International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[aliciaplus3]

what breed are the pink ones?

Delaware mix

she is the splash in front. My delawares laid Large pink eggs.

 

[Chooks man]

@Acre4Me

this BC hen has a correct body type and correct tail .
her body colour is mossy ,she has other genes extra making her body goes mossy .

love her body type .what colour are her eggs ?
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Acre4Me
correct body type ,head and gorgeous comb .love her body colour and the lacing is perfect . lovely hackle marking .
a problem I see is .her eyes are dark and I m not sure why her tail is so low in all the photos ?

both of your hens this one and BC are correct in conformation .#1 trait PLUS the egg colour . the rest is just for showing .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Acre4Me
this one is solid pullet .love her body type correct and strong .her tail could be a little lower but still fine @60 degres .her comb has a good texture and point need to be straight . her eyes are the best of the 3 correct .

chooks man

 

[Acre4Me]

@Chooks man, thanks for the detailed info! The Blue CM always has her tail down! She is heavily feathered, it appears, but I can’t think of a time she has had her tail up. I’ll see if I can look back at some pics when she was younger to see if there was any difference.

as to who is laying which egg, we are not sure. These are our only dark layers, and we think only 2 are laying. However, I suppose all three could be laying if two lay a similar shade. At this point we have 2 shades of brown-both quite different, with one much darker than the other (previous post with pics). I’ll see if we can figure it out.


What about the feathered legs: the black has hardly any! The blue has a lot. Does this matter much?

coloring if the all black one: she actually has a tiny bit of copper in her hackles- can see in good light, but it is very minimal. Does this matter?
Thanks!

 

[chickengr]

@Chooks man, thanks for the detailed info! The Blue CM always has her tail down! She is heavily feathered, it appears, but I can’t think of a time she has had her tail up. I’ll see if I can look back at some pics when she was younger to see if there was any difference.

as to who is laying which egg, we are not sure. These are our only dark layers, and we think only 2 are laying. However, I suppose all three could be laying if two lay a similar shade. At this point we have 2 shades of brown-both quite different, with one much darker than the other (previous post with pics). I’ll see if we can figure it out.


What about the feathered legs: the black has hardly any! The blue has a lot. Does this matter much?

coloring if the all black one: she actually has a tiny bit of copper in her hackles- can see in good light, but it is very minimal. Does this matter?
Thanks!

your blue hen might have worms. some of my chickens kept their tails down when they had worms.

 

[Acre4Me]

your blue hen might have worms. some of my chickens kept their tails down when they had worms.

I'll check, but this one always has her tail down, but acts fine! I have pics from when she was 5 weeks old - tail down in all pics. Here she is at 5.5 weeks (@Chooks man)

 

[Chooks man]

I'll check, but this one always has her tail down, but acts fine! I have pics from when she was 5 weeks old - tail down in all pics. Here she is at 5.5 weeks (@Chooks man)
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it is genetic for sure .min is 45 Degres .max 60Degres .
are you breeding from them or just your layer flock?

I like the mossy and the Black hens .both complete each other in a breeding pen if penned with a same rooster .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Acre4Me
your hen has a same body type to my white hen .long back ,and deep chest .
body type is a first trait to be established if you want to breed a proper marans not just pretty chooks who can lay dark eggs .they need to have a proper marans body type .

chooks man

 

[Acre4Me]

it is genetic for sure .min is 45 Degres .max 60Degres .
are you breeding from them or just your layer flock?


I like the mossy and the Black hens .both complete each other in a breeding pen if penned with a same rooster .

chooks man

currently just layer flock. We had males (previously posted pics), but sold them as they were too aggressive to the rest of the flock and I didn’t have room to separate them into another area for them to mature.