Yes, You do know how to breed chooks. I hope to know a 1/4 of what you know about Marans. Maybe one day.
come with practice and time ,
chooks man
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Yes, You do know how to breed chooks. I hope to know a 1/4 of what you know about Marans. Maybe one day.
Thank you Chooks Man!
@Old Man Tom
pullet in the middle front ,complete hackle marking .she is stunning too ,equal to the first pullet I like , every thing about her is alright and correct .true marans type 100%
you should be very very proud . BRAVO
chooks man
Thank you Chooks Man! Your encouragement and continued educational instruction is why these pullets look great! I look forward to hatching many chooks this coming spring. I will be needing a lot of " help from my friends" on this thread. Spring is coming. TOM
@Old Man Tom
pullet in the middle front ,complete hackle marking .she is stunning too ,equal to the first pullet I like , every thing about her is alright and correct .true marans type 100%
you should be very very proud . BRAVO
chooks man
Thank you Chooks Man!
Thank you Chooks Man! Your encouragement and continued educational instruction is why these pullets look great! I look forward to hatching many chooks this coming spring. I will be needing a lot of " help from my friends" on this thread. Spring is coming. TOM
for me personally I don t need any cockerels .I have already selected my future line by eggs shape/size/colour.. the hens who lay those eggs are matted to 4 different rooster from 2 different line . so there is a healthy mix in there . each eggs are marked ,the chicks from them are tagged . chicks from each hen will be bred together as half sibling to start a line . many many lines will be formed .
3 BLC hen liza s
3 BC hen Lz
4 Birchen hens Lz
1 Splash hen mine
2 BC hens mine
3 DW hens mine
1 solid black hen mine
2 Recessive white hens mine
2 Clay Wheaten .Don s
1 BTB hen .Philip
1 Golden Salmon Phil
1 Columbian hen PHil
those are my future hens families .they will be worked differently recording to they need .
plus I have roosters/cockerels from different sire lines .Avgen ,Matice .Day Walker etc.........
I know what I m getting when those eggs { last lot} will hatch . I have seen the first hatch and second hatch and what they are lucking .the second pairing I have correct that . so the chicks should be big ,long ,wide ,colorful ,early feathering type .well feathered lags ,nice tails .a correct egg shape/ size /colour ,nice head/eyes /comb . the parents have all those traits .
I m looking forward to see the last hatch ,because it is my pairing even they parent stock are not mine . greatness will come from them for sure .
chooks man
Thank you Chooks Man!
Thank you Chooks Man! Your encouragement and continued educational instruction is why these pullets look great! I look forward to hatching many chooks this coming spring. I will be needing a lot of " help from my friends" on this thread. Spring is coming. TOM
It didn't get above freezing today. This morning it was 8 degrees.
Maybe I will move to Australia and take my birds with me. It's way to cold here! Brrr
Chooksman, I am so glad you helped me. Now that the pullets have filled out and the hens are past their molt. I don't think I would have been able to pick from the 7 Blue Coppers. White band is younger than Ruby and Jade.
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I like the four seasons, the 3 feet of snow is a challenge, but the new snow blower worked good last year! TOMIt has been rainy and muddy here.. flooding and yucky, chilly but not cold. I prefer that to 8 degrees though.. jeeze that's cold! Despite Kentucky's very bipolar weather, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Kentucky is one of the few places that one can experience spring, fall, and winter all in the same week. lol
Chooksman, I understand how to breed the two roosters, 4 pullet and one hen next year. I am unclear for the continuing years. Could you go into details for me? Thank you!good chooks breeding program should focus a lot on creating hens families lines . when those lines are fully formed ,they can be worked with other lines . forward and back crossing are needed .
good hen should be bred to her son not other rooster s . her Back cross progeny should be worked with other lines from different hens .but the hen line will always stay pure never get lost .
I have seen a lot gorgeous marans hens in many farms but no much has been done with them . just forward crossing all the time tell those hens drop dead . no genes preserved .
what it is a good hen?
in my book a good hen should be a proven breeder first .she can breed a good chooks
second ,good and correct body type
correct/heavy mass
lay dark/large /dark egg
good head .
colour and the rest of the stuff come from the cockerels lines .
we need to do a same with a correct good Rooster . breed him to his progeny to form a pure line to work with .
chooks man
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