International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

halo is less nightmare than parasitic white. mean roo = soup.

That's exactly what I thought! Great minds think alike. The only reason the one is still alive is I need help to butcher him. My arm and hand doesn't work very well. I can't wait till that mean rooster is gone. So very tired of being attacked.

 

[marchick]

I have two things to celebrate. No more mean rooster! My oldest son to the rescue. Plus the darkest egg I have ever had and it came from my Blue Birchen pen.

 

[chickengr]

I have two things to celebrate. No more mean rooster! My oldest son to the rescue. Plus the darkest egg I have ever had and it came from my Blue Birchen pen.
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congrats!

do you mince chicken meat? that was my trick to eat my poultry meat. if I don't see any legs, wings, etc. I manage to swallow it.

 

[marchick]

congrats!

do you mince chicken meat? that was my trick to eat my poultry meat. if I don't see any legs, wings, etc. I manage to swallow it.

I cut the meat off the bone. Then I run it through my kitchenaid grinding attachment. No such thing as tough stingy chicken that way. Worked awsome! You don't know how good it felt to just be able to go out and not have a mean rooster attack me. I had to go through where the mean rooster was to get to two other pens. Freedom!

 

[Chooks man]

halo is less nightmare than parasitic white. mean roo = soup.

If you are mating a Blue to a Blue you ll never be able to come out of the Halo. The reason is a blue gene Delute the copper especially the bottom part of the Hackle. Breeding a Blue to a Blue is a no good practice
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man these are for sale:
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there are other 2 hens but I don't know what colours. the is
also a golden cuckoo roo but I am after silver gene pool. is there any worth buying? they probably are mixed colours.

I would like to produce silver
birchen marans.

I m not around my lap top. Working from my Mobile. I can not tell if they are really good. The Black hen is great type.

I ll be home in few days I can have a good look at them.

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man these are for sale:
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there are other 2 hens but I don't know what colours. the is
also a golden cuckoo roo but I am after silver gene pool. is there any worth buying? they probably are mixed colours.

I would like to produce silver
birchen marans.

I m not around my lap top. Working from my Mobile. I can not tell if they are really good. The Black hen is great type.

I ll be home in few days I can have a good look at them.

Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I have two things to celebrate. No more mean rooster! My oldest son to the rescue. Plus the darkest egg I have ever had and it came from my Blue Birchen pen.
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Gorgeous. Bravo

Chooks man

 

[marchick]

If you are mating a Blue to a Blue you ll never be able to come out of the Halo. The reason is a blue gene Delute the copper especially the bottom part of the Hackle. Breeding a Blue to a Blue is a no good practice
Chooks man

I do need a nice Black Copper rooster for sure.

 

[chickengr]

I m not around my lap top. Working from my Mobile. I can not tell if they are really good. The Black hen is great type.

I ll be home in few days I can have a good look at them.

Chooks man

the hen looks blue but as the guy got the eggs from the same farm and the roos are blue cuckoo the hens should be blue cuckoo as well.

I have to see her from near as I suspect she might have side sprigs. another problem is that her comb has 1 dent. the good thing is that her comb is not twisted. so should a hen with a 1 dent comb be a breeder?

1 roo looks ok exept his comb. his comb has 1 really big dent in the middle. his body type and tail look much better than the other 2 roos.