International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

here a photos of a well marked BCM pullet chest .

hope that help

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

thanks @Chooks man

she is 5 weeks old so I have to wait. at the moment she has traces of colour only but it is straw yellow and not copper. she comes from my friend's eggs and he has 1 hen with straw hackles. she probably is her daughter. time will tell.

 

[chickengr]

here a photos of a well marked BCM pullet chest .
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hope that help

chooks man

it helps a lot. I think all the rest girls will be too dark. wait and see.

 

[Chooks man]

thanks @Chooks man

she is 5 weeks old so I have to wait. at the moment she has traces of colour only but it is straw yellow and not copper. she comes from my friend's eggs and he has 1 hen with straw hackles. she probably is her daughter. time will tell.

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5 weeks ,she is too young .let her do some growing .they change a lot as they mature and molt .
it easier to work with a straw hackle hen than a all black hen .

chooks man

 

[marchick]

here my favorite Splash copper cockerel .son of Samir over Sari
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he is absolutely lovely .5month and half .he still have some growing to do

chook man

He is beautiful! I had a broody hatch 10 chicks. I ended up with 8 Blue Copper and 2 Black Copper. No splash! Maybe next year.

 

[chickengr]

I have just lost an araucana chick. we had t-storm 2 days ago and she got cold. the runt and the cockerel who had runny eye are fine (not perfect but fine).

my beautiful pullet with the copper hackles had an eye shut. I am too worried now. it might be from the feed that ended in her eye but after the loss of another chick I am not sure. in my first batch I had 6 marans and 5 araucanas. they are still together with the broody.

 

[kcrandall]

here a photos of a well marked BCM pullet chest .
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hope that help

chooks man

Thanks for posting this Chooks Man! I have 2 pullets with a few copper spots on their breast so I was wondering if this was a bad or good thing.

Keith

 

[kcrandall]

I have just lost an araucana chick. we had t-storm 2 days ago and she got cold. the runt and the cockerel who had runny eye are fine (not perfect but fine).

my beautiful pullet with the copper hackles had an eye shut. I am too worried now. it might be from the feed that ended in her eye but after the loss of another chick I am not sure. in my first batch I had 6 marans and 5 araucanas. they are still together with the broody.

Sorry you lost your chick! Does your pullet have any discharge coming from her nostrils or mouth?

 

[Chooks man]

He is beautiful! I had a broody hatch 10 chicks. I ended up with 8 Blue Copper and 2 Black Copper. No splash! Maybe next year.

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good on you .
you did well .the Splash can wait tell the next year for sure .

I like your BCM and BLCM chicks .they have the correct hatch down .no much white on them .great thing . minimum or not parasitic white on the feathers when fully grown .

all the best .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Thanks for posting this Chooks Man! I have 2 pullets with a few copper spots on their breast so I was wondering if this was a bad or good thing.

Keith

spotted chest is very important because they are ER/ER family genetic
like I said before the spotted chest ,Ears tufts and the a well marked shoulder are a proper trait of a good ER/ER chooks ( BCM .BLCM .Birchen and a Silver/Golden cuckoo .

this trait are a good indicator of how the progeny is going to be well colored .

there is a lot for us to learn .there is some thing no body can explain .
if we look into the BCM and a Birchen marans roosters both are from the same family genetic ER .only the difference is the BCM is Golden based and the Birchen is Silver based ,but the chest marking is totally different .
the BCM have a spotted chest . random coppery feathers on the chest .
on the other hand we have a Birchen with a well laced feathers on they chest .
No body can explain it why is like this .
CM roo with a spotted chest and a Birchen roo will a well laced chest .

chooks man