International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

this is the best I could get

Ah I see it is naked neck . my favorite of all time .
she look cute .
shame you had some dark eggs in there .

don t stop trying .they ll come .

you have to break all the eggs to see at what stage the embryos stop developing .

chooks man

 

[KF0002]

Finally I had a blue copper chick to hatch. Only one hatched out of the clutch, but I will take what I can get. The rest of the eggs from Mud's pen were infertile in that clutch. I'm hoping this means he is starting to get the hang of things.

Anyway, here she (or he) is. Such a cutie!

 

[KF0002]

this is the best I could get

Loot at that little naked necked cutie! Aww I've always loved rubber neckers! LOL

Hope you get a bunch more to hatch! How sweet!

 

[bullets]

Finally I had a blue copper chick to hatch. Only one hatched out of the clutch, but I will take what I can get. The rest of the eggs from Mud's pen were infertile in that clutch. I'm hoping this means he is starting to get the hang of things. Anyway, here she (or he) is. Such a cutie!

Very cute! I see plenty of feathering down the shanks. I'm going to guess this one's a cockerel :]

 

[bullets]

So it looks like I'm going to have to get rid of my Blue Copper cockerel. As I was opening the door to their pen he came right up behind me and pecked me pretty hard. It left this mark through my jeans. Later today he also went after my two year old. I was already on alert knowing what he did to me today and so the second I saw him charging from 10 ft away from my son a yelled and raced toward him. I'm glad I caught him on time. I can't have bad bahaving cockerels. It's and shame because he's been so lovely. And my only other Marans Cockerel :[

 

[KF0002]

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[KF0002]

So it looks like I'm going to have to get rid of my Blue Copper cockerel. As I was opening the door to their pen he came right up behind me and pecked me pretty hard. It left this mark through my jeans. Later today he also went after my two year old. I was already on alert knowing what he did to me today and so the second I saw him charging from 10 ft away from my son a yelled and raced toward him. I'm glad I caught him on time. I can't have bad bahaving cockerels. It's and shame because he's been so lovely. And my only other Marans Cockerel :[

Hate to hear that your lovely blue copper rooster is aggressive. And him going after your baby is a step across the line. I have a very low tolerance for mean roosters, and I firmly believe that even aggressive roosters have their place. Freezer Camp, Camp Kenmore, or even a nice aggressive rooster rehabilitation facility like this one..

 

[KF0002]

Very cute! I see plenty of feathering down the shanks.

I'm going to guess this one's a cockerel :]

Thank you! I'm hoping its a pullet!

But my luck, I will hatch 90% cockerels this year. I need all the pullets I can get. I am addicted to those big brown eggs.

 

[KF0002]

I will get better pics of my Splash Copper pullets, but here are a few pictures of Mud's girls just for fun. The Speckled Sussex pullets are just layers.



Splash #1

Splash #2

FRF pullet

Splash 1,2, & 3

 

[kcrandall]

Finally I had a blue copper chick to hatch. Only one hatched out of the clutch, but I will take what I can get. The rest of the eggs from Mud's pen were infertile in that clutch. I'm hoping this means he is starting to get the hang of things. Anyway, here she (or he) is. Such a cutie!

Cute chick, congrats! How many girls are in Mud's pen? I've read that 6 hens per Rooster is maximum for Marans. Maybe Chooks Man will weigh in on ratio. I just set up my breeding pens this weekend. My cockerels are still clumsy teenagers so I'll give them 10 days to two weeks to smooth the sheets out before I start collecting eggs. Overall, the breeding pens are calm so that's good. Keith