International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

We’ve had a lot of rain too, so I have a muddy girl too.
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Aww she kinda reminds me of my old girl Gretta.. poor thing got took by varmints back in the summer. She was my darkest layer.

We have dealt with so much mud this year, I'm sick of it.

 

[marchick]

Kayla, Here are the eggs from today. Sorry it took me so long to get a picture for you.

 

[KF0002]

Kayla, Here are the eggs from today. Sorry it took me so long to get a picture for you.
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Looking really good! Wish my girl from Harvey would lay. She's a big diva. lol

 

[marchick]

Looking really good! Wish my girl from Harvey would lay. She's a big diva. lol

How old is she? The bottom egg is a first egg. I have 5 laying so far. Two really good things. The Blue Coppers that I got from Harvey. They lay 5 to 7 days a week and no blood spots that I have seen.

 

[KF0002]

How old is she? The bottom egg is a first egg. I have 5 laying so far. Two really good things. The Blue Coppers that I got from Harvey. They lay 5 to 7 days a week and no blood spots that I have seen.

That's good to know. Is the egg color from the blue coppers good? My cockerel and pullet come from his blue copper line. I'm thinking she is around 8 months old or so. She was laying before he shipped her to me.

 

[marchick]

That's good to know. Is the egg color from the blue coppers good? My cockerel and pullet come from his blue copper line. I'm thinking she is around 8 months old or so. She was laying before he shipped her to me.

I hope you get eggs soon. I think most of these eggs if not all are from the Blue Coppers. I have only seen Blue Coppers in the nest.

 

[KF0002]

I hope you get eggs soon. I think most of these eggs if not all are from the Blue Coppers. I have only seen Blue Coppers in the nest.

Great! I look forward to getting eggs from her. I have been getting a couple eggs a day from some of the pullets free ranging. One is laying decently dark actually. I just don't know which one it is. lol

 

[chickengr]

They should be straight combed, yes? Naked Necks are straight combed or so I thought, and so are Marans. They will be cool looking though. Lol

but araucanas have pea comb.

 

[KF0002]

but araucanas have pea comb.

But the heavy straight combed genes in the mix will dominate the pea comb.

 

[chickengr]

Ok you can t wait . So I have to tall you .

the Marneck is dual purpose heavy breed .60% marans ,10% NN ,15% CLB and 15% Araucana
big body type '
heavy mass 4/5Kg
Necked Neck
Large eggs layer .all sort of colours .Olive Eager
straight comb

the best way to achieve this result is to make 3 different crosses at the start ,
First crosses=
Marans BC X Araucana = Group A
Marans Golden Cuckoo X CLB = G B
Marans White X NN = GC

2nd Crosses=
Group A Crossed Back to Marans Columbian= F2 GA
GB crossed Back to Marans Silver Cuckoo - F2 GB
GC X back to Marans Wheaten = F2 GC

3rd and forward crossing are more complicated to achieve the percentage of each trait from each variety alright and to breed true the type and the eggs colour .

Long journey ,will take the rest of my life to get it done if I m lucky
this is not a cross of few breeds .this is a project to create a new strain of chooks .stable and breed true .I ll make my own SOP.

looking forward to start

chooks man

I want to create something more simple: dual purpose, somewhat heavy/meaty, black and lavender colour, naked neck, comb is not important and olive egger.

if I understood well, I can breed araucana roo with a heavy hen so I get chunky chicks. in order to get naked neck olive eggers I should first get blue egg NNs, right?

how can I make sure they will always lay olive eggs? or should I keep them like naked neck easter/olive eggers?