International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Amanita]

Just dropping in to say that the eggs I got from Monique have been hatching! I have 17 chicks so far and maybe one or two more
There are a few different varieties, Black Copper, White, and 'Coucou a camail argenté', I'm not sure what that is in English? And some eggs she wasn't sure what they were, so it will be a surprise!
They started hatching on Tuesday and unfortunately I've mostly been at work and my husband is looking after them. I'll do a proper review of them at the weekend and post some pictures.

 

[Red Banks]

marans chooks are treated like royalty in my farm .
now i have a handy man working a full time to finish building all the coop s and runs .a lot to go .

chooksman

I worry about my 10 Chooks and you worry about a thousand. I always forget how big your operation really is!

 

[Red Banks]

Thank you! Me too.. I'm okay with her eggs so far considering her mother barely laid a 3 and her egg was a lot more elongated than Dentelle's. It may take a few genenerations of breeding the blue coppers back to the black coppers, but egg color and shape will hopefully keep looking better. It's a lot of work but they are fun birds to keep.

They are a real challenge aren't they! If I wasn't trying to perfect them there isn't a breed I like better. I love the mumbling and talking. The way they follow me all over the yard and come running when they see me (all food motivated).

I have one hen that lays a very long egg, so long you can't close the egg carton but it is not a double yolk. Should I hatch an odd egg like that?

 

[Red Banks]

Hi there,,,

May I ask what's the benefit of eggs marans? I mean is there any specific feature?

James Bond said they were the only chickens/eggs one should eat! Ha Ha
The novelty of the color maybe.... also the color is applied as the egg is laid. They are big eggs, extra large to jumbo. They do taste good but I agree with Kfelton0002, they taste like my other yard eggs. People want to buy them. Because a bird is not considered a Marans unless the egg is at least a 4 it adds another dimension to raising/breeding them.

 

[Red Banks]

I have 4 hens laying right now, the rest are still molting.

 

[Red Banks]

Just dropping in to say that the eggs I got from Monique have been hatching! I have 17 chicks so far and maybe one or two more
There are a few different varieties, Black Copper, White, and 'Coucou a camail argenté', I'm not sure what that is in English? And some eggs she wasn't sure what they were, so it will be a surprise!
They started hatching on Tuesday and unfortunately I've mostly been at work and my husband is looking after them. I'll do a proper review of them at the weekend and post some pictures.

Can't wait to see them!

 

[Red Banks]

I do have two pullets from him though and a cockerel. I will look the cockerel over for white underfluff, but he looks a lot like Mud.

A few weeks before Mud took a turn for the worst, I set two of Gretta's last eggs she laid before she started molting. Gretta is my pure FRF hen. The past few months while I let Mud's hens free range including Gretta, I tied him out near the coop where the hens roosted so he could be close to them. Gretta always stayed near him, and only ate with him. I felt confident that she remained true to Mud and he was the only rooster who mated with her. My cockerels never ventured down our property that far.

I hatched two chicks from her a few weeks ago and they were definitely pure Marans, no question. I am brooding them now and I will keep them safe as they are the last I have of Mud.

@kfelton0002 I know I have put my chickens on the back burner for the last year but..... I can still send eggs from my pure FRF. I can send you the ones I just posted.

 

[Chooks man]

I worry about my 10 Chooks and you worry about a thousand. I always forget how big your operation really is!

my friend you know I have a lot marans chooks ,but I m not a largest marans farm .
I ll be one day in the future ( soon )
my goal is to have all the marans varieties possible .the one they exist and the ones they where never made .I ll bring them to life for sure .
I m fascinated by the genetic diversity within the marans chooks .if revealed we will see wonders of colours .for sure .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@kfelton0002 I know I have put my chickens on the back burner for the last year but..... I can still send eggs from my pure FRF. I can send you the ones I just posted.

go for it Kfelton0002 .
don t miss out the great offer .

Good move Red Bank .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I have 4 hens laying right now, the rest are still molting.
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very ,very nice .
great chicks will come out of this gorgeous eggs one days .
they are large and dark .

chooks man