International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

He's a hot mess SOP wise but I like him too! Don't cull him!

He is 6 ft tall wouldn't he be a killer if he where real. A regular size rooster can do some damage. Lol

 

[Chooks man]

Caught Xena laying yesterday. This is her egg. She is the full sister to my blue copper hen. The blue/black line has certainly come a long way.

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gorgeous colour and shape a good 5

chooks man

 

[marchick]

I put numbered wing bands on all the babies today. I have the wing bands color coded for each pen. I am a little worried that the Blue Coppers are way too dark. I am worried I won't be able to tell them from black. It is so odd that the faces where too light but they are feathering in so dark. When I get home tomorrow I will take pictures.

 

[Chooks man]

I put numbered wing bands on all the babies today. I have the wing bands color coded for each pen. I am a little worried that the Blue Coppers are way too dark. I am worried I won't be able to tell them from black. It is so odd that the faces where too light but they are feathering in so dark. When I get home tomorrow I will take pictures.

the Blue is the hardest plumage colour to work with ,many shades .
let them do some growing first ,than we see how dark they really are in 2 months time

chooks man

 

[KF0002]

He is 6 ft tall wouldn't he be a killer if he where real. A regular size rooster can do some damage. Lol

Oh goodness! He would finish destroying my flower beds for sure! Lol

My chickens have demolished my lillies and hostas.. I have had to pull anything tender out of the main bed and plant boxwoods and other shrubs that the chickens can't kill.

 

[marchick]

Oh goodness! He would finish destroying my flower beds for sure! Lol

My chickens have demolished my lillies and hostas.. I have had to pull anything tender out of the main bed and plant boxwoods and other shrubs that the chickens can't kill.

So sorry! They are destructive. We only let our Marans out 1 to 2 hours in the evening. They graze and when it gets close to dark they go back in to roost. Well since the neighbors pit started living at our house.The chickens can't graze in the evenings. I have never had a dog dig to get on our property. Usually in the past it has been our dogs digging to get out.

 

[marchick]

With chickens you never know what is going to happen next. It is bad enough there is always a mean rooster. Now I have a hen attacking which is not bad in itself but she attacks which triggers the rooster to attack.

 

[chickengr]

Oh goodness! He would finish destroying my flower beds for sure! Lol

My chickens have demolished my lillies and hostas.. I have had to pull anything tender out of the main bed and plant boxwoods and other shrubs that the chickens can't kill.

I transplanted tomato seedlings and the next day a few of my chickens escaped and ate half of them

 

[KF0002]

So sorry! They are destructive. We only let our Marans out 1 to 2 hours in the evening. They graze and when it gets close to dark they go back in to roost. Well since the neighbors pit started living at our house.The chickens can't graze in the evenings. I have never had a dog dig to get on our property. Usually in the past it has been our dogs digging to get out.

Get a pellet rifle and shoot the dog so it learns to stay away. No harm to the dog.. just gets the point across.

There was a dog from down the road that killed many many chickens this year before we got the culprit on camera. We warned the neighbor that if the dog came back we would shoot to kill. She hasn't been back since. The guy got rid of her. Poor dog but it is what it is.

 

[KF0002]

I transplanted tomato seedlings and the next day a few of my chickens escaped and ate half of them

I feel your pain. I have to put cages around my tomato and cumcumber plants or the chickens destroy them.