International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Magnolia Hill]

my Black Tail Buff marans . love they rich red shoulder and they golden hackle . they are Red and Buff mixed , need to breed the red out of the buff to recreate the Black Tail Buff or I need to breed the buff out of the Red to recreate the Black Tail Red .will take me few years of selective breeding and some more crossing to do
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the last one is a true Buff .

chooks man

Would that last one be a blue tail buff jose? Do you got pictures of the hens? Here's a couple pictures of my black tailed buff chicks. The are also going up need alot of work, but i think they will be one of my favorites.

I got a couple older ones i'll have to get pictures of also. And still more btb and Columbian eggs coming to hatch. They won't be the best of the best but atleast i'll have the genes to work with.

 

[Magnolia Hill]

Would that last one be a blue tail buff jose? Do you got pictures of the hens? Here's a couple pictures of my black tailed buff chicks. The are also going up need alot of work, but i think they will be one of my favorites. View attachment 1698321 View attachment 1698322 View attachment 1698327 View attachment 1698330
I got a couple older ones i'll have to get pictures of also. And still more btb and Columbian eggs coming to hatch. They won't be the best of the best but atleast i'll have the genes to work with.

As you can see hatch down isn't quite right.

 

[Chooks man]

As you can see hatch down isn't quite right.

I can see they hatch down is lighter ,more of wheaten colour yellow .
tag the chicks with a redish hatch down ,and breed from them in the future .

can you post some photos of the parents stock when you have spare time please .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Would that last one be a blue tail buff jose? Do you got pictures of the hens? Here's a couple pictures of my black tailed buff chicks. The are also going up need alot of work, but i think they will be one of my favorites. View attachment 1698321 View attachment 1698322 View attachment 1698327 View attachment 16
I got a couple older ones i'll have to get pictures of also. And still more btb and Columbian eggs coming to hatch. They won't be the best of the best but atleast i'll have the genes to work with.

yes the last photo is a Blue Tail Buff .
I don t have any hens or pullets for the moment , waiting to get some wheaten hens to work with ,they work well together .

chooks man

 

[Bantambird]

I have an open pen for cocks now since I've retired my old legbar hens. They just weren't fertile anymore, some we're pushing 6-7 years old, youngest was 3 or 4, new batch of girls in growout pen. But this means that big Jackson will be the only cock covering the Marans hens now, so I'm hoping for more color! I'm going to be doing some construction so I can build more breeding group pens for smaller groupings this spring once the ground thaws and the mud dries

 

[Bantambird]

The legbars went to a little girl who wanted a nice small flock of friendly hens to take care of

 

[Bantambird]

I figured out why the front and sides of their hackles always look bad by spring. The bored hens eat the feathers!

 

[Chooks man]

View attachment 1706018 I figured out why the front and sides of their hackles always look bad by spring. The bored hens eat the feathers!

yes they do .
I personally pull those type of hens out of the breeding pen. those type of hen are trouble and they progeny as well .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I have an open pen for cocks now since I've retired my old legbar hens. They just weren't fertile anymore, some we're pushing 6-7 years old, youngest was 3 or 4, new batch of girls in growout pen. But this means that big Jackson will be the only cock covering the Marans hens now, so I'm hoping for more color! I'm going to be doing some construction so I can build more breeding group pens for smaller groupings this spring once the ground thaws and the mud dries

good for you to have extra pens .
are you breeding only from Big Jackson this year ?

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

a lot of my pullet are laying now ,egg colour from #4 to #6 .great shapes . well pleased .
too much rain those days can t take a lovely photos .wait tell the sun come back again ,we needed this rain .

well happy about them . especially the Dominant white . they are my super stars . love them all . looking forward to breed from them . many varieties will rise from them when the dominant white gene is removed . hard work but worth it .love challenges

I ll breed early this year in a couple of months .early winter .

chooks man