International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

that no good news . #1 is going ,who will replace him?
chooks man

Maybe I can help with that next year with eggs.

 

[Chooks man]

I ended up culling #1. On closer inspection, he had a wry tail.

look my friend I m trying to pair your hens recoreding to they potency in the breeding pen .
I notice Malika is potent on type and feather quality ,tail shape/angle .but she is not potent on body colour .that way this guy her son ,has a best body type and tail in your flock but got a colour from his sire Duke .

So when I was selecting from your cockerel I was looking at who will best to complete her .
wry tail cockerel or not Malika will be always dominant in the mating pen regarding body type and tail type .
she need a weel colour cockerel .

#1 has a brother was a little samller but similar ,what happen to him?
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Maybe I can help with that next year with eggs.

you can help her a lot for sure .but she need to establish a breeding program and stick to it .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Potent breeder? what that mean?
if any chooks Heh is matted to many different rooster and still throw a same progeny than we call her potent breeder .
a same thing for a cockerel .if he manages to throw some regularity in his off spring regardless with wich hen is mated to than he is potent breeder ,
those type of bird they odn t come so offten ,but if they appear in any body flock they should be notice and bred well .

here hens I found this year in my flock they are potent.
Unicorn .matted her to 4 different rooster . BLC .SB. and 2 BTB .all her progeny are a same easy to spot .they don t need even tagging . all her chicks look a same like her .
Dalakhania is potent .matted her to 3 different rooster ,all her progeny are a same looking regardless on who is they sire .
breeding those hen s is completely different than breeding normal chooks .those they need atention to a detail .they will be bred with a specific cockerels next year .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Aww they look so good! I am dying of jealously over here seeing your setup. I am in love with your brooders!

this time I m better prepared and have a better system .
first 4/5 weeks they stay in brooder room ,each box is 8 X 8 feets . enough for 70/80 chicks .
stag 2 ,they get moved to bigger pen .still in the shed but open to air flow ,they still have the heat lamp @night . prepare them for they final outdoor pens and runs .

stage 3 .out door pen with a lot space 10 square metre of space by chooks . cockerels will be separeted from the girls at 4 month old .

I m not going a mix the group .each group this time going to stay by them selves tell adult hold ,take a lot space and coops but yiel better result .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

group#1 are 8/9 weeks old .no heat lamp .fully feathered and massive .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

this Sunday I will be fitting the leg ring on the selected fews from Group#1 .
here few selected ones .

Silver Dark cuckoo .sired by Stallone over Baby Blue . gorgeous hackle marking .lancet all ready coming along .stunning and correct specimen .will be very usefull to me in breeding Birchen . I Maked him in my note book as Birchen pen breeding cockerel .he will add gorgeous hackle to his girls 100% .
Imy worker named him a Night Templar .because his hackle and chest pattern .
he is massive for 9 weeks old .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Silver Dark cuckoo cockerel 9 weeks old .

this guy is Sired by Arnold over Malika { Bent comb} BC hen .split golden /silver . long and wide specimen. well build .
he has less hackle marking making very good to breed to Solid black to introduce new blood to them . if matted to black hen 50% of his progeny will be cuckoos ,the other 50% will be solid Black .
not related lines .

marked in my note book as Solid Black pen cockerel breeder .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

BC pullet 9 weeks old .massive ,great hackle marking and great copper quality .sired by Black Mamba over Gazelle out cross lines . stunning .

marked in my note book as hackle breeder pullet
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Blue copper pullet stunning . best pullet of this group .sired by Black Mamba over Dalakhania .long ,wide ,correct and elegant .

marked as Body type breeder .dark egg line .will be mated to her half brother { same Dam different sires } to lock in the body type and dark egg genes .

chooks man