International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[littlepeeps81]

sorry pressed a wrong button

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now they are going a be protected from the the wind .

chooks man

You have a lovely farm!!!!

 

[Old Man Tom]

lovely color /shape and sheen

8 month old for the first egg and 96g double yoke .is a sign of late maturing strain and over weight pullets .

chooks man

This was not her first egg. She started laying in March. All my hens eat free choice and she is not larger than any of the other hens. I just thought it was a nice egg. The good layers right now average 60-64 grams.

 

[Chooks man]

here are photos of some pullets 5/6 month old

they still like to hung out around a house where they ve been raised
I like they company too ,just chooks wire to protect my plant .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

You have a lovely farm!!!!

Thank you
trying to give my animal a better life .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

This was not her first egg. She started laying in March. All my hens eat free choice and she is not larger than any of the other hens. I just thought it was a nice egg. The good layers right now average 60-64 grams.View attachment 1040154

60/64g is good .

I m not saying your hens do not eat free choice . what i m saying a double yoke is a sign of over weight mostly or other stress if happen so often .
in your case I think was just random does happen some time .

for me personally I do not like that sign in my flock .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

here few photos of the BCM and other marans cockerels 5/6 month old

Zambezi X Tamarine .

Zambezi X Toby .
every thing is great about this guy except his white ears lobes . HE IS OUT . roasting pot .
no room for this sort of fault . very hard to breed out if settled in any flock .

Zambezi X tamarine
this guy look like his brother .hard to tel them apart Both look like they father Zambezi

Shamrock X Bordeau ( BLC hen)
clean shank and bad comb . roasting pot

Zambezi X Sue
great type .big cockerel .too luck to copper shoulders and lancets .
one major fault is a white tuft at the base of his tail .
roasting pot

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

here are some marans cockerels 5/6 month old ,selection time .

wheaten cockerel
Morgan X Morry .line breeding .
i don like his bent toe . he is the best of all his brothers .
I m one generation away of breeding it out of the line .
love this wheaten line .great body type .well chunky and great dark oval eggs from they mama hen

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

hope you guys are enjoying this photos.

I m trying to highlight the majors faults and a great qualities I m after .

Blue silver cuckoo first generation not pure yet S/s .comb and wattle too large.great long body and great tail
blue copper in the middle overly marked chest . love his hackle great copper free from any flames . his strong point is his crisp rich red shoulder . HE ll be great over a pure Black hens . Sue etc...............
Blue copper on the right .he is developing some white on his tail .
they are all keepers .
I have the hens/pullet for them . body color is not the only trait I bread for .

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

My dear friend chickengr .
Penning a hen/pullet with 2 roosters does not increase the fertility .but will stress them ( hen/pullet).
let the little chicks do some growing than we ll see how they turn up .
it is nice to have a heavy feathering shanks type and the light one too ,help to balance the strain .

chooks man

luna, mario and marco are not alone. I put the other hens so that the boys can have fun. I just don't hatch the eggs from the other girls. they have plenty of room in their run.

unfotunately mario has some health issues so I think I shouldn't keep himI adore him but cannot risk to have sick chicks. I now have 3 young cockerels to choose from.

 

[Chooks man]

Golden cuckoo . Shamrock X Bella ( blue copper hen )
he is great in every thing
notice who his body is rectangular
his chest is deep and wide
back long flat
tail .thin ,small ,pointed and at great angle . he is the only keeper from 15 true brothers

this is a reason why I like to hatch minimum 25 chicks by any pairing . I get a chance to find what I m looking for

now I found him .than he is going over his mam Bella to start her line Golden Cuckoo Marans Blue and Black .
nothing will be added to this line for the next 5/6 years of selective breeding .tell is stable for all the trait i m looking to lock in .
Royal family

Chooks man