International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[KF0002]

sorry to hear that. I hope she gets well.

Sorry to hear about your Grandmother. I will keep you all in Prayer. I believe my Harvey birds are from a Blue Copper breeding. I don't even know if He has solid Blues.

So sorry your grandmother is having troubles.
Sending prayers for you both.

sorry to hear. Hopefully it will be as easy of a process for her as possible. It is nice to hear she has you to keep her spirits up while she deals.

Hello Kayla, I’ll keep your grandmother in my thoughts and prayers.

Take Care,
Keith

sorry to hear your trouble .I ll be prying for both of you .
you sre doing great job looking after her .Bravo my friend

chooks man

Thanks everyone! I appreciate all the prayers and kind words. She's a fighter so I hope she pulls out of all this.

 

[KF0002]

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Oooh I love your birchens! So pretty!

 

[KF0002]

What kind of rehab center? Wildlife? Interesting. I’d prefer this for some of my cockerels that I’d prefer don’t meet awful fates off Craigslist.

You can donate culls to zoos and places like that to feed the carnivores. Its pretty cool. If I lived close enough to a zoo I totally would do that.

 

[Chooks man]

@marchick

I really like this guy . he black copper for sure . love his early feathering type .
nice copper hues showing on his hackle .he way be the one you are looking for .the comb is his weakest points .not a big deal . correct body type .and hopefully he will nicely coloured .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

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lovely pullets .love the hackle marking ,full and pure silver .
the pullet with a long tail will help you breed early feathering type .
if you need to know how ,let me know .I ll explain to you how can be done .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Hi all

I just joined the marans club. Are there two separate clubs to join? Do I need to join both? Are there differences?

you don t need to join any club if you want to breed correct marans .

chooks man

 

[kcrandall]

lovely pullets .love the hackle marking ,full and pure silver .
the pullet with a long tail will help you breed early feathering type .
if you need to know how ,let me know .I ll explain to you how can be done .

chooks man

@Chooks man - This sounds interesting! So there is a use for our long tailed females. I look forward to hearing this. - Keith

 

[kcrandall]

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@Bantambird - Gorgeous Birchen! Looking forward to seeing pics when they reach maturity. - Keith

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man - This sounds interesting! So there is a use for our long tailed females. I look forward to hearing this. - Keith

the reason I pick her up is not because of her long tail .I pick her up because she is a Early feathering type .
this pullet or any other pullet with a Early feathering type can be used to correct a slow feathering type .here how can be done .
1} mate this pullet to a slow feathering type cockerel .you ll get a a mixture of early feathering and slow feathering chicks . select only the best early feathering type cockerel or 2 .
2} mate those cockerels to they Dam { Early feathering type hen}= you ll be the 1st Back cross progeny . most of them will be early feathering type .select the best 2 cockerels .
3} mate those 2 cockerels to any early feathering type hen = you ll get early feathering type progeny .

if we want to use feathering as the way to sex the chicks than the Sire { Rooster} should be Early feathering type and the pullets/hens slow feathering type .= all the pullets progeny will be early feathering type and all the cockerels will be slow feathering type . easy to sex @hatch .

chooks man

 

[kcrandall]

the reason I pick her up is not because of her long tail .I pick her up because she is a Early feathering type .
this pullet or any other pullet with a Early feathering type can be used to correct a slow feathering type .here how can be done .
1} mate this pullet to a slow feathering type cockerel .you ll get a a mixture of early feathering and slow feathering chicks . select only the best early feathering type cockerel or 2 .
2} mate those cockerels to they Dam { Early feathering type hen}= you ll be the 1st Back cross progeny . most of them will be early feathering type .select the best 2 cockerels .
3} mate those 2 cockerels to any early feathering type hen = you ll get early feathering type progeny .

if we want to use feathering as the way to sex the chicks than the Sire { Rooster} should be Early feathering type and the pullets/hens slow feathering type .= all the pullets progeny will be early feathering type and all the cockerels will be slow feathering type . easy to sex @hatch .

chooks man

@Chooks man - Duh, I misread your earlier post. I get it now early feathering type that just happens to have a long tail. All good information to add to my notes. Best, Keith