

I think @chickengr and @shepherd6567 are correct. We are way too hard on our birds. If you google BCM the majority of the birds I see have upright large tails. Now I am not agreeing with that old saying, "everyone else has it" but..... I am not throwing away a great bird over a 85 degree tail. When they have an upright tail, no back or no slope and no chest then you have lost type. I want to see the right silhouette. No triangles. A good eating bird. You have to ask yourself if it isn't really the tail that is the problem but the rest of the bird.