International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

hi chickengr you don t have to wait tell the next breeding season.
Monique is going to gether some more eggs for you when she have a chance, she is saying the Autumn is good to hatch girls .that what you are looking for.

plus the weather will be a little cooler too .so they don t get cooked

all the best

chooks man

I might have 2 broodies in september and I can borrow broodies as well. september - april is a hatching season here. my 2 naked necks that stay with my bcm boy were hatched in december.

 

[KF0002]

Just for fun, here are two of my Splash Copper pullets. I think I may experiment with them and put a Black copper cockerel over them and see how their blue copper offspring turns out. How do they look? Their eyes are a darker orange so that needs work. Are they breeding pen worthy or should I just keep them in the layer coop where they are? They are about 19 weeks old.
Pullet #1
Her tail is still growing in thats why its short

Pullet #2

 

[lmck]

I am new to Marans but really enjoying them. I do have way too many cockerels. Can you all help me choose which one to keep for breeding please?

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[Choco Maran]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that LP and HSR Marans where french but I just got on her waiting list and the picture she has of her birds all have clean legs it looks. Not a problem I can just breed with my french ones and get the feathered legs right.

 

[Red Banks]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that LP and HSR Marans where french but I just got on her waiting list and the picture she has of her birds all have clean legs it looks. Not a problem I can just breed with my french ones and get the feathered legs right.

Sorry double post.

 

[Red Banks]

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[Red Banks]

I am new to Marans but really enjoying them. I do have way too many cockerels. Can you all help me choose which one to keep for breeding please?

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It is hard for me to tell much from the photos.

The last one has a nice long back. I like the angle of his tail but can't tell much more about it. He looks very dark in this picture.

Chooks man or someone else may be able to tell you more.

Pictures from the front, rear and side.

It is difficult to tell anything about their combs, etc.

 

[Choco Maran]

I ask to be on both wait list. I hope to get some from both. I will have to check to make sure which list I'm on. I have been trying to find Bev Davis list. I'm in her yahoo group. I'm trying to get a variety of Marans.

 

[KF0002]

I ask to be on both wait list.  I hope to get some from both. I will have to check to make sure which list I'm on.    I have been trying to find Bev Davis list.  I'm in her yahoo group.  I'm trying to get a variety of Marans.

I was told Bev Davis isnt letting her chickens out to anyone right now. There are several breeders that aquired birds from her and breed her lines pure. If you have a facebook you can join Marans Fanciers page and ask around. I must warn you though, they do not like "name brand" bloodlines on there such as Little Peddler or Heaven Sent Ranch. They focus more on the looks of a bird and how it matches the SOP rather than "pedigree". They do think highly of Bev Davis and she is a member on the page and answers questions and gives advice regularly. Check it out. Some of the members are rather snobby but if you can look past them its a great page. Oh and something else I just recently learned. They dont like to hear of birds being referred to as rooster, roo, the boys, the girls, or things of that nature (I am guilty of this). To be taken seriously on the Marans Fancier page, refer to your birds as cock, cock bird, cockerel, hen, or pullet. Lol. Sorry if that is overwhelming.. I didnt mean to ramble on. I am fairly new to Marans so I learn something new nearly every day between that page and this thread.

Sorry for the long post.

 

[Red Banks]

Quote: I went on this page and realized I was already a part of this group. I guess I didn't have as much fun there as I do here. I read the post from DJ about the terminology..... a lot of the members did not agree with him. They have to overlook a lot more than the terms we use when dealing with us beginners. We have to learn before we can walk..... others might think of us as presumptous if we use those terms and don't know anything else! LOL