International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@kfelton0002

this pullets is physically faultless .
plus has a darker copper and well colored eyes .

SHE IS YOUR WAY OUT OF A LOT TROUBLES
high tail = she ll correct that
double tone hackle on the cockerel = she ll correct that
mass and type = she ll correct that

and more .

MAKE IT YOUR BREEDING QUEEN . your royal blood line . breed from her 2 gorgeous sons and create her ROYAL BLOOD LINE .
I did a same thing with my BC hen Norway . I mated her to Zambezi and now I have 5 of her sons .all gorgeous but different .
from them mated to her I ll make the Royal Blood Line .

any other line I ll be working on in the future will have some blood from this Royal family . but this Royal family will stay pure for eternity .nothing will be added to it .

good luck
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Here is Little Brown Eyed Girl. She is pure FRF (Gretta's daughter).
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this pullet will not be used to correct any physical fault except the COMB .
you said you are breeding this line for it dark egg color ( Gretta s Daughters ) keep it for just that trait .

use each pullet to her best .for what she excel for .
make many combination possible and I ll guaranty you ,your trouble will be over soon .
you have very good base . use it wisely

chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

@kfelton0002

this pullets is physically faultless .
plus has a darker copper and well colored eyes .

SHE IS YOUR WAY OUT OF A LOT TROUBLES
high tail = she ll correct that
double tone hackle on the cockerel = she ll correct that
mass and type = she ll correct that

and more .

MAKE IT YOUR BREEDING QUEEN . your royal blood line . breed from her 2 gorgeous sons and create her ROYAL BLOOD LINE .
I did a same thing with my BC hen Norway . I mated her to Zambezi and now I have 5 of her sons .all gorgeous but different .
from them mated to her I ll make the Royal Blood Line .

any other line I ll be working on in the future will have some blood from this Royal family . but this Royal family will stay pure for eternity .nothing will be added to it .

good luck
chooks man

I don't know where we would be without you Chooks man!

 

[Red Banks]

@Chooks man - there are 25 eggs in the incubator as we post!

 

[KF0002]

@kfelton0002

this pullets is physically faultless .
plus has a darker copper and well colored eyes .

SHE IS YOUR WAY OUT OF A LOT TROUBLES
high tail = she ll correct that
double tone hackle on the cockerel = she ll correct that
mass and type = she ll correct that

and more .

MAKE IT YOUR BREEDING QUEEN . your royal blood line . breed from her 2 gorgeous sons and create her ROYAL BLOOD LINE .
I did a same thing with my BC hen Norway . I mated her to Zambezi and now I have 5 of her sons .all gorgeous but different .
from them mated to her I ll make the Royal Blood Line .

any other line I ll be working on in the future will have some blood from this Royal family . but this Royal family will stay pure for eternity .nothing will be added to it .

good luck
chooks man

this pullet is correct in all the physical aspect .
she is absolutely stunning ,and she is your way out from the high tail .
hatch about 20 chicks from her and Maximus and 20 from apollo and I ll guaranty to you your tail problem will be out of the window .
focus on this pullets as your main breeder from a good tail .

you and RedBank are working with a stock carrying all this bad genes in they make up ( high tail .Vulture Hooks and the huge comb ) so you need to breed them out with some serious selective breeding .LP line come from a limited stock . so the Atavistic return of the recessive genes is at play . need to be crossed out .
a lot of tail genes are sex linked . so most of the cockerel tail feathers are from his mama hen . very important to know that .
here who I ll do it
mate this gorgeous pullets to maximus and Apollo . hatch 20/25 chicks from each mating .
select the best cockerels ( 2/3 will be good) with a faultless tail and mate them back to they Dam ( gorgeous pullet) and hatch 20/25 chicks from each combination .
now most of the BC1 ( first back cross) progeny will have a good tail .pullets and cockerels . ET VOILA .tail problem is out for good in one line .
from this line take the correct one and mate them to other lines .

all the best
Chooks man

Thanks for all the advice! I am thrilled with her. She is the only pure LA pullet I raised that is good for the breeding pen. Now hopefully she lays nice dark eggs! I will hatch all the eggs from her I can get.

 

[KF0002]

I don't know where we would be without you Chooks man!

I second that! I probably would have gotten discouraged long ago without Chooks man and this thread. It has been a great privilege learning from him and this thread.

 

[KF0002]

@Chooks man - there are 25 eggs in the incubator as we post!

 

[chickengr]

As of just a few minutes ago, Rosie has 5 pups I counted, unless she is laying on some (please no!) She gave birth under the brooder building so I can't get to her right now. I will crawl under there and check them out when the sun is up fully.

They are all marked up except for one, best I can tell. Great Pyrenees pups can be born solid white or badger faced and with spots. The color fades for the most part as the dog matures. You can see Rosie still has some residual color on her ears from the badger markings of her youth. Cuties they are!
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@RedBanks you used to breed dogs, will advanced age in the sire produce smaller litter size? Rosie's last litter she had 12. Sorry.. I know this isnt a GP thread but its kind of related. The dogs guard my Marans, that counts right?? lol

congrats again!

we all need dogs to guard our chickens so I find any information about breeding dogs useful. please keep us posted.

 

[Chooks man]

I don't know where we would be without you Chooks man!

I recon you ll still have your back yard full of all sort of chooks .multi breeds .
you ll do very well if you keep working with only BCM lines tell you fix they problem and breed them true .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man - there are 25 eggs in the incubator as we post!

well happy for you .
sound like music to my ears .

all the best .
love to see the new progeny .

chooks man