International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Old Man Tom]

NEW BABY CHICS 20 out of 23 chics hatched at 100 degrees 35% first 18 days and 65% last three days. Did not open incubator from day 21 to day 23 TOM

 

[KF0002]

View attachment 1421425 View attachment 1421426 View attachment 1421424 NEW BABY CHICS 20 out of 23 chics hatched at 100 degrees 35% first 18 days and 65% last three days. Did not open incubator from day 21 to day 23 TOM

Wow great job Tom!! Very nice bunch of chicks!

 

[Magnolia Hill]

Okay Shelby it is! Yes it was a rather frustrating blow for me to lose her but hopefully her offspring turn out to be nice enough to breed. I hate to hear that about your Cream Legbar rooster! It never fails that a varmint will leave the layers and culls, and take the best birds you own.

I have quite a few Legbar cockerel grow outs right now and only plan on keeping one or two. I may be able to help you out with one in a few months when they're old enough to evaluate. They are young now, ranging in age from 1-3 months but if you dont find one before then you would be welcome to one.

I would appreciate that, but right now I'm not even sure if I'm even going tto breed them. Ill probably just leave them with the layers, I'm leaning towards only breeding marans. Ive bread blue and wheaten OEGB, golden seabrights, cream legbars, speckeld Sussex, lemon cuckoo orpingtons and marans in my chicken "career", and now ive cut back to just lemon cuckoos, CLB and marans. The marans are the only ones i plan on breeding, the others are my layers. I think i will be able to produce better birds just focusing on one breed.

 

[Magnolia Hill]

View attachment 1421425 View attachment 1421426 View attachment 1421424 NEW BABY CHICS 20 out of 23 chics hatched at 100 degrees 35% first 18 days and 65% last three days. Did not open incubator from day 21 to day 23 TOM

Looking good mr. Tom, are those chicks off your flock? They all look like they haven't a decent hatch down and good and chunky.

 

[Magnolia Hill]

Im happy with the progress my up and comers are making

And this little fella has been catching my eye lately

He dont like taking pictures.

 

[Hensndoes]

Im happy with the progress my up and comers are making
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And this little fella has been catching my eye lately
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He dont like taking pictures.

That lil fella is looking good. How old are they?

 

[Hensndoes]

Okay. So who has this complaint? I placed my straight run order. It was reduced because the Brodie's weren't cooperating. I impulse bought 4 pullets because of that. My straight run shows up and turns out the 3 welsummer I ordered were accidentally replaced with green egg layers of which I ordered 2. Now I have 5. Here's the thing. It was a straight run order and I got 88% pullet !!!

Sweet right? Except I'm a small backyard hobby type and expected more boys and had my space figured for like ...4 boys to rid of. I always planned on keeping a maran roo and thought I would have a choice with them but seems idk. I have to many pullets and just finished a coop but need to build another. What the...

 

[marchick]

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Awsome! Congratulations Tom!

 

[Old Man Tom]

Awsome! Congratulations Tom!

The most important lesson I have learned, is when you lock them down on day 18 leave that lid closed!! Your hatch rate will be much better. Just an OLD MANS opinion TOM

 

[marchick]

The most important lesson I have learned, is when you lock them down on day 18 leave that lid closed!! Your hatch rate will be much better. Just an OLD MANS opinion TOM

But, It is so tempting! Lol