International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[BobletFarmBirds]

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[chickiesmommy]

@ Braxton...here's pictures of my pullet. It's hard to take pictures of her. Shes a fast mover.

 

[chickiesmommy]

When do the tail feathers become complete?
Here's more pictures of his awesome coppering.

 

[Choco Maran]

My rooster are all going into their teen age years. They are all attacking each other. My BCM and my Blue Bar rooster. Marans and Blue Bars are in different coops. The Marans have grown up together and there are plenty of hens for everyone. They had bloody comb and wattles yesterday. Separated them until they heal.

 

[chickengr]

my boys are puppies, never fight. maybe because they are father and son? I put the young one with them at age about 3,5 months in the middle of day and they never fought. only the girls pecked him at feeding time.

 

[Chooks man]

Pullet number 1 seems very well put together (both body type and facial features), would probably be the best choice of the 2 to breed back to the half brother. The feet thing may be a problem if mated back to the half brother but can easily be reintroduced later if you have the patience to raise their offspring and tinker a bit.

Pullet number 2 looks too fluffy and is too mossy, she could also have vulture hocks (can't be sure with the 2 photos given)?... I can't tell much about body type or top of legs from these photos.
Tomorrow try to get a shot from the front, side and back for both pullets. Then we will be able to see much more.

impressed .Bravo
you learn well .

pullet 1 is a first chose but if we are breeding sibling than we have to breed the pullet 2 as well .
when sibling are mated together the genes will regroup differently than forward crossing ( based on the dominance

pullets have some mossy feathers but I ll not call her mossy .she have a nice black . and mass too, well feathered shanks
don t worry too much about the fluff ,easy to bred it out

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

his copper coloring is price less . I ll breed him just for that .plus he have well marked chest and correct color ears tuft .

pullet 1 will fix the comb on they progeny .

pullet 2 will add mass .and feathered shank

he will compliment your pullets well .

all ours chooks have fault some how .
we need our work that all .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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I keep telling people .they should train they chooks for the photos shoot .

Bravo .well done .no flying wild bird in the pen .

Felicitation .

by the way the cockerel is gorgeous. he look stunning on the first photo eating from your hand ,
well put together specimen .body wise .color we have to wait for him to do some growing .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

her my 2 new BCM cockerels .
bought them yesterday for a $300 Australian .
1 is a 6 month old French type ,the second 4 month old English type .they are from Avgen imported chooks . from UK

love they copper and type . leave it to you guy to shew on it





Happy chooks man .

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I hatched 1 little BCM baby over the weekend. On a whim, i grabbed two eggs to throw in the bator along with my CCL that i was trying to hatch. Fertility is good and both eggs hatched but i didn't pay attention with the first egg i grabbed. Apparently, the first one was from my wheaten Marans and is crossed with RIR. Cute fluffy chicks though. The other, i made sure i grabbed from one of my BCM girls as soon as she laid it. I'm curious to see how it grows out.