International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

Thanks @Chooks man for your expertise! I too worry cockerel #1 is slow to color but I am hoping as the juvenile feathers are molted out he will copper up nicely. I will try to get better pics of my other 2 roos when I can.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

Just for eye candy I thought I would post a picture of some LP roosters. French birds from Little Peddler!

She was actually selling a few cockerels not that long ago. Her birds are absolutely gorgeous!

I was justing speaking to a local breeder about his marans project and he told me he had a group of pure LP marans

. Might have to give some of his eggs a try right at the start of 2017. Once your girls start laying I'd be happy to buy some egg from you @RedBanks , I love the look of your girls.

 

[chickengr]

Hi RedBank
I don t mind .if you call him jose.

look after him .I will love to see his progeny one day

chooks man

I was afraid to say that I had a muscovie drake called jose antonio. I called him tony for short.

I have noticed that french marans roos are bigger than in greece. as far as I know most of the breeders imported marans and other birds from romania so who knows what blood they have (hope not dracula's, lol) is the bent/floppy comb at hens a sign that they are not pure marans? my pullet is still young and her comb is ok at the moment. fingers crossed. her mother had comb like leghorns.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

I was afraid to say that I had a muscovie drake called jose antonio. I called him tony for short.

I have noticed that french marans roos are bigger than in greece. as far as I know most of the breeders imported marans and other birds from romania so who knows what blood they have (hope not dracula's, lol) is the bent/floppy comb at hens a sign that they are not pure marans? my pullet is still young and her comb is ok at the moment. fingers crossed. her mother had comb like leghorns.

I have hens with droopy combs right now, it can be caused by different things. Heat/dehydration will cause combs to flop over, as soon as summer is over my hens combs look good again, I know people who show birds and keep the birds indoors during the summer to prevent this, especially cause we have a show this october.

 

[Braxton Brigade]

This is a Wade Jeane X Bev Davis hen. (sorry about the blurry image)

These are her eggs, keep in mind this is the end of summer. (next to a leghorn egg)


I would like your opinions @RedBanks and @chook man

 

[snowbird]

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The flopped comb is all genetics at work

 

[Braxton Brigade]

The flopped comb is all genetics at work

Really? Dehydration is actually a noted cause of fallen combs by poultry vets. Usually after they are rehydrated the combs perk back up... maybe I am crazy but my australorps have had this happen in the summer and then their combs are okay again in the winter/spring time.

 

[snowbird]

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Leghorns and the like have the lopped comb when they are laying. The Marans should not have a lopped comb. I have seen males where they were kept inside and thear comb will swivel up until they get some Vit. C

 

[Braxton Brigade]

Leghorns and the like have the lopped comb when they are laying. The Marans should not have a lopped comb. I have seen males where they were kept inside and thear comb will swivel up until they get some Vit. C

Okay, Good to know.

 

[Elemes]

How likely is it to have a pullet with no leg hair and a cockerel with leg hair - from the same hatch/mating pair?