International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Red Banks]

Quote: Thanks!

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: He is tres magnifique! Breathtaking!

 

[Chooks man]

all this 3 are brother /sisters from a same father VICKING and sister hens OSLO and STOCKHOLM all 3 of the are a result of the F2 X F2 = so they are a true F3.

both they parent where Birchen carrying a recessive e+ and Co genes. both this genes are recessive to the Birchen ER genes .so they do show up if the line was crossed to another Birchen lines.

This is one of the reason I insist we should mate the F2 between them selves to see if any recessive genes are hiding there.

if we keep doing this forward crossing we ll never see a faultless /true breeding chooks.

this year I m mating them together to get the true F1 Colombian strain and a Silver/Golden Salmon .

they are big chooks ,great type.I m happy about them .a long way to go to breed them true and stabelize them..

chooks man

 

[ShanandGem]

The requested bum shot! He was flirting with my EE pullets.




Pullets. I spend a lot of time with my chickens and I still can't tell them apart.



All four pullets.



All four pullets again.




Solo pullet, cockerel in background.



Very dark shot but his comb is perfectly outlined

 

[Chooks man]

He is tres magnifique! Breathtaking!

he is sublime gentile giant ,a gift from the chooks Gods

some body want to pay me $2500 for him and his 2 sister in the photos with him .
he want to breed them . NO chance I sale my breeders,

I have very pretty marans roosters . all different colors .

I m well happy chooks man .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I like this shot .
against a blue is cool .I can see his gorgeous comb .that is a plus
his legs well spaced and strait .another plus.

you see the photo can change the thing around.

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

can you see RedBank his tail is well opened . doesn t form a nice shape pyramid . does form a dome like shape.

he is missing one leg

chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

all this 3 are brother /sisters from a same father VICKING and sister hens OSLO and STOCKHOLM all 3 of the are a result of the F2 X F2 = so they are a true F3.

both they parent where Birchen carrying a recessive e+ and Co genes. both this genes are recessive to the Birchen ER genes .so they do show up if the line was crossed to another Birchen lines.

This is one of the reason I insist we should mate the F2 between them selves to see if any recessive genes are hiding there.

if we keep doing this forward crossing we ll never see a faultless /true breeding chooks.

this year I m mating them together to get the true F1 Colombian strain and a Silver/Golden Salmon .

they are big chooks ,great type.I m happy about them .a long way to go to breed them true and stabelize them..

chooks man

They are wonderful. Will the true Columbian have the same hackle? Trying to learn by Marans breeds! HAHA

 

[Red Banks]

can you see RedBank his tail is well opened . doesn t form a nice shape pyramid . does form a dome like shape.

he is missing one leg

chooks man

Not worried about the tail as much as that missing leg! Yes.... I see.

 

[ShanandGem]

can you see RedBank his tail is well opened . doesn t form a nice shape pyramid . does form a dome like shape.

he is missing one leg

chooks man

It's magic leg; it disappears and then reappears! Haha