International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[HenHouse4Life]

I received the list of the chooks I m going to buy from my friend . impressive
9 Splash/Dominant white pullet some are POL others are younger .
2 Splash/Dominant white cockerels . 1 of them is a sire of the white .
10 Black copper pullets
4 Black copper cockerels
1 Blue copper pullet
4 Blue copper cockerels
2 Splash cockerels .

great flock .going to pick them up this coming Tuesday . looking forward to it , buying chooks always get me exited .
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I can see a pure black cockerel . and a solid blue as well .is going fun breeding a solid black/Blue .
what a score .well pleased .

chooks man

That's a very nice list and the birds are impressive! Congratulations!

 

[Chooks man]

Thank you Chooks Man! Your advice is what I most appreciate on this thread. TOM

you welcome .just sharing my knowledge with you guys .

to breed for dark eggs trait . we need for a start dark fertile eggs or a dark egg layer hen .if we are working with a shipped egg . than we have to mark the darkest ones , and we have to make sure we mark the chicks that hatched from those dark eggs .
if we end up with a cockerel and few pullets from those dark eggs ,we are lucky .we mate those chooks .they could be related if they come from a same breeder .good thing for us .
even if the pullets that hatched from dark egg doesn t lay dark ones her self ,that is ok ,as long as we mate her to cockerel from a same dark egg . same line .we are fine .the genes will recombine differently in the next generation .and we should have some dark egg layer in the F2 generation .
some time we lose the dark egg in the first crossing .will reappear in the second generation .

if we are working with a hen /pullet that lay dark egg ,more easier than shipped eggs .
we breed this hen/pullet to a cockerel { better if him self come out of dark egg} .
we hatch few chicks from her .and select 3/4 cockerels .
next year we mate those 3/4 cockerels to they dam . each time we mark the chicks .when grown we select the best 2/3 cockerel and they best sisters { dark eggs layer if possible}
next year we breed the Mama hen to her Grand Sons . to make the BC2 { Back cross 2} and we mate the best pullets to they sires .

this method only work if we keep working with 2 to 4 cockerel each season .because we never know which cockerel carries all the genes we need .

line breeding for dark egg trait is the only way to achieve the desirable result .
out crossing the line is the worst thing the person can do if the dark egg we want .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

That's a very nice list and the birds are impressive! Congratulations!

I know lucky me .
some body did all the heavy lifting . I just go and get them .

those chooks are very good .great type and they do lay dark eggs .
they are a mixture of 3 lines .my old Dominant white and a Silver black line . original French Black copper { really dark eggs layer } and a Blue copper from a very good breeder . great type .big hens .

chooks man

 

[NanaK]

I know lucky me .
some body did all the heavy lifting . I just go and get them .

those chooks are very good .great type and they do lay dark eggs .
they are a mixture of 3 lines .my old Dominant white and a Silver black line . original French Black copper { really dark eggs layer } and a Blue copper from a very good breeder . great type .big hens .

chooks man

Lovely birds! I look forward to seeing more pics of them and their eggs in the future.
Congratulations!

NanaK

 

[Chooks man]

Lovely birds! I look forward to seeing more pics of them and their eggs in the future.
Congratulations!

NanaK

thank you .
looking forward working with them .
I managed to put together a very nice marans flock in a short time .well pleased .

now I have all the marans genes known to us .
BC .BLC , SPC. SCK. BLCK. DW .RW. Whet. BTB. Col. GS .SS. Silver Black. Solid Black .Solid Blue . Silver Wheaten .
now that I have all the ingredient ,it is time to bake some thing out of them .mean breeding some stunning marans .all the varieties possible .

wish me good guy .I have a knowledge ,the space ,what I need is a good luck and few years of hard work .

chooks man

 

[chickengr]

Aww your little dog is still in training. Hopefully it turns out to be a good one. It sucks you lost any Marans but at least it was just 4.

A rogue dog killed 7 game cocks on barrels in the yard that wasn't fenced in the other day as well. I forgot to mention that. Our dogs are in the fenced in yard and couldn't defend them. It's been a mess. We've never had this much varmint trouble since we've lived here but they've really put a hurting on us the past couple years.

sorry for your loss. you should fence all of your birds.

 

[Chooks man]

got the chooks yesterday .they all happy in they new pen
very healthy and big chooks .7 dominant white pullets start to lay .lovely dark eggs .
she sold me one solid black old hen .3 years old .great type big mama.

happy man

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

solid Blue marans cockerel .big tall boy

got as well few of his sisters .they are solid black

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

the black hen .she is from the same line the solid blue cockerel come from .
I ll be doing some line breeding for sure .

 

[Chooks man]

solid black marans cockerels .2 brothers . they are taller with a shorter backs ,no tails yet .

they look a like ,so I m not sure if it is a same cockerel.

what a gift .
chooks man