International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@ RedBanks

his ears tuft are not black .in this photos look to me dark copper .will lighten up as he mature

he is STUNNING . Bred by RedBank ,Bravo

chooks man

 

[Red Banks]

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my golden crele boy .he is getting chunkier and bigger too . love a pattern

chooks man

Look at that body! He looks wonderful. Slow feathering rectangle!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I took a couple pictures of my pullet's first egg. I don't have a color chart so I just surrounded it with RSL eggs and a white egg from my cali grey girl.

 

[Red Banks]

They're growing!

I love the basket! Now who's getting fancy with their chicken photography?

The chicks are still in the house..... when I clean the brooders they all go in the basket and Gus keeps an eye on them. Going to get them out today while I still have good weather. I don't see too many cockerels but I haven't really looked too hard. It has been a very busy time here. It is funny, if you show me a picture of your chick I can instantly tell you gender. I keep second guessing myself on these but that won't last much longer. Soon there will be no doubts. I think what is confusing me is there seem to be so many pullets! Yeah! I will post pics when there is something to see.

 

[Red Banks]

I took a couple pictures of my pullet's first egg. I don't have a color chart so I just surrounded it with RSL eggs and a white egg from my cali grey girl.

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Adds a little pop to an already pretty egg basket!

 

[Chooks man]

I took a couple pictures of my pullet's first egg. I don't have a color chart so I just surrounded it with RSL eggs and a white egg from my cali grey girl.

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Bravo

I ll say good 5 or bad 6 .( between 5/6 color chart ) .the flash lighten the eggs .
this pullet will lay some time in the future really dark egg for sure .

well happy for you .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

thank you.

I would prefer to keep animals separately. btw pigs would be guards and near the fence. unfortunately in the area where I want to move there are a lot of unemployed pakistanian people. hopefully they would not enter the place where the pigs are.

I have read somewhere in internet not to keep pigs and goats together as pigs might eat goats. is there any truth in that?

don t believe in what they say in the internet .

chicken and the goat in one pen . chooks will keep the pen clean from the ticks and bugs.

the pig can go to another pen with a chooks too . chooks always do a good job cleaning after them . watch the pig will find and eat the eggs not the goat my friend .

the day you get the land I ll help you design it .
which you all the best luck .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@RedBanks .
I really like this guy .
he ll have great tail .
he is well put together .move free and balanced . you done a great job .

need to work on the comb . his comb is his weakest point .the point are nice bit the front is weak and thin . not a good news .not a big deal either .

need to find your best hen as far as the comb goes .a hen with a thicker and rough textured comb .

not far form the show quality .

chooks man

 

[KF0002]

don t believe in what they say in the internet .

chicken and the goat in one pen . chooks will keep the pen clean from the ticks and bugs.

the pig can go to another pen with a chooks too . chooks always do a good job cleaning after them . watch the pig will find and eat the eggs not the goat my friend .

the day you get the land I ll help you design it .
which you all the best luck .

chooks man

Chickens grazing in a horse, cow, or other livestock pasture are some of the healthiest chickens. Nice bright red heads, solid bodies, glossy plumage. They scavange the feed, eat bugs and ticks as you said, and even eat the bugs attracted to the manure. Ive never heard of a goat eating an egg but if you get an LGD they will eat eggs. We never had to worry about weed hatch chickens when Rowdy used to be around. He sniffed the eggs out if the hens laid in the weeds. I had to dog proof my hen house to keep him out of my chicken nests though because he learned to like eggs so much. Lol

 

[Chooks man]

I just bough a new line of wheaten marans young flock 10 pullets and 2 cockerels .
those chooks come from a show quality ( not my standard show . judges by peoples who never laid they eyes on a true pure marans in they life .) any way some of them are nice other are a cross between a golden salmon / Black tail buff /blue wheaten .
the oldest one are 16 weeks and the youngest 2 cockerels are 8 weeks .

the breeder I bought them from is a good friend of mine .we work together in few project .h likes to show the chooks and I like to breed the chooks.

new coop for them too .far from my flock .

chooks man